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In honor of today and tomorrow's #ScholarStrike founded by Dr. Anthea Butler @AntheaButler & co-created by Dr. Kevin Gannon @TheTattooedProf
I am connecting this with everyone who participated in #ShutDownSTEM , #ShutDownAcademia & #Strike4BlackLives 3 months ago!
Let's go🚀1/
I am connecting this with everyone who participated in #ShutDownSTEM , #ShutDownAcademia & #Strike4BlackLives 3 months ago!
Let's go🚀1/
When you joined into #ShutDownSTEM & #ShutDownAcademia it is because you were on a #Strike4BlackLives
This is because you were making a commitment to eradicate systemic racism.
This is because you understood you have a role to play.
We need to end this.
Together.
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This is because you were making a commitment to eradicate systemic racism.
This is because you understood you have a role to play.
We need to end this.
Together.
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You understood deep down that there is no reason why anyone based on their skin color should undergo this treatment. Losing their lives, loved ones, being profiled by police, subjugated to painful treatment.
You understand deep down that #BlackLivesMatter
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You understand deep down that #BlackLivesMatter
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As the 1st BW to graduate from Yale astro w a PhD in astrophysics, I was asked to comment on the racist dept emails sent by senior faculty in this @buzzfeednews story. TBH, I wasn't planning to. Not surprising and not worth my time. #BlackintheIvory buzzfeednews.com/article/stepha…
Then I remembered being a student there and watching blatantly racist things happen that I didn't feel like I could or even knew how to speak to. I remember wishing someone would stand up for my right to be there. Very often no one did; certainly not publicly. #BlackintheIvory
I remember vowing that if I ever got power in my field that I wouldn't squander it by only celebrating my scientific expertise, but that I would use it to encourage and create space for folx like me, who cared both abt people and the Universe. Oh hai power... 😎 #BlackintheIvory
Last wk, we discussed how Western science is founded on anti-Blackness. Today, we share how Black ppl across the globe have always been at the forefront of knowledge creation, within/outside of/in resistance to anti-Black dominant institutions of science. 
We intentionally couple these threads b/c while it’s important to name and work to dismantle the ways institutional science has exacted violence against Black communities, we need to also know about & celebrate how Black communities have BEEN doing science, BEEN making knowledge.
As a note, this thread is part of our #ScientistSolidarity Drive, calling non-Black scientists to support orgs/funds doing grassroots racial justice & abolition work. We're $800 away from hitting our $6110 match goal! #ScienceIsPolitical #BlackLivesMatter
This was y'all last night at the @AAS_CSMA #ShutDownSTEM Town Hall lol
On a serious note, thank you to everyone who was patient as we fought to screen everybody waiting to get into the meeting. We took extra precautions to protect the Black astronomers breakout room from racist attacks.
As far as I could tell, all the Black people who registered for the meeting were able to gain access to the room and had a pleasant time. My sincerest apologies to any Black folks who were not able to access the meeting.
What’s police brutality and racism got to do with science?
Everything.
A #BlackAndSTEM/#ShutDownSTEM/#ShutDownAcademia/#BlackLivesMatter multidisciplinary science megathread.
Everything.
A #BlackAndSTEM/#ShutDownSTEM/#ShutDownAcademia/#BlackLivesMatter multidisciplinary science megathread.
Did you know that studies have revealed that diversity drives scientific innovation? Another way to put that: The absence of Black people in science results in lower quality science. So says @nature, one of the world’s most prestigious science journals
nature.com/articles/s4146…
nature.com/articles/s4146…
@nature Where are all the #BlackAndSTEM scientists? Racism blocks their way. While white males make up 40-60% of science Ph.D. students, the Black %s are usually in the single digits. Physics, astronomy, and Earth sciences are usually in the 1-3% range.
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/arti…
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/arti…
Today for #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM, the GEU and its coalition partners in the STEM community are calling for the removal of Stephen Hsu as VP of Research and Graduate Studies at @michiganstateu.
