Intuitions poll: Is it possible for the work someone does under coercion to count as “slave labor,” even if the person does not, as a matter of permanent social status, qualify as being a slave? Or does forced labor only count as being slave labor when it is performed by people who are members of a recognizable slave class?

christ did I just sign myself up to do a lit search on all the recent publications on African-American naming patterns for this assignment.

Sheridan or Sinclair?

Babylon 5 S01E09, “Deathwalker.”

Does this make you feel safer? Really?

Does this make you feel safer? Really?

From a course syllabus I received this semester: “All out of class assignments must be typed, double-spaced, using 12-pont Times New Roman (or an equivalent) font, and submitted in hard copy.” Someone please help. What is “an equivalent” font to Times New Roman? What does “equivalent font” even mean in this context?

The history of American border controls is a history of shameful white supremacism, mass political violence, community-wide dispossession and mass displacement in the name of ethnic cleansing. “During the Great Depression, counties and cities in the American Southwest and Midwest forced Mexican immigrants and their families to leave the U.S. over concerns they were taking jobs away from whites despite their legal right to stay. “The result: Around 500,000 to 1 million Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans were pushed out of the country during the 1930s repatriation, as the removal is sometimes called. “During that time, immigrants were rounded up and sent to Mexico, sometimes in public places and often without formal proceedings. Others, scared under the threat of violence, left voluntarily [sic]. “About 60 percent of those who left were American citizens, according to various studies on the 1930s repatriation. Later testimonies show families lost most of their possessions and some family members died trying to return. Neighborhoods in cities such as Houston, San Antonio and Los Angeles became empty.” #NoBorders #NoDeportation #NotOneMore #NiUnaMas

The history of American border controls is a history of shameful white supremacism, mass political violence, community-wide dispossession and mass displacement in the name of ethnic cleansing. “During the Great Depression, counties and cities in the American Southwest and Midwest forced Mexican immigrants and their families to leave the U.S. over concerns they were taking jobs away from whites despite their legal right to stay. “The result: Around 500,000 to 1 million Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans were pushed out of the country during the 1930s repatriation, as the removal is sometimes called. “During that time, immigrants were rounded up and sent to Mexico, sometimes in public places and often without formal proceedings. Others, scared under the threat of violence, left voluntarily [sic]. “About 60 percent of those who left were American citizens, according to various studies on the 1930s repatriation. Later testimonies show families lost most of their possessions and some family members died trying to return. Neighborhoods in cities such as Houston, San Antonio and Los Angeles became empty.” #NoBorders #NoDeportation #NotOneMore #NiUnaMas

I’m reading this article tonight for an assignment, so now you can read it tonight too. Enjoy.