We know Trump’s weaponization of federal funding to strike down diversity language and programs has impacted nonprofits. We don’t know how much. @theemancipator.org investigated the disability advocacy sector, which relies heavily on federal funding. theemancipator.org/2026/07/30/i...

Some Disability Advocacy Groups Quietly Shifted Diversity Language After Trump Took Office

An Emancipator investigation examining 74 disability advocacy groups found that around thirty percent of well-funded organizations that receive significant federal grants and contracts likely changed ...

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August is coming with some new books! @theemancipator.org featured nine new antiracist titles coming this month, including books by @rozinaali.bsky.social, @edgeofsports.bsky.social, @markanthonyneal.bsky.social, Edwidge Danticat, and Claudia Rankine. theemancipator.org/2026/08/03/t...

9 New Antiracist Books Arriving in August

Whyteface by A. Igoni Barrett Graywolf, Aug. 4 In Whyteface, a Nigerian man mysteriously wakes up White and embarks on a journey through Europe and through notions of race, ethnicity, nationality, and...

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@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social, @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social & @mayarupert.bsky.social discussed the life & legacy of the late Lindsey Graham & how his senate seat has been the most racist in US history; shoutout to @ibramxk.bsky.social for the brilliant @theemancipator.org piece highlighting this.

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Half the Answer #96: Maya Rupert joins Caitlin and Trent to explore the life and works of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who until his death earlier this month occupied the most racist seat in American history. www.liberalcurrents.com/lindsey-grah...

I highly recommend Ibrahm Kendi's book "Chain of Ideas" which takes you on a global journey on the politics of the great replacement theory.

Timothy Burke@bubbaprog.xyz · 6d ago

without Moroccan migrants Spain's national team doesn't have Lamine Yamal, you can play this game every time

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Exploring the Depths of the Great Replacement Theory

Ibram X. Kendi traces how the Great Replacement Theory turns demographic anxiety into political grievance—and grievance into authoritarian power.

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I just finished reading Dr Kendhi's recent book about Great Replacement Theory. Recommend to better understand how deep this garbage goes.

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Trump: "When they take something over, it's always dirty. The sidewalks are dirty. The people are -- I hate to say this -- not clean, okay? The curbs are loaded with you know what. The smell is terrible. I mean, I see it happening to cities. Blue cities. They're all blue."

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Queering Reality with Ibram X. Kendi

The enduring hope that liberation, like oppression, is something we build together

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Saw some excellent books in the wild at Secret Garden Books in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, which also happens to be Jimothy Town. Tagging authors so they can see where some of their books have made it to. :) @berondam.bsky.social @stevebrusatte.bsky.social @ibramxk.bsky.social

All this smoke for HBCUs, but to be clear: it is much more dire for Black students at historically White colleges and universities (HWCUs). These HWCUs are not enrolling many Black students, undermining Black faculty, and defunding Black Studies, diversity offices and BSUs.

For the first time this year, 815 Native Hawaiians and their families have been awarded land on Oahu. A ceremony was held late last week to award residential leases in Ewa, Waimanalo, and Nanakuli.

“Chain of Ideas is a vital, urgent read because it decodes the mechanics of global wedge politics. . .It is a sobering, essential road map for anyone trying to understand—and survive—the anxieties defining our modern age.” A new review of my new book. open.substack.com/pub/lmwalsh/...

Exploring the Depths of the Great Replacement Theory

Ibram X. Kendi traces how the Great Replacement Theory turns demographic anxiety into political grievance—and grievance into authoritarian power.

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White patrols murder Black people who resist being shackled. Is it 1826 or 2026?

Racist Americans will say Corey Ruiz should not have resisted arrest. They will say four White officers feared for their lives. They will point to a knife to justify the police murder, hoping we ignore our own eyes; hoping we will disregard this brother’s humanity. We won’t. We regard Black life.