The person responsible for directing MSU research funding is a vocal scientific racist and eugenicist. This is shameful, and it is actively harmful to our research community. #FireStephenHsu
The following thread contains links to Hsu’s own posts and his own words. They are broadly organized into categories demonstrating positions of RACISM, EUGENICS, SEXISM, and CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Although #ShutDownSTEM & #ShutDownAcademia is just for today (I do need to go back to work tomorrow), it was great to find this calendared resource from @Autumn_Bry which means I can carry on learning over the following weeks: docs.google.com/document/d/1H-…
And another huge list of articles and resources: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
More music: Jamrock by Damian Marley remains an absolute bop. David Rodigan closed a session with this in London and I've never felt a beat so heavy. Incredible sound.
"Society for Cultural Anthropology in Solidarity with Black Lives & the Association of Black Anthropologists"
Click the link for the SCA statement & full text of the @ABA_AAA statement to our membership
#Strike4BlackLives #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia
culanth.org/about/about-th…
Click the link for the SCA statement & full text of the @ABA_AAA statement to our membership
#Strike4BlackLives #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia
culanth.org/about/about-th…
We encourage our members to join #ShutdownSTEM & #ShutdownAcademia to give Black academics and researchers a day of rest and healing while white & non-Black People of Color educate themselves & make concrete plans to eradicate anti-Black racism in academia
On #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia day, some rambling thoughts on academia, inequalities, and power differentials. I've expressed some of these thoughts before, but it is a good idea to stop and reflect on this day.
The first thing that comes to mind after my short four years as a professor is that academia depends too much on volunteer work. Our work, and our time, is massively undervalued. Our students should get paid more. Professors should get paid more, especially in non STEAm areas.
I see this as a kind of exploitation: exploiting people's love for science and sincere desire to contribute to keep this giant academic machine running.
The folks who do the most work - the students - get paid the least, while publishers like Elsevier capture profits.
The folks who do the most work - the students - get paid the least, while publishers like Elsevier capture profits.
Today we #ShutDownSTEM & #ShutDownAcademia. I'm going to spend most of today educating myself about the lived experiences of black people and listening to as much black music and comedy as I can, and I'm going to share it with all 301 of my twitter followers.
I'm going to start by reading through this document, completing as many of the action points that I can, and going through the resources linked to at its foot: docs.google.com/document/d/1Xa…
And while I do that I'll be relistening to RTJ4 by @runjewels. My favourite tracks so far are holy calamafuck, walking in the snow and pulling the pin (feat. INCREDIBLE lyrics by the legendary @mavisstaples)
Today is a day of action for scientists and academics to combat anti-Black racism in their fields and communities #Strike4BlackLives #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia (thread) shutdownstem.com
particlesforjustice.org
particlesforjustice.org
Next in the thread are resources published recently in Physics Today that might prove useful to those taking action.
But start with these links
shutdownstem.com/resources
particlesforjustice.org/resources
But start with these links
shutdownstem.com/resources
particlesforjustice.org/resources
1) The recent @AIP_TEAMUP report provides concrete recommendations for boosting participation and improving the experience of African Americans in physics and astronomy doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4…
Thousands of scientists are suspending their work today to confront and eradicate anti-black racism in academia and STEM.
#ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia
#strike4blacklives
wired.com/story/across-t…
#ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia
#strike4blacklives
wired.com/story/across-t…
Thank you to @cosmojellyfish @sheydaipek and Tien-Tien Yu for talking to me about the movement, which was pioneered by a coalition of scientists who have long been doing the work of fighting anti-Black racism in academia, including @IBJIYONGI @iamstarnord.
