This. Thank you for your righteous indignation (seems mild to put it that way) about the injustice that abounds but most particularly here for the (yet again) slap of cold water the DEMS so deserve to stop playing this asinine game “as if” and become effective advocates of a new paradigm that can empower them and all of us! Your wisdom, outrage, insights and call to arms affirm what we all can see and feel and despair of changing - unless at last we can see those in power find the vision to lead us as we so desperately need here now. Blessings Professor.
Thank you, Dr. Glaude. I am sharing this far and wide. We must not do their work for them under any circumstances; the battle is difficult enough as it is.
This point: Don't presume reasonableness. Don't presume rationality. Stop acting as if you can actually talk to these people. Stop presuming "regularity." Stop presuming sanity. Stop presuming decency. Stop presuming ANY people in power, any people with wealth, are our allies. If Democrats will not understand the crisis and fight, we have to find someone who will. Thank you, Eddie, thank you for your courage, your passion, your brilliance, your fortitude. Thank you for shifting the frame.
my thoughts yestaday was that i dont know the right or wrong of Jason Arday position, but the amount of press coverage in uk media, that no other professor has gotten[wonder why that is?] was as bad as tieing the noose and placing the chair for this young man, i just dont understand why our press is so bad these days, or is it that i have woken up to the fact, that the press doesnt work for us,that like america it works for the billonaires/foreign actors and their interests, and sometimes there interest is to be as the roman coliseum, where they build people up , and then let them down as fast, just so they can talk about them, little realising[or caring] about the debris of human existance left in the wake of their attacks ,that has to pick itself up and go on living[or in some cases not] from their efforts of selling there wares, which in somecases is the cost of human lifes :(
With respect, this reads like emotional burnout. Totally understandable reaction to the cruelty, especially after the loss of Jason Arday. But I think figures like Mamdani and El-Sayed offer a crucial contrast and a real roadmap. They don't waste energy apologizing or playing defense against right-wing culture wars. Instead, they pivot to universal, material issues that affect everyone, building a new framework rather than just attacking the old one. Just rejecting what exists or reacting to what Conservatives are doing is exhausted energy. We need to give people something to run towards. Something to believe in. When we respond to bad-faith mudslinging with pure moral anger, we end up wrestling in the same mud. That's venting. We need leadership, and leaders like Mamdani and El-Sayed are reminding us of what that looks like. Maybe I'm just reaching for hope. I think it's all I can do.
you are just talking about hope, but equally we cannot just ignore the reality of what is happening around us and say dont worry about that body on the floor in front of us, look at the light as the sun rises , for that matters little for that person that is the body on the floor nor his family :(
I appreciate it, but you do NOT need to apologize. This is conversation. This is US figuring it out. And yes, it's been a horrible, horrible, horrible week. I agree. I hope your week gets better. And my words were not meant to hurt anyone or Eddie. I think the dialogue between US (the sane folk) is EXACTLY what needs to happen so we can fight through all of this together. I am an enternal optimist. I know. I should NOT be. But I'm always looking for the light. The Joy. The possibility. It's how I'm wired. And so... please... thank you. And...at the end of the day, we are on the same page. We're just holding each other up as we walk along this mess of this world is all. Sending you a hug.
Completley disagree with the characterization of what I am up to here. I am rejecting a certain framing. And that involves refusing to concede to the terms racist set for the debate. Hence my invocation of Walker’s Appeal. Of course, we need a constructive vision. Stop triangulating. But we also need to dismiss out of hand some of the distractions that come our way. His my response to Rufo et al.
Hmm. Fair enough. But focusing on material, universal issues isn't triangulating. It’s how you actually build power rather than just reacting to bad-faith actors. Rejecting their premise is essential, but if the strategy stops at dismissal without offering something to run toward, we leave people stranded. That’s not compromise; that’s building. Dismissing bad-faith distractions out of hand is necessary...we agree there. My point is simply about what comes next, and ensuring we give people a vision to organize around once those distractions are cleared. I appreciate you sharing your perspective, Eddie.
As long as a good number of democrats continue to appease and kowtow to white supremacists because they fear being ostracized from the community, the party will continue to be an impotent farce of democratic engagement.
This. Thank you for your righteous indignation (seems mild to put it that way) about the injustice that abounds but most particularly here for the (yet again) slap of cold water the DEMS so deserve to stop playing this asinine game “as if” and become effective advocates of a new paradigm that can empower them and all of us! Your wisdom, outrage, insights and call to arms affirm what we all can see and feel and despair of changing - unless at last we can see those in power find the vision to lead us as we so desperately need here now. Blessings Professor.
