Raul Perez
@raulperez.bsky.social
sociologist and author of The Souls of White Jokes (Stanford University Press) https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=30308
So then what kind of joy does Israel allow in Gaza? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Truthout@truthout.org · 2w agoKites — which bring smiles to children’s faces and, for a moment, help them escape the reality of tents and rubble — have now been banned by Israel, which declared kite-flying a potential act of war.
Check out this interview I did earlier today on thisishell.com podcast with @chuckmertz.bsky.social where we discussed my new article on genocidal enjoyment for @britsoci.bsky.social and @culsoc.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@chuckmertz.bsky.social · 3w agoRaul Perez joined us to discuss his British Sociological Assoication paper, "Genocidal Enjoyment: On the Weaponization of Joyful Cruelty and ‘Dark Fun’ during Israel’s Genocide in Gaza.” Plus, the Question from Hell! Keep us free by joining us as a paying member. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...
Check out this interview I did earlier today on thisishell.com podcast with @chuckmertz.bsky.social where we discussed my new article on genocidal enjoyment for @britsoci.bsky.social and @culsoc.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@chuckmertz.bsky.social · 3w agoRaul Perez joined us to discuss his British Sociological Assoication paper, "Genocidal Enjoyment: On the Weaponization of Joyful Cruelty and ‘Dark Fun’ during Israel’s Genocide in Gaza.” Plus, the Question from Hell! Keep us free by joining us as a paying member. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...
Raul Perez joined us to discuss his British Sociological Assoication paper, "Genocidal Enjoyment: On the Weaponization of Joyful Cruelty and ‘Dark Fun’ during Israel’s Genocide in Gaza.” Plus, the Question from Hell! Keep us free by joining us as a paying member. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...
NEW HELL! Israel's Genocidal Enjoyment and Joy of Cruelty | This Is Hell!
Our guest is sociologists Raúl Pérez co-author of the British Sociological Association paper, “Genocidal Enjoyment: On the Weaponization of
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Just published a new article on the role of genocidal enjoyment in Gaza and in other global contexts of genocidal atrocity and violence for a new special issue on the cultural sociology of war for @culsoc.bsky.social and @britsoci.bsky.social link to article👇🏾 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Just published a new article on the role of genocidal enjoyment in Gaza and in other global contexts of genocidal atrocity and violence for a new special issue on the cultural sociology of war for @culsoc.bsky.social and @britsoci.bsky.social link to article👇🏾 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sharing a new cfp I'm co-editing on the "Global Dimensions of Right-Wing Humor" — a special issue for the Journal of Right-Wing Studies. If you study or are interested in studying humor and the right, please submit your abstracts by October 1, 2026. And please share with folks who may be interested
"(Un)Just Joking? On the Global Dimensions of Right-Wing Humor" | Journal of Right-Wing Studies
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And I would definitely teach @raulperez.bsky.social's book on racial humor. It really explains how we got here well. www.sup.org/books/sociol...
The Souls of White Jokes | Stanford University Press
A rigorous study of the social meaning and consequences of racist humor, and a damning argument for when the joke is not just a joke.
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I'm prepping my lecture on hate groups today and lamenting that this topic has become so relevant. I went to graduate school to study "colorblind racism," and that seems increasingly quaint when the DHS is posting Nazi memes, and Steven Miller oversees a vast network of concentration camps.
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
Much appreciated @thrasherxy.bsky.social 🙏
dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile)@thrasherxy.bsky.social · 7mo agoOur man @raulperez.bsky.social is breaking it DOWN with @geedee215.bsky.social on @npr.org Code Switch about Trump, humor as a social constructor of race, and The Souls of White Jokes www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n... Professor Raúl Perez on Trump's racist jokes... @raulperez.bsky.social
Trump shared a racist "joke." That humor is an American tradition : Code Switch
When President Trump shared a racist video on his Truth Social account last week, the blowback was real. But the video is also part of a tradition that has existed in the U.S. since the early 1800s — ...
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Our man @raulperez.bsky.social is breaking it DOWN with @geedee215.bsky.social on @npr.org Code Switch about Trump, humor as a social constructor of race, and The Souls of White Jokes www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...
Trump shared a racist "joke." That humor is an American tradition : Code Switch
When President Trump shared a racist video on his Truth Social account last week, the blowback was real. But the video is also part of a tradition that has existed in the U.S. since the early 1800s — ...
npr.org
"The Souls of White Jokes" is a fantastic book! Excited to see this conversation on NPR and reaching a wider audience
Raul Perez@raulperez.bsky.social · 7mo agoSpoke with folks at Code Switch to unpack the weaponization of racist humor and the politics of white nationalism, past and present. Hope you check it out. www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...
Spoke with folks at Code Switch to unpack the weaponization of racist humor and the politics of white nationalism, past and present. Hope you check it out. www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...
Trump shared a racist "joke." That humor is an American tradition : Code Switch
When President Trump shared a racist video on his Truth Social account last week, the blowback was real. But the video is also part of a tradition that has existed in the U.S. since the early 1800s — ...
npr.org
2 decades ago depicting Obama as an ape, even as a “joke” would end your career. Today Trump casually posts imagery of the Obama’s as apes right at the start of Black history month. I unpack this racist history more closely in my book The Souls of White Jokes: How racist humor fuels white supremacy
FYI, this also happened today while Mamdani and Trump had their heart to heart meeting at the same time
Trump and Mamdani today, and basically all of politics
These Dogs Can Only Act Tough When They’re Behind This Fence! 😂
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Ok WTF happened between Mamdani and Trump today. This is wild
When Alex Jones is supporting a “gen z protest” in Mexico, the people he’s cheering to be kidnapped/deported here by masked ICE goons, you know this is actually a right-wing coup attempt backed by the right in the US and Mexico. That and Vicente Fox sporting a One Piece T-shirt at the “protest.”
Symposium today on humor and the Right. We will highlight the intersection of humor/comedy/memes etc. with issues of nationalism, race, gender, sexuality, fascism, and more, past and present and around the world. Free event, program and registration info below. drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
