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Oneya Okuwobi

@oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Cincinnati | Book: Who Pays for Diversity? March 2025 www.ucpress.edu/books/who-pays-for-…

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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“What this means is that Arday was treated not as a scholar but as a mascot, one who was particularly expedient for an institution that had been regularly embarrassed by its historic record on race.” I show the dangers of this commodification for Black employees in www.ucpress.edu/books/who-pa...
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Who Pays for Diversity? by Oneya Okuwobi - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
As someone whose Knicks fandom was forged during the near misses in the 90s, this feels incredible. 💙🧡
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Got to watch that comeback in Brooklyn with my 96 y/o grandma yelling “that’s what I’m talking about” at the tv. Doesn’t get much better than that. Let’s go Knicks!
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Mood
Picture of the New York Knicks accepting the 2026 Eastern Conference Championship trophy.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Please and thank you!
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Will be dope. Ordering now!
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Being a professor is just giving yourself homework for the rest of your life.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
“And there comes a time when the people have to not only wake up, they gotta rise up...And I hear people talking about I'm woke, but the question is are you up?” open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
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Sermon for Martin Luther King Day
If you want to understand King, look at the life of Jesus that he tried to emulate
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
As we shared our mutual outrage over the illegal act of war in Venezuela, my cashier at Trader Joe’s handed me a bouquet of flowers. This little gift encouraged me both to hope and to act. Who can you give courage to today?
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
“characterized by or producing upheaval or agitation; in a state of turbulence, typically a creative or productive one.” I’ll take it!
Merriam Webster word of 2026 “yeasty”
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
As promised, here’s a year-end #ScholarSunday thread featuring some of the best public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new books, & more from throughout 2025. I really appreciate folks who shared work, their own & that of others, for this meta-thread! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/special-best...
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Special Best-of-2025 #ScholarSunday Thread! – Black and White and Read All Over
As promised, here’s a year-end #ScholarSunday thread featuring some of the best public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new books, & more from throughout 2025. I really appreciate folks who...
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I’ll never forget the transcendent feeling of singing Total Praise with my college choir. May his memory be a blessing.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
For a new year with new ideas, pick up these 9 @ucpress.bsky.social books that appeared on "Best of" lists this year. Orders placed directly via the press get 30% off using the code UCPSAVE30!
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Thanks to @greatergoodedu.bsky.social for naming Who Pays for Diversity?among their favorite books of the year! #booksky Excited to check out all the books on the list. We need work that “fosters a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.” www.ucpress.edu/books/who-pa...
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Who Pays for Diversity? by Oneya Okuwobi - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Thanks so much @bwaber.bsky.social!
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The religion of the majority of white Christians is whiteness ( Emerson and Bracey 2024). Therefore anyone who stands against white supremacy they no longer consider a brother or sister, but an enemy.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Clearly, there are many Italian people who should have been honored instead. But honoring Columbus had the ability to help elevate Italians into whiteness because of his connection to genocide and white supremacy. His cruelty is part of the point.
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✨Shut Up B!tch, I know someone who likes it ✨ @shannasince87.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Happy Indigenous People Day And fuck you, Christopher Columbus
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
@doclb2.bsky.social killing her presentation at #ABSMemphis! If you don’t have her book, get it today!
Picture of Dr. Letisha Brown next to a screen with a picture of her book Say Her Name
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Thanks #ABSMemphis for taking the conversation about scholar activism to LeMonye- Owen College and the brilliant students at this HBCU. The quote I’m reflecting on: “What we gon do but fight?!”
Panel on scholar activism with picture of WEB DuBois behind them
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Memphis bound this week. Keep the BBQ ready!
Slide showing book talk: who pays for diversity? Why programs fall short of racial equity and what to do about it.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
People of faith pushing for recognition and repentance. Beautiful.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Great new post by @gerardomarti.bsky.social especially important for those leading multiracial spaces and antiracist efforts. “Until denominational leaders interrogate how white comfort shapes every institutional decision, antiracism will remain an aspiration rather than a practice.”
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New article alert 🚨 Just out in JSSR- I and colleagues examine how racial salience, rather than racial category, generates inequalities in an “antiracist” organization. Importantly, the title is dope! onlinelibrary-wiley-com.uc.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.1111/...
Picture of the article- “House Negro or Field Negro?: Racial Salience and Claims-Making in the United Methodist Church”
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
My favorite of the packaged fall foods 😋. What’s yours?