Eddie thank you for speaking the truth
If you think Dr. Claude is too emotional , look up the vote last week of the Shenandoah County School Board in VA
Thank you . I have been waiting to read your thoughts on his death and what this means.
Love you; love your words; so appreciate the candor and strength of your engagement.
It’s so weary on me as a White woman, I can only imagine what is like for my Black brothers and sisters 😡
Thank you, Dr. Glaude. I am sharing this far and wide. We must not do their work for them under any circumstances; the battle is difficult enough as it is.
And bravo and thank you.
This point: Don't presume reasonableness. Don't presume rationality. Stop acting as if you can actually talk to these people. Stop presuming "regularity." Stop presuming sanity. Stop presuming decency. Stop presuming ANY people in power, any people with wealth, are our allies. If Democrats will not understand the crisis and fight, we have to find someone who will. Thank you, Eddie, thank you for your courage, your passion, your brilliance, your fortitude. Thank you for shifting the frame.
my thoughts yestaday was that i dont know the right or wrong of Jason Arday position, but the amount of press coverage in uk media, that no other professor has gotten[wonder why that is?] was as bad as tieing the noose and placing the chair for this young man, i just dont understand why our press is so bad these days, or is it that i have woken up to the fact, that the press doesnt work for us,that like america it works for the billonaires/foreign actors and their interests, and sometimes there interest is to be as the roman coliseum, where they build people up , and then let them down as fast, just so they can talk about them, little realising[or caring] about the debris of human existance left in the wake of their attacks ,that has to pick itself up and go on living[or in some cases not] from their efforts of selling there wares, which in somecases is the cost of human lifes :(
Just as well i didnt see chris rufo comment, the other day, it might have sent me over the edge :(
With respect, this reads like emotional burnout. Totally understandable reaction to the cruelty, especially after the loss of Jason Arday. But I think figures like Mamdani and El-Sayed offer a crucial contrast and a real roadmap. They don't waste energy apologizing or playing defense against right-wing culture wars. Instead, they pivot to universal, material issues that affect everyone, building a new framework rather than just attacking the old one. Just rejecting what exists or reacting to what Conservatives are doing is exhausted energy. We need to give people something to run towards. Something to believe in. When we respond to bad-faith mudslinging with pure moral anger, we end up wrestling in the same mud. That's venting. We need leadership, and leaders like Mamdani and El-Sayed are reminding us of what that looks like. Maybe I'm just reaching for hope. I think it's all I can do.
you are just talking about hope, but equally we cannot just ignore the reality of what is happening around us and say dont worry about that body on the floor in front of us, look at the light as the sun rises , for that matters little for that person that is the body on the floor nor his family :(
Not what I said. EVER. I don't think the word "ignore" is anywhere even implied in my comment. But thanks for chiming in.
my apologies if my words were a little strong...its been a turbulent and emotional week :(
I appreciate it, but you do NOT need to apologize. This is conversation. This is US figuring it out. And yes, it's been a horrible, horrible, horrible week. I agree. I hope your week gets better. And my words were not meant to hurt anyone or Eddie. I think the dialogue between US (the sane folk) is EXACTLY what needs to happen so we can fight through all of this together. I am an enternal optimist. I know. I should NOT be. But I'm always looking for the light. The Joy. The possibility. It's how I'm wired. And so... please... thank you. And...at the end of the day, we are on the same page. We're just holding each other up as we walk along this mess of this world is all. Sending you a hug.
Completley disagree with the characterization of what I am up to here. I am rejecting a certain framing. And that involves refusing to concede to the terms racist set for the debate. Hence my invocation of Walker’s Appeal. Of course, we need a constructive vision. Stop triangulating. But we also need to dismiss out of hand some of the distractions that come our way. His my response to Rufo et al.
Hmm. Fair enough. But focusing on material, universal issues isn't triangulating. It’s how you actually build power rather than just reacting to bad-faith actors. Rejecting their premise is essential, but if the strategy stops at dismissal without offering something to run toward, we leave people stranded. That’s not compromise; that’s building. Dismissing bad-faith distractions out of hand is necessary...we agree there. My point is simply about what comes next, and ensuring we give people a vision to organize around once those distractions are cleared. I appreciate you sharing your perspective, Eddie.
Totally critical point. Democrats fight from the framework Republicans created.
I challenge places like Cambridge & Princeton to take a deep (& public) dive into plagiarism on the part of their esteemed professors.
Maybe scholarship suffers a bit when half your workday is spent badmouthing colleagues & pontificating on facebook.
This is a tragedy. More pain and suffering for people of color.
As long as a good number of democrats continue to appease and kowtow to white supremacists because they fear being ostracized from the community, the party will continue to be an impotent farce of democratic engagement.