Marcelius Braxton

Hey new followers, I direct a Center for Social Change and Belonging, and I'm an Associate Teaching Prof in Philosophy, African/African American Studies, etc. My work focuses on the intersections of race, law, education, and philosophy. I also focus on social justice, activism, and liberation.

I share "White Flight" with students when I want them to understand that people didn't reject public services (esp. education) because they were ineffective. They rejected them BECAUSE they were effective but benefitted all and not a select group. So, they formed private options to limit benefits.

These higher education concessions aren't even reasonable acts of self-preservation because the demands won't end, and their institutions will continue to be targets. Each concession will lead to more demands, and what they try to save will eventually meet the same fate of that which they conceded.

I appreciate this framing much more than other outlets. Others are framing it as if Justice Jackson is breaking some sort of important norm rather than rightly calling out her colleagues for their hypocrisy and making a mockery of the law and the norms/precedents the Court, itself, has established.

Our society's moral failing isn't lack of "civility" or "respect for different viewpoints". It's that so many views are lacking in empathy/compassion that they support a government spending billons in weapons while scoffing at the idea of spending fractions of that to feed, clothe, and house people.

The funny thing about this discourse is that these majors actually do the opposite of what is accused and provide insight into the Black American experience, allowing people to see themselves in U.S history and/or take pride in and admire the strength and uniqueness of the Black American experience.

Unpopular opinion to some: There is no reason for anyone to be concerned about people “exploiting” SNAP. Upset some don’t work? Upset people with SNAP have nice things? They should still have access to food. Upset about what food they use benefits on? They should be able to treat themselves too.

Often a good sign of a made up controversy or insignificant issue is that the headline actively withholds the issue of contention or pushback. In this cause, Mamdani referred to his first cousin, once removed as his aunt. Clearly a more pressing issue than Cuomo’s sexual harassment allegations.

This. It's no one's business. Society also punishes/discriminates against women socially, financially, and professionally for not adhering to beauty standards. So, it's BS to judge them for treating certain beauty norms as a necessity in a patriarchal society where failure to adhere leads to harm.

Let me add to this: There is no better use of government funds and resources than to make sure ALL people have access to food, clothing, shelter, health care, and education.

This app is substantially worse when people make it their goal to put words in your mouth or attach viewpoints/claims to you that you never came close to making.

A lot of people rightly point out the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, but I'd maybe argue the origin point (or close to it) was the Naturalization Act of 1790 as notions of immigration/citizenship were so intertwined with whiteness, which informed the Chinese Exclusion Act other acts before/after.

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was meant to end immigration-admission policy based on race/ethnicity, repealing national-origin quotas limiting immigrants from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Southern/Eastern Europe. But the act shifted to preferences that had other consequences. /1

Bernie Sanders made some pretty ridiculous comments related to border security and how basically border security is necessary to have a nation. So was the U.S. not a nation prior to the manufactured border security panic? Because people were crossing that southern border fairly freely prior to then.