@SamTecle
@samtecle.bsky.social
asst prof. writing & thinking Black Studies north of the 49th. currently writing: Black Grammars: On Difference and Belonging. something worthwhile happens here
at some point, you really have to just look in the mirror and ask yourself....
am i reviewer 2? have i become that which i loathe
am i reviewer 2? have i become that which i loathe
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
at some point, you really have to just look in the mirror and ask yourself....
am i reviewer 2? have i become that which i loathe
am i reviewer 2? have i become that which i loathe
this ONtario government and Ministry of Education wants to not only strip all public boards of all autonomy they also want to take us back in time to the curriculum and school days of the mid 1900s
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
this ONtario government and Ministry of Education wants to not only strip all public boards of all autonomy they also want to take us back in time to the curriculum and school days of the mid 1900s
there is a happy medium to strike: somewhere between a subtle arrogance and a somber humility. post-2020 and the Black Studies Inc. moment in the Canadian uni, i'm finding this is a difficult balance to strike when the institution comes calling telling our colleagues they are indeed the chosen Black
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
there is a happy medium to strike: somewhere between a subtle arrogance and a somber humility. post-2020 and the Black Studies Inc. moment in the Canadian uni, i'm finding this is a difficult balance to strike when the institution comes calling telling our colleagues they are indeed the chosen Black
the special issues popping up left and right honouring our faves is the bestest thing ever...
but writing does get you in your feels...
but writing does get you in your feels...
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
the special issues popping up left and right honouring our faves is the bestest thing ever...
but writing does get you in your feels...
but writing does get you in your feels...
i have way too many tote bags...
hoodies and books, nah never enough.
but tote bags, yeah lol way too many.
hoodies and books, nah never enough.
but tote bags, yeah lol way too many.
September 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
i have way too many tote bags...
hoodies and books, nah never enough.
but tote bags, yeah lol way too many.
hoodies and books, nah never enough.
but tote bags, yeah lol way too many.
to who ever is taking down those automatic speed enforcement cameras across the city of toronto, y'all heroes man. keep on keepin on with this important work
July 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
to who ever is taking down those automatic speed enforcement cameras across the city of toronto, y'all heroes man. keep on keepin on with this important work
TTC take notes
Aight man.
July 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
TTC take notes
which coffee shop in midtown TO got the best AC? trying to do some work and not boil at the same time...
July 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
which coffee shop in midtown TO got the best AC? trying to do some work and not boil at the same time...
sometimes when people say "community based research" it's just bullshit. and i think it's ok to say that
June 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
sometimes when people say "community based research" it's just bullshit. and i think it's ok to say that
just fyi, this is what's happening in our schools. i don't pay for access to the Toronto Star but headline alone....is terrifying enough
June 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
just fyi, this is what's happening in our schools. i don't pay for access to the Toronto Star but headline alone....is terrifying enough
PROTECT BLACK AND ALL STUDENTS: FORD WANTS POLICE BACK IN SCHOOLS - SAY NO! prn.to/3TbuwrL
PROTECT BLACK AND ALL STUDENTS: FORD WANTS POLICE BACK IN SCHOOLS - SAY NO!
/CNW/ - We are a group of Black and allied parents, educators and researchers voicing our opposition to the Ontario government's legislation which mandates the...
prn.to
June 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
PROTECT BLACK AND ALL STUDENTS: FORD WANTS POLICE BACK IN SCHOOLS - SAY NO! prn.to/3TbuwrL
so as we begin to do the post floyd analysis of the imagined racial reckoning that took place post-2020, what we might find in places like toronto at least is the explosion of the racial DEI consulting class, the DEI human rights office and the
June 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
so as we begin to do the post floyd analysis of the imagined racial reckoning that took place post-2020, what we might find in places like toronto at least is the explosion of the racial DEI consulting class, the DEI human rights office and the
🙃
June 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🙃
if they just arresting sitting mayors in public, then what chance do regular scmegular people got? and what even are "protected classes" in fascism?
May 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
if they just arresting sitting mayors in public, then what chance do regular scmegular people got? and what even are "protected classes" in fascism?
one thing about fascism, it says (and does) the quiet part out loud and then will have us questioning if we are seeing and hearing what we are seeing and hearing....
there is no need for advanced analysis or flowery rhetoric. this is just full frontal white supremacy as public policy.
there is no need for advanced analysis or flowery rhetoric. this is just full frontal white supremacy as public policy.
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
one thing about fascism, it says (and does) the quiet part out loud and then will have us questioning if we are seeing and hearing what we are seeing and hearing....
there is no need for advanced analysis or flowery rhetoric. this is just full frontal white supremacy as public policy.
there is no need for advanced analysis or flowery rhetoric. this is just full frontal white supremacy as public policy.
Reposted by @SamTecle
The word migration is too puny a word to fully capture what is really at stake when, why & where people move. Migration truncates “human” capacity & inevitability. No laws, technologies nor brutalities can end the activity they have decided to call migration. People will continue to be on the move.
May 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The word migration is too puny a word to fully capture what is really at stake when, why & where people move. Migration truncates “human” capacity & inevitability. No laws, technologies nor brutalities can end the activity they have decided to call migration. People will continue to be on the move.
pretty
May 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
pretty
what treasures to be found...
This is either exactly what you want when you walk into a bookshop, or this is a nightmare for you
May 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
what treasures to be found...
there has always been tape and there never has been police accountability. the technology to capture this violence has steadily improved and modernized and so too have the explanations for justifying the violence we keep bearing witness to in clearer and clearer picture
'If a savage beating, captured on camera, cannot produce a murder conviction, the chances of fixing the police-brutality problem are very bleak.'
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Tyre Nichols and the End of Police Reform
If a savage beating, captured on camera, cannot produce a murder conviction, the chances of fixing the police-brutality problem are very bleak.
www.theatlantic.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
there has always been tape and there never has been police accountability. the technology to capture this violence has steadily improved and modernized and so too have the explanations for justifying the violence we keep bearing witness to in clearer and clearer picture
remember when it was all Black everything for these institutions post-2020, good times. the whiplash was worse than we predicted...
May 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
remember when it was all Black everything for these institutions post-2020, good times. the whiplash was worse than we predicted...
hits. the. spot.
May 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
hits. the. spot.
instant mood enhancer
May 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
instant mood enhancer