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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 29/09/2025

The state could have backed him but instead they demonstrated for the thousandth time that there is no level of respectability that will prevent white people from serving you up on a platter in order to appease powerful racists.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

As ICE storms Chicagoland, Chicago’s organizers speak. Stacy Davis Gates, Benji Hart, Arti Walker-Peddakotla, Ric Wilson, and others discuss ongoing ICE raids, Trump’s threats to send in the National Guard, and the solidarity we need to survive these times. Audio + transcript:

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Raids, Retaliation, and Radical Solidarity in Chicago

“History shows us that repression always breeds resistance,” says Chicago organizer Miguel Alvelo Rivera.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/09/2025

These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I’ve been reporting on influencers for more than seven years now and today I had an academic decline to do an interview about them for the first time out of fear of government retaliation.

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Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

‪ “One way to stay grounded is to remember that we still have to meet our vocational obligations—to teach.” In our forum section, @oiyanpoon.bsky.social responds to David Asai’s essay reflecting on the current state of DEI in science education: issues.org/inclusive-sc...

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Being a Good Mentor

Mentorship is a powerful tool in accelerating the development and careers of all scientists.

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

When I interviewed Asian Americans for my book, one guy (he’d been an international student from China) said affirmative action was the new Chinese exclusion act. I wish I could find him now and say: no my guy, THIS revocation of visas targeting Chinese students is the new Chinese exclusion act.

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Chicago! Tomorrow--Wed. 4/30, 7pm at Call&Response Books. Hear @oiyanpoon.bsky.social talk about her fantastic book: Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family!

Flyer for book talk with splashes of red, yellow, black and brown, orange cover of book and headshots of OiYan Poon & Elizabeth Todd-Breland. "Asian American is Not a Color. Paperback Book Launch & Signing with OiYan Poon in conversation with Elizabeth Todd-Breland. Wednesday April 30th at 7pm at Call & Response Books, 1390 E Hyde Park BLVD. Register at www.callandresponsechi.com/events

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Nobody told me that Sinners was a touching love story! The ending had me weeping.

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

"Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

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ALT: a man is sitting in a chair and pointing at something with the words that right there behind him

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I’m an academic and don’t understand endowments. wealthy AF colleges/univs need to leverage their collective wealth especially w the higher ed existential crisis, facing a mass stalker/murderer of higher Ed/research infrastructures. Thx @kevincarey1.bsky.social. www.vox.com/education/40...

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Why aren’t universities using their billion-dollar endowments to fight Trump?

Rich universities can afford to push back against the administration. Here’s why they aren’t.

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A must ready by @kevincarey1.bsky.social today. www.vox.com/education/40... Why don't the richest universities strategically and collectively use their endowments to lead the fight! If a forever legacy is what these leaders (and boards?) want, they need to act from their positions of wealth.

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Why aren’t universities using their billion-dollar endowments to fight Trump?

Rich universities can afford to push back against the administration. Here’s why they aren’t.

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Kid’s progress report came in and the only grade I cared about was the B in social science. She’s the daughter of TWO social scientists. What are we doing wrong?! 😂

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

History has shown that a strong democracy is what keeps Jews safest. At the core of strong democracies are free speech and education. Trump's cancellation of $400M in grants to Columbia University, falsely in the name of Jewish safety, actively puts Jews in danger.

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This is astounding. and I guarantee you that Jewish students, faculty, and staff are being harmed with this cancelation under a banner of "antisemitism."

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I have been rewatching Mad Men this last week, and wow... the blatant and unapologetic racism, sexism, and classism in words, deeds, and actions, without penalty or shame, depicted on the show, which starts in 1960 is what you'd imagine and worse. It struck me that ...

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Dr. Diana Liu @dianaliuedu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

@oiyanpoon.bsky.social Excited for this coming up in SIX days!!!! RSVP to tune in!!

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I’ll probably regret it but I just commented on a neighborhood moms fb group thread about diversity, equity, & inclusion and Target’s revenue dip. Someone said they prefer that “qualified people” get hired, and I just couldn’t leave it alone. I broke my rule that FB is only for getting free stuff.

