Prentiss Dantzler
@docdantzler.bsky.social
Housing Policy | Race Relations | Community Development | Reparative Justice Associate Professor - Sociology University of Toronto www.drdantzler.com Founding Director - Housing Justice Lab School of Cities www.housingjusticelab.org
They’re Black, educated and unemployed. The Post examines how four women are navigating this increasingly common reality in the U.S. There were some remarkable takeaways:
Four takeaways on Black unemployment in Trump’s economy
College-educated Black workers are finding themselves left behind.
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A better world is possible. All the barriers could be overcome. They will lie, cheat, steal, and do violence to protect their system, but with enough of us, we can overcome it.
#HearThis Sharing 3 pieces of Black specific content with my kids this week. 1. Black Women Health 2. Housing & Anti-Black Racism 3. Comics Explained I think these stories are all worth #Amplifying h/t @docdantzler.bsky.social @uhn.ca @uoftbrn.bsky.social medium.com/@lanrickbenn...
Metropolitics - Call for Papers - Governing Repair: The Role of Cities and States in Reparations Policy urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/04/17/m...
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Prentiss Dantzler@docdantzler.bsky.social · 3mo agoMore housing won’t automatically mean fairer housing. In my latest piece, I argue that without addressing anti-Black racism, Canada’s housing agenda risks scaling inequality—not solving it. metropolitics.org/Build-Canada...
More housing won’t automatically mean fairer housing. In my latest piece, I argue that without addressing anti-Black racism, Canada’s housing agenda risks scaling inequality—not solving it. metropolitics.org/Build-Canada...
“Build Canada Homes” Will Fail Without Confronting Anti-Black Racism – Metropolitics
Canada's new housing agency risks repeating the same injustices that produced today's uneven housing crisis unless it embeds anti-racist frameworks in its development plans. When the federal…
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Still plenty of time to submit an abstract for our special issue in @metropolitics-jrnl.bsky.social on the role of states and cities in reparations policy - open to U.S. and non-U.S. focused papers… Check out the call here… metropolitics.org/CALL-FOR-PAP...
CALL FOR PAPERS | Governing Repair: The Role of Cities and States in Reparations Policy – Metropolitics
The Editorial Board is issuing a call for papers for a forthcoming special series in Metropolitics titled “Governing Repair: The Role of Cities and States in Reparations Policy” and edited by…
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If you woke up tomorrow and suddenly had all the powers of the Toronto mayor’s office, what would you do? #IfIweremayor series
Rent freezes and free buses? Why Toronto is looking at New York with envy — and how we can catch up
A mayoral election year is an opportunity to hear about what others would do if they had city hall’s top job right now.
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"the colleges that dominate the headlines are not the colleges that most Americans attend their core mission: to serve students from all backgrounds, at a price families can actually afford, prepare graduates for real careers and meaningful lives." www.geneseo.edu/enrollment-m...
The College Affordability Crisis is Real, but the Media is Looking at the Wrong Schools
Sturges Hall (Photo by Keith Walters ’11) Opinion By Costas Solomou, Vice President, Enrollment Management Published by the Office of Enrollment Management When Yale University released its Committee ...
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CFP for a forthcoming special series: “Governing Repair: The Role of Cities and States in Reparations Policy,” edited by Prentiss Dantzler, Rashad Williams, and Akira Drake Rodriguez. Welcoming submissions through June 1! buff.ly/HzWD3gL @docdantzler.bsky.social @akirarodriguez.bsky.social
CALL FOR PAPERS | Governing Repair: The Role of Cities and States in Reparations Policy – Metropolitics
The Editorial Board is issuing a call for papers for a forthcoming special series in Metropolitics titled “Governing Repair: The Role of Cities and States in Reparations Policy” and edited by…
metropolitics.org
Thankful for the recognition! Looking forward to celebrating with friends in Chicago in just a few weeks!
Urban Affairs Association (UAA)@uaanews.bsky.social · 4mo ago📣🏆🥳 2026 Best Reviewer for the Journal of Race, Ethnicity & the City: Prentiss Dantzler; Runners-Up: Leslie Martin, Henry-Louis Taylor, Simone Tulumello, Thomas Vicino urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/04/01/2... @docdantzler.bsky.social @simtulum.bsky.social
As the number of people in detention climb, so have the deaths: The 33 fatalities in 2025 were the most in a single year on record since the Department of Homeland Security started operating in March 2003. Reporting w/ Allison McCann and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/u...
Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.’
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I know this is an obvious thing to say but we should talk more about what a racist this guy is. He’s as racist as George Wallace or Strom Thurmond but unlike them he often escapes having racism mentioned as a leading cause for all his decisions.
Eryka Badu will be the closing night headliner at the 2026 Roots Picnic.
Erykah Badu will join Jaÿ-Z as a headliner at the Roots Picnic
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I just clued into the Afroman defamation lawsuit. Amazing. Absolutely amazing content. Actually, it surpasses mere content. It is art.
Cupich: “A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it’s a video game -it’s sickening. Hundreds of people are dead, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, including scores of children who made the fatal mistake of going to school that day.” www.archchicago.org/en/statement...
Statement of Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, “A Call to Conscience” - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal
As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes fr...
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Every lawmaker will have the opportunity to question members of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration as well as immigration advocates about the package.
Philly City Council will consider limiting ICE next month as new Pa. detention centers loom
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📢 The Trump administration’s efforts to rescind the EPA scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger health and welfare is moving toward a formal rollback this week. For reporters covering this, the following experts are available to comment. ⤵️ 🔗 Connect: scholars.org/features/exp...
@docdantzler.bsky.social's (@utoronto.ca) research examines how and why neighborhoods change and how communities and policymakers create and react to those changes. Connect with Dantzler: scholars.org/scholar/pren...
Prentiss Dantzler | Scholars Strategy Network
Dantzler's research examines how and why neighborhoods change and how communities and policymakers create and react to those changes. Overarching themes in Dantzler's writings include urban poverty, r...
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February 2026 marks the 100 year anniversary of Black History Month… The irony…
We should ask why it’s so easy for terms and concepts like “Heritage American” and “Western Chauvinism” are met with earnest analysis and exploration while academic theory produced by Black scholars are summarily dismissed by people reading introductory texts if that.
GIS mapping & analysis are super. They have helped advance knowledge & methods in urban studies (& other fields) in many ways over the last 40+ years or so. But I am afraid there are way too many folks who use these tools poorly or uncritically. I see many bad, misleading maps on a weekly basis. 1/2
Our latest CRI delves into the survey of community needs & concerns conducted by the Moss Park Coalition & explores the importance of community voices when private investments drive development in disadvantaged neighbourhoods (CC Prentiss Dantzler) https://ow.ly/nFoF50XGAir
This is the least dismal my Bluesky timeline has been in 10 months so thank you baseball!
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Centre for Global Social Policy@cgsp-cpsm.bsky.social · 10mo agoUofT grad students - help advance social policy's media presence! Pitch us an opinion piece on social policy. If approved, you'll earn $500 for the completed piece. More info: cgsp-cpsm.ca/2025/09/22/c...