A box of pumpkin pie pop tarts
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Boniuk Institute @boniukinstitute.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🎉 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎉 Check out "Why Diversity Efforts Fail," the new episode of Religion Unmuted w Rachel Schneider & @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social. Explore diversity, equity & the challenge of creating change 🎧 religionunmuted.libsyn.com/site/when-di...
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Thanks for reading @novumsimulacrum.com and important question! I remain hopeful, but only if we start to see real models of change that can be amplified and become the standard. Time will tell.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I was literally just talking about cinnamon sugar toast this morning 😋
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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Started reading Oneya’s book already and it’s so on point. Can’t wait to read the rest!
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Book selfies are the best selfies #ASA2025 @ucpress.bsky.social
Picture of me holding the book Who Pays for Diversity at a book exhibit
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Hello Chicago! Heading up my third annual symposium on Race and Religion at the Association for the Sociology of Religion meeting tomorrow. Then over to #ASA2025 for a dope panel on the future of work for disabled workers. Can’t wait to see everyone!
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
May I offer anyone lamenting the state of your institution today some wise words from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social ?
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Got to do a fun interview with @917wvxu.bsky.social that was on today. Because I I’m a public radio nerd, this was peak goals.
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Some politicians are working to end DEI programs. Are they worth saving?
A new book argues such programs often end up causing harm to the very people they purport to help: employees of color.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I was surprised to learn that my grandparents, who have watched the stories since before I was born, vehemently dislike Beyond the Gates. When I asked them why, they said they like watching white folks act a fool, not Black ones 🤣 #BeyondTheGates #BTG
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The only reason I attended UVA was its commitment to and strong graduation rates for Black students. This continues a shameful and cowardly retenchment of what I loved about this place. www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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Board of Visitors ends support for racial diversity goals
The newly approved resolution, titled “Advancing Free Inquiry and Viewpoint Diversity at U.Va.”, calls for efforts to create a campus environment that supports open political dialogue, constructive de...
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
My audiobook came out today! After the utter relief that they pronounced my name correctly, I was blown away by Karen Chilton’s narration. Chills indeed! @ucpress.bsky.social
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I’ve got a Meijer right next to Target and a Costco up the road. I’m good.
Sign for shopping center featuring Target and Meijer
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Persons who support imprisonment without due process are worshipping a very different Jesus than I am this Easter.
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Holy Week feels like such an appropriate time to reflect on 20 (!) years of antiracist work in the church. So many of my dreams for change have died, yet there is always life right around the corner. www.missioalliance.org/i-set-out-to...
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I Set Out to End Racism and Failed - Missio Alliance
"An inaccurate understanding of systemic racial inequality matters because ignorance about racial realities erodes the will and ability to improve them."
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
🥰
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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
So proud of my friend and colleague @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social presenting her brilliant and timely book: Who Pays for Diversity 🌸
Oneya Fennell Okuwobi, presenting her new book: Who Pays for Diversity. Standing at a podium, near a 🎤
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This is a not atypical example of how holistic Black Christianity is- the hereafter and the here and now do not contradict. I just gave. You can join here: support.si.edu/site/Donatio...
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Help Us tell the FULL African American Story - Smithsonian
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
ASA members recently in the news include: David A. Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social @tulaneu.bsky.social Oneya Fennell Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social University of Cincinnati Lucius Couloute, Trinity College Manuela Perrotta @qmul.ac.uk Christine L. Williams @utaustin.bsky.social
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Delightful new socks! Take this as a reminder to go easy on yourself.
Cream, blue, and red socks reading imperfectionist.
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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
If you don't already have a copy, make sure you get one before the book signing! @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social's Who Pays for Diversity is so needed at this time! #BookSky #BlackSky #AcademicSky
A copy of the new book, Who Pays for Diversity? By Dr. Oneya F. Okuwobi.

White background, green transitioning into yellow lettering
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
See you soon Charlotte, NC! Any restaurant recommendations?
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Great argument for “Why sociology?”
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AKgrrrl @akgrrrl.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This such an important read and scholarship...so many are emphasizing that reconstruction in light of the destruction we're seeing must be a process, not of reflexively rebuilding the same structures, but rather reimagining something much better. There's also no reason not to start right now.
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