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Love to 15 Attorneys General (including in Illinois!) for this legal memo/guidance reminding higher ed that "Fear of the “Dear Colleague” letter or the loss of federal funding is not a justification to impose or reimpose discriminatory practices." illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

My latest substack post is a meditation on names and naming our ancestors. There have been many conversations in the last year about whether changing the name of programs/initiatives for diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, accessibility would save them. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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What's in a Name?

We are the Descendants of Social Movements for Civil Rights, Desegregation, and Human Dignity.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 04/03/2025

Historically, the mayor’s power has disproportionately benefited a select few, as evidenced by the segregated pockets of poverty and divestment across Chicago. Mayor Johnson is attempting to govern differently than the handpicked white Democrats who came before him. thetriibe.com/2025/03/mayo...

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Mayor Johnson is taking his message straight to Black Chicagoans • The TRiiBE

INTERVIEW: Feeling that his investments in Black Chicago are being lost in ‘chaos’ narratives, Johnson is spending more time with the Black press and in community with residents.

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

A virtual book talk and conversation about racial (ill-)literacy among Asian American communities. Next Thursday, 3/13, 6-7:30 p.m. thanks to The Racial Literacy Project at Teachers College RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I’m old enough to remember when the NYT’s coverage of higher education was being directed by Christopher Rufo, by tweet

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

So it seems that I'm staying on this bandwagon for the foreseeable future. FLY, EAGLES, FLY!

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Have you all seen Tiger Woods lately? The man had the benefit of 2 youthful dna streams, and squandered it! Asian don’t raisin; Black don’t crack, but I guess when you swim in the cesspool of hate, you just don’t age well. 😬

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Chris Conzen @chrisconzen.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Sharing for my Higher Ed friends via @oiyanpoon.bsky.social “A legal memo from a whole crew of civil rights law professors/lawyers offering further actual legal guidance about diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher ed.”

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OGC Memo re Trump DEI and SFFA 2025 02 20.pdf | Powered by Box

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

This cartoon was drawn in 1923. You could have fooled me. I thought it was published in 2023.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Cartoonist Leslie Rogers would have been in his 20s when he drew this cartoon for the Chicago Defender. He died about a decade later, but not before launching the long-running Black comic strip Bungleton Green (which was continued by Jay Jackson and others).

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20/02/2025

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

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Susan Faircloth @sfaircloth12.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Individuals and groups (at CSU) can also submit impact statements using the QR code below:

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Susan Faircloth @sfaircloth12.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

There is a campus protest this afternoon at the Lory Student Center

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Japanese American National Museum @jamuseum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Today we witness a continuation of history; the same forces and rhetoric that led to the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II are now being used to detain immigrants at Guantánamo Bay. The lessons of history must not be ignored.

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Japanese American National Museum @jamuseum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which authorized the US military to forcibly remove over 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry and launched their mass incarceration into concentration camps during World War II.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Lawyers, this is what it looks like to honor your oath as a lawyer and as a prosecutor. I want to lift up Denise Cheung, one of a growing group of senior DOJ lawyers who have put the rule of law ahead of politics & short-term career advancement. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The 47th admin’s anti-trans EO threatens unconstitutional censorship that could have a grave impact on literature for years to come. In dismissing trans, intersex, and nonbinary identities, the order blacklists LGBTQIA+ literature. We don’t stand for this! #TransLivesMatter

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Literary Organizations Release Joint Statement Decrying Anti-Trans Executive Order

The American Booksellers Association, Audio Publishers Association, Independent Book Publishers Association, PEN America, and dozens of other orgs issued a letter addressing President Donald Trump's…

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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Today is February 19, 2025 - the anniversary of an Executive Order that will live in infamy. EO 9066, signed by FDR, led to the mass incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans, who were "systematically dispossessed and forcibly stripped of their rights" (@jamuseum.bsky.social). 1/5

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