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Orlando Hawkins
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Philosophy Nerd (Ph.D Candidate in Philosophy— Phil of Race, Black Existentialism, Black Pessimism/Nihilism, Black Marxism, Black Feminism).

“If the slave cannot be taken from Africa, slavery can be taken to Africa”- W.E.B. Du Bois
I’d only add: “loyalty of poor white people, mostly.”
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The modern right-wing would be against universities if DEI had never existed because they’re against higher education in general.

This really isn’t complicated to understand.
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I’m literally re-playing that game right now haha

Idk if you played RE7, but if you haven’t, RE village won’t make sense. I think it does a great job of tying the entire series together.
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thanks for your response.
December 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Thanks for your reply.

I was just skeptical (and worried) because I can’t understand why they’d take up the case of the text of the 14th amendment is pretty clear on this issue. But as I said, I’m out of my depth here.
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
How likely do you think this Supreme Court would overturn birthright citizenship? (Asking as a non-lawyer and legal scholar).
December 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Thanks for sharing. I’ll read it.
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Genuine question:

Should people feel more optimistic about the birthright citizenship case (as in SCOTUS wouldn’t seek to overturn it) as compared to others (say like, the TX redistricting case and how that turned out)?
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Apparently Fuentes is mad at Tucker now 🤣
December 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If you don’t have time to read the book (which is like 500 pages), the documentary is a good alternative lol
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The “Stamped from the Beginning” documentary on Netflix talks about her a little bit (with respect to how all Black women have had a “Phillis Wheatley moment” -> moments where Black women have needed to prove themselves because their credentials, talents, and abilities are questioned).
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Except, Rufo can’t make his claim w/o the presumption that Western culture(s) (more generally) or [white] American culture (more specifically) are inherently good. Thus, any cultural mixing would be problematic.
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I’d be more interested in