Hakeem Jefferson

@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social

Assistant professor of political science at Stanford. Forthcoming book, Respectability Politics, with University of Chicago Press. Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader. hakeemjefferson.com

He called his bigoted opponent a bigot to his face. Ossoff knows his voters and trusts them enough to tell them the truth. He talks about those responsible for this horrible situation in ways that resonate with those of us who are looking around like, what the fuck? He’s v good at all this.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ossoff is acting like Trump/MAGA/GOP and what they’ve done to the country is Actually Bad. Charismatic and well spoken, which sure helps. But no “my friends across the aisle,” no acting like the imaginary “Baileys” are the only ones who matter, no “don’t talk values, only kitchen table.” That’s it.

Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u... “The practice of filming and releasing video of an execution is more common with terror groups like the Islamic State…” A barbaric administration full of absolute goons.

Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says

If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.

nytimes.com

Re Cornell: As a fellow at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender & Sexuality last year, I began thinking abt how we might study homosociality, or the relational bonds btwn men, empirically—bonds we know matter for lots of men. Writeup of my v early-stage work: gender.stanford.edu/news/can-we-...

Can we measure homosociality? | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research

Anyone who has heard the phrase “locker room talk” is familiar with how men’s conduct is presumed to shift in male-dominated spaces. Hakeem Jefferson, assistant professor of political science at Stanf...

gender.stanford.edu

Re Cornell: As a fellow at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender & Sexuality last year, I began thinking abt how we might study homosociality, or the relational bonds btwn men, empirically—bonds we know matter for lots of men. Writeup of my v early-stage work: gender.stanford.edu/news/can-we-...

Can we measure homosociality? | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research

Anyone who has heard the phrase “locker room talk” is familiar with how men’s conduct is presumed to shift in male-dominated spaces. Hakeem Jefferson, assistant professor of political science at Stanf...

gender.stanford.edu

Over the past couple years, I stopped saying “but public schools serve all kids” as a contrast to vouchers in speaking events and testimony. The fact that public schools can’t formally exclude kids (as vouchers do by design) doesn’t mean they don’t fail too many children.

Hakeem Jefferson@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 3w ago

Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

nytimes.com

Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts — including his touring band — abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage.

Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore

Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts — including his touring band — abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who ...

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Standing outside of hotel, waiting to go to dinner w/ colleagues. I can see it all happen in slow motion, as white guy and his wife park their car. I look down at my phone, waiting for Uber details. He approaches. I know, with certainty, what is about to happen. 100%. “Are you the valet?”

There are many things I miss about the south, but my goodness, the food, the food, the food. My fav southern meal: fried fish. Tonight, had it alongside fried okra, hush puppies, and crispy fries. Thankful I don’t have access to this with any regularity. Grateful I had it tonight w/ the parents.

A beautiful paper plate of fish, hush puppies, fried okra, and fries, with a piece of white bread. Heaven on a plate.

At my parents’ place in SC and the number of spam calls they get is insane. Of ~20 calls a day, maybe 2 or 3 are legitimate. I just put them on the Do Not Call Registry, but this seems like exactly the kind of thing a bipartisan group of legislators could crack down on with broad public support.

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One of my big academic rules: only write papers you really care about on topics you really care about. I try to follow this rule 99% of the time. This paper is one of the best examples of that, and I’m stoked it’s one step closer to being in the world. We’ve corrected proofs & you’ll have it soon!

First page of article proofs for “The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception”

There are so many ways parents show their unique and endless love. My mom knows I love to cook when I come home, so she stocked up on ingredients she knows I love to use but that they don’t usually keep around. It’s such a small, sweet thing, and I feel so loved.

The fact that Laura Loomer has the ear of this president is so absolutely wild. Every representative of this administration and every one of the president’s allies should be made to answer for his association with this vile racist creature of a human. May her days be long and miserable.