You can hear more about that work in this @sotrueradio interview with @IBJIYONGI @iamstarnord.
soundcloud.com/sojournertruth…
soundcloud.com/sojournertruth…
For #ShutDownSTEM and #ShutDownAcademia, I want to pause and raise up black voices. This is a thread of books for those who want to read, podcasts for those who can listen, and video creators for those who can watch and learn about black experiences in academia. #BLMUK #BLM 1/n
Think systemic racism is only as problem in the US? Britain is the king of racism and we're better at pretending we're not. "Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race" is a difficult and frank read about racism in the UK. 2/n bit.ly/3dRqT3N
Being not-a-racist is not enough. "How to be an antiracist" goes beyond this and transforms understanding into action to actively oppose existing systems and prejudices bit.ly/3dSifSL 3/n
Today we #Strike4BlackLives. Organised by physicists including @iamstarnord & @IBJIYONGI this is a day to #ShutDownAcademia & #ShutDownSTEM in solidarity w Black colleagues, Black students & Black people who are excluded from academia (📸: shutdownstem) 1/
Today, this account will participate in #ShutDownAcademia and #ShutDownSTEM.
However, I would be amiss to not highlight what happened yesterday. @That_Astro_Chic, @astrostarbright, @astronaia & @astrotoya got Dr. @maejemison twitter verified! Follow them now! 1/n
However, I would be amiss to not highlight what happened yesterday. @That_Astro_Chic, @astrostarbright, @astronaia & @astrotoya got Dr. @maejemison twitter verified! Follow them now! 1/n
So why is this a big deal?
In preparation for today, I went through ALL female astronauts that have twitter and this is what I found (dating back to yesterday), N means not verified ordered by follower count:
I’m so proud of the @uwastro grads + alumni who helped organize and push our department to #ShutDownAcademia and hold a town hall for political education and black liberation during #Strike4BlackLives .
It really shines a light on how much BS it is when faculty say they’re “too busy” to fight for inclusivity+equity. This is a great precedent.
I can’t believe I’ll get to talk to MY ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT about the wonderful work of @DaneCoTimeBank + @AboutFreedomInc + @TriageUrban
Institutional Western science has stolen knowledge, technology, health, wellness, and life from Black people
Western science owes Black people reparations. A (nonexhaustive) THREAD:
#ScienceIsPolitical
Western science owes Black people reparations. A (nonexhaustive) THREAD:
#ScienceIsPolitical
First, let’s preface this thread with a few things. These are just a few of the anti-Black skeletons in institutional science’s closet
There’s a rich literature that goes much deeper and broader than what we’ll mention here, much of which is created by Black scholars
There’s a rich literature that goes much deeper and broader than what we’ll mention here, much of which is created by Black scholars
Additionally, we’ll be sharing a longer resource list later, but in this thread we’ll be naming Black scholars whose research is referenced in brackets in each tweet
(1/n) Tomorrow there is a call to #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia. Please consider taking even a part of June 10th to educate and advocate for anti-racism in Academia. See shutdownstem.com for more info. Here's a thread of resources I've found so far. #BlackLivesMatter
(3/n) 10 ways for non-black academics to value black lives
medium.com/@staceyault/10…
medium.com/@staceyault/10…
Hundreds of physicists and other academics are pledging to forgo business as usual on Wednesday to #Strike4BlackLives. It's a day "to give Black academics a break and to give others an opportunity to reflect on their own complicity in anti-Black racism" particlesforjustice.org
For more information on the strike, along with recommended resources and ways to participate, see the calls to action on the Particles for Justice site and at shutdownstem.com
Here's our coverage of Wednesday's #Strike4BlackLives #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.…
In this #TakeAction, we have shared what some of our leadership members will be reading and doing while we #Strike4BlackLives, and as we keep up this work. This list is by no means comprehensive, but rather a place to start. (THREAD) 1/ 500womenscientists.org/updates/2020/6…
We will continue our reading on what it means to defund the police — and how we can reallocate resources to invest in our communities. 2/ mpd150.com/resources/
This is a sampling of what we’ve been reading about the history of anti-Black racism in academia and STEM fields journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.10… by @IBJIYONGI 3/