423/600 💙📚💡📚 🎧📖: A Chain of Ideas by Ibram X Kendi Genre: Nonfiction Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: makes some important connections

After the passing of Lindsey Graham, we started examining his racial record. Which led to a deeper study: examining the racial legacy of the South Carolina “Class Two” Senate seat he held. We compiled a list of the most infamous occupiers of this seat since 1789. theemancipator.org/2026/07/19/i...

Lindsey Graham Occupied the Most Racist Senate Seat in U.S. History

In the wake of the passing of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham a week ago, there emerged a debate about his legacy. President Donald Trump and many of Graham’s colleagues in Congress made glowing tributes. Me...

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A little light reading for today.

Book haul from Tuesday. Had some gift cards and some rewards credits and decided to treat myself since it’s my birthday this week. My last year in my 60’s.

There’s a case in Texas that’s comparable to what happened to Nolan Wells. Two White youngsters were recently arrested three months after the death of 18-year-old Daniel Erving.⁠ ⁠ Learn the latest @theemancipator.org

I prominently display this poster in my classroom. I was reading this article by @ibramxk.bsky.social and it made me think of that poster. #sschat theemancipator.org/2026/07/10/i...

When you spend your political career wishing death on people around the world as a total warmonger, you cannot expect people to show compassion when you die.

Tonight: we spoke with the parents of Nolan Wells, talked with Dr. Ibram X Kendi about the way racism is fooling white Americans and tackled the latest ICE killing, this time in Texas and the genocide in Sudan. A tough set of topics, but all so important to confront. www.youtube.com/live/S4qVLdd...

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On July 3, Trump called it lies “that we live on stolen land or that our heroes were oppressors.” On July 4, a White House report denounced the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for failing to deny the connections of “America’s Founders and Founding” to slavery.

On July 4, the White House slammed the Smithsonian for failing to deny the connections of “America’s Founders and Founding” to slavery. Trump & company have been refuting and censoring the facts of slavery, engaging in slavery denial. My latest @theemancipator.org. theemancipator.org/2026/07/10/i...

On Trump’s Slavery Denial

There are the facts of history and there are the fibs of propaganda. Human beings are inclined to propaganda about the dreadful past. We are inclined to produce and consume false stories about ourselv...

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When social media exploded with videos of masked White men marching on the National Mall, 23-year-old Getty Images intern Finn Gomez sprang into action.⁠ ⁠ Gomez spoke with the @theemancipator.org about what he saw on July 4th when he captured this iconic image.⁠ theemancipator.org/2026/07/08/n...

Getty Intern Shares Story of Capturing Historic July 4 Photo with The Emancipator

When social media exploded with videos of masked White men marching on the National Mall, 23-year-old Getty Images editorial news intern Finn Gomez sprang into action.  It was his first week on the jo...

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From playing Indian to the Great Replacement Theory, colonial identity is wrapped up in contradiction. Ibram X Kendi and I discussed the ways our projects intersect.

Finished this today, perfect timing if you ask me. Frustrating, crushing, but ultimately hopeful. Well worth the time.📚 @ibramxk.bsky.social

A new study from the Howard University Institute for Advanced Study found that 48 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, or nearly 86%, directly profited from slavery. This is 7 more signers than previously known. My latest @theemancipator.org. theemancipator.org/2026/07/02/i...

New Study: 48 of 56 Declaration of Independence signers profited from slavery

A new study conducted by the Howard University Institute for Advanced Study found that 48 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, or nearly 86%, directly profited from slavery by enslavi...

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I’m pretty stingy with 5⭐️ and I’ve read 8 already this year which is probably a record for me. It’s a tough call - either East of Eden or Chain of Ideas.

“Great replacement theory has concocted . . . A war on white people. A war on Christians. A war on heterosexuals.” On men, the family, the West. On Christmas. Chain of Ideas. Ibram Kendi.

So you don’t think that Great Replacement Theory, as described by Ibram X. Kendi, is an ascendant ideology on the right (and elsewhere)? The just take a peek at the discourse swirling around other social media platforms about today’s SCOTUS decision on birthright citizenship.