The state could have backed him but instead they demonstrated for the thousandth time that there is no level of respectability that will prevent white people from serving you up on a platter in order to appease powerful racists.

As ICE storms Chicagoland, Chicago’s organizers speak. Stacy Davis Gates, Benji Hart, Arti Walker-Peddakotla, Ric Wilson, and others discuss ongoing ICE raids, Trump’s threats to send in the National Guard, and the solidarity we need to survive these times. Audio + transcript:

this is what we saw on the ground in Broadview today. thetriibe.com/2025/09/and-...

These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

I’ve been reporting on influencers for more than seven years now and today I had an academic decline to do an interview about them for the first time out of fear of government retaliation.

The best thing I've read this week is this concise and brilliant essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

A must read comprehensive brief by @oiyanpoon.bsky.social on college admissions practices, how they developed & work today, & strategies for improving equity in admissions systems.

‪ “One way to stay grounded is to remember that we still have to meet our vocational obligations—to teach.”  In our forum section, @oiyanpoon.bsky.social responds to David Asai’s essay reflecting on the current state of DEI in science education: issues.org/inclusive-sc...

When I interviewed Asian Americans for my book, one guy (he’d been an international student from China) said affirmative action was the new Chinese exclusion act. I wish I could find him now and say: no my guy, THIS revocation of visas targeting Chinese students is the new Chinese exclusion act.

These books by @carolejoffe.bsky.social, @dsc250.bsky.social, @oiyanpoon.bsky.social and others are for you if you’re a mother or know mothers who can’t anymore with this admin and are looking for guidance. 💐 #MothersDay H/T: @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social

Chicago! Tomorrow--Wed. 4/30, 7pm at Call&Response Books. Hear @oiyanpoon.bsky.social talk about her fantastic book: Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family!

Nobody told me that Sinners was a touching love story! The ending had me weeping.

"Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

I’m an academic and don’t understand endowments. wealthy AF colleges/univs need to leverage their collective wealth especially w the higher ed existential crisis, facing a mass stalker/murderer of higher Ed/research infrastructures. Thx @kevincarey1.bsky.social. www.vox.com/education/40...

A must ready by @kevincarey1.bsky.social today. www.vox.com/education/40... Why don't the richest universities strategically and collectively use their endowments to lead the fight! If a forever legacy is what these leaders (and boards?) want, they need to act from their positions of wealth.

Grateful for the opportunity to join the conversation on Student Affairs Now this week w/ @oiyanpoon.bsky.social & @heather-shea.bsky.social. This limited series, Current Campus Context, unpacks current news & its impact on colleges & universities. Tune in here: studentaffairsnow.com/currentconte...

Drs. @oiyanpoon.bsky.social & @crystalegarcia.bsky.social join @heather-shea.bsky.social to examine the impact on fed programs, like TRIO and Fed Student Aid, DEI policies, and academic freedom, highlighting the broader threats to equity and higer ed's future. studentaffairsnow.com/currentconte...

Kid’s progress report came in and the only grade I cared about was the B in social science. She’s the daughter of TWO social scientists. What are we doing wrong?! 😂

As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.

History has shown that a strong democracy is what keeps Jews safest. At the core of strong democracies are free speech and education. Trump's cancellation of $400M in grants to Columbia University, falsely in the name of Jewish safety, actively puts Jews in danger.

This is astounding. and I guarantee you that Jewish students, faculty, and staff are being harmed with this cancelation under a banner of "antisemitism."

I have been rewatching Mad Men this last week, and wow... the blatant and unapologetic racism, sexism, and classism in words, deeds, and actions, without penalty or shame, depicted on the show, which starts in 1960 is what you'd imagine and worse. It struck me that ...

@oiyanpoon.bsky.social Excited for this coming up in SIX days!!!! RSVP to tune in!!

I’ll probably regret it but I just commented on a neighborhood moms fb group thread about diversity, equity, & inclusion and Target’s revenue dip. Someone said they prefer that “qualified people” get hired, and I just couldn’t leave it alone. I broke my rule that FB is only for getting free stuff.

Love to 15 Attorneys General (including in Illinois!) for this legal memo/guidance reminding higher ed that "Fear of the “Dear Colleague” letter or the loss of federal funding is not a justification to impose or reimpose discriminatory practices." illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...

My latest substack post is a meditation on names and naming our ancestors. There have been many conversations in the last year about whether changing the name of programs/initiatives for diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, accessibility would save them. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Historically, the mayor’s power has disproportionately benefited a select few, as evidenced by the segregated pockets of poverty and divestment across Chicago. Mayor Johnson is attempting to govern differently than the handpicked white Democrats who came before him. thetriibe.com/2025/03/mayo...

A virtual book talk and conversation about racial (ill-)literacy among Asian American communities. Next Thursday, 3/13, 6-7:30 p.m. thanks to The Racial Literacy Project at Teachers College RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I’m old enough to remember when the NYT’s coverage of higher education was being directed by Christopher Rufo, by tweet

If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

So it seems that I'm staying on this bandwagon for the foreseeable future. FLY, EAGLES, FLY!

Have you all seen Tiger Woods lately? The man had the benefit of 2 youthful dna streams, and squandered it! Asian don’t raisin; Black don’t crack, but I guess when you swim in the cesspool of hate, you just don’t age well. 😬

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

Sharing for my Higher Ed friends via @oiyanpoon.bsky.social “A legal memo from a whole crew of civil rights law professors/lawyers offering further actual legal guidance about diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher ed.”

This cartoon was drawn in 1923. You could have fooled me. I thought it was published in 2023.

Cartoonist Leslie Rogers would have been in his 20s when he drew this cartoon for the Chicago Defender. He died about a decade later, but not before launching the long-running Black comic strip Bungleton Green (which was continued by Jay Jackson and others).

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

Individuals and groups (at CSU) can also submit impact statements using the QR code below:

There is a campus protest this afternoon at the Lory Student Center

Today we witness a continuation of history; the same forces and rhetoric that led to the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II are now being used to detain immigrants at Guantánamo Bay. The lessons of history must not be ignored.

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which authorized the US military to forcibly remove over 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry and launched their mass incarceration into concentration camps during World War II.

Lawyers, this is what it looks like to honor your oath as a lawyer and as a prosecutor. I want to lift up Denise Cheung, one of a growing group of senior DOJ lawyers who have put the rule of law ahead of politics & short-term career advancement. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

The 47th admin’s anti-trans EO threatens unconstitutional censorship that could have a grave impact on literature for years to come. In dismissing trans, intersex, and nonbinary identities, the order blacklists LGBTQIA+ literature. We don’t stand for this! #TransLivesMatter

Today is February 19, 2025 - the anniversary of an Executive Order that will live in infamy. EO 9066, signed by FDR, led to the mass incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans, who were "systematically dispossessed and forcibly stripped of their rights" (@jamuseum.bsky.social). 1/5