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Hakeem Jefferson

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

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 4h
Government actions to target specific racial or ethnic groups are a clear violation of the Equal Protection Clause---in the plain meaning of the text, in the original intent, any way you look at it. And the Trump administration openly confesses to racial motivations.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 15h
So proud of my former PhD student Rachel Lienesch, now at Indiana University! Her innovative work draws on social psychology to expand how political science thinks about white Americans’ identity threats beyond threats to group status. Read, share, and assign it! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Democratic but Still White: The Impact of Racial Identity Threats on White Democrats’ Support for Racial Justice Protests - Political Behavior
In recent years, observers have noted an apparent increase in racially progressive attitudes among White Democrats. Among journalists, this “great awokening” of White Democrats is practically taken as...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 15h
So proud of my former PhD student Rachel Lienesch, now at Indiana University! Her innovative work draws on social psychology to expand how political science thinks about white Americans’ identity threats beyond threats to group status. Read, share, and assign it! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Democratic but Still White: The Impact of Racial Identity Threats on White Democrats’ Support for Racial Justice Protests - Political Behavior
In recent years, observers have noted an apparent increase in racially progressive attitudes among White Democrats. Among journalists, this “great awokening” of White Democrats is practically taken as...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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.
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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.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Group Chat is very proud of member @benzevgreen.bsky.social on the publication of his new book, Algorithmic Realism.
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I am a political scientist now! Social Science trifecta achieved!! Thanks AI— I definitely couldn’t have done it without you! 🤣😂
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The most profound, actually!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I wonder how Google AI confused @trevondlogan.bsky.social with me in this author list for a paper I co-authored. Is Google AI doing the “they all look the same” thing??
Screenshot of a Google AI Overview for my co-authored paper, “The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception.” It incorrectly lists Trevon Logan in place of me, Hakeem Jefferson, alongside my co-authors Lauren D. Davenport and Hunter E. Rendleman.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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-...
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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...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thinking deeply inspired by the work of queer and feminist scholars and, of course, by the pioneering work of Eve Sedgwick. And, like all of my work, very much inspired by the world around me and my own sense of what is driving behavior. Eager to turn back to this work soon & welcome thoughts.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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-...
gender.stanford.edu
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...
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I really was hoping this was all some joke, but you can’t make this stuff up. stanforddaily.com/2026/09/23/u...
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University confirms use of AI-edited photo amid controversy
The incident has caused national controversy, stemming from a now-viral Fizz post.
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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.
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Jeremy Singer @jeremylsinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Some helpful datapoints on the NYC schools discussed here--providing context for the role of entrenched social and economic inequalities. Data from NYC (tools.nycenet.edu/dashboard/) and NY state (data.nysed.gov/downloads.php) 🧵
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thanks for the correction!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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...
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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.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15/09/2026
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.
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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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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Isn’t it just the best?!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Do yourself an end of summer favor and make this dish, recommended today by Melissa Clark at @nytimes.com. Recipe by Hetty Lui McKinnon. @villarrecords.bsky.social and I have made this previously and loved it. So good, and super easy. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...
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Dumpling Tomato Salad With Chile Crisp Vinaigrette Recipe • 5★ (Gift Recipe)
Harness the crowd-pleasing power of dumplings in this hearty yet light main course salad. The base is simple and summery: Ripe tomatoes are lightly touched with salt, garlic and basil, providing a per...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So grateful to @atrexler.com and the good folks at @uwmadison.bsky.social political science for a fantastic visit. I also now understand the Madison hype. A fantastic college town I’m looking forward to visiting again.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And I’m a terrible driver!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s amazing and kinda ridiculous how predictable this all is. I responded simply, “No, I am not.” And, it doesn’t matter that I’d be a very strange looking valet in my printed shirt etc. But some of us notice those kinds of details. I don’t suspect he noticed much else other than my otherness.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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?”
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Last leg of travel! Fun APSA w/ some of my fav folks in Boston. A week of rest and very good food with my family in South Carolina. Now off to Wisconsin for the first time to engage their American politics workshop. And then back home to @villarrecords.bsky.social who’s been away for 2 months!
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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In chapter 10 we walk through how a defining feature of Trumpism, a desire to win at all costs (or, "cheat like hell"), relates to a willingness to break numerous rules. This conflicts though with preference for order & stability among more typical conservatives. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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The Right Way
Why supporting big government, trade barriers, and unchecked executive power is still conservative—and why MAGA’s worldview is far more coherent than its critics think
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I hope folks find it useful!
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception Lauren D. Davenport, Dept of Political Science, Stanford Hakeem Jefferson, Dept of Political Science, Stanford Hunter E. Rendleman, Dept of Political Science, Berkeley link to preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Very kind of you, my friend!
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AS @alexstephenson.me · 10/09/2026
Read Hakeem's (and also his co-authors Lauren Davenport and Hunter Rendleman) work is a general good rule of thumb.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Very slowly in this business!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What even is time?!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We love this paper. Thanks to Rachel Dolezal for the inspiration a decade ago!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And sorry for forgetting to share a link to the preprint. osf.io/preprints/so...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here is a link to the preprint: osf.io/preprints/so... and will def re-up when it is properly online at the journal!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s my “she black but she ain’t black black” paper.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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”
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Impossible to put into words how useless Gmail search is. No wait, these guys did it!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The walk was wild!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Who do I complain to that the APSA LGBTQ and Race and Ethnic Politics Receptions are happening at the same time? Where is the intersectionality police when I need them?!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is just too good…and so accurate. h/t @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Got to read two *fantastic* new books for #APSA2026! Want to know more? On Thursday, join the discussion of @jaeheejung.bsky.social’s book at 2pm. On Friday, come to the 8am discussion of the latest book of @sarahobolt.bsky.social & James Tilley. It’ll be great!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It is only in a political culture where we have accepted blatant unapologetic racism as a normal feature of our politics that this woman isn’t shunned and the right isn’t made to answer for her bullshit. Trump gets a pass bc he’s the one who gave license to this shit in the first place. Shameful!
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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.
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In which @jamellebouie.net reveals the Secret Sauce of his punditry. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o...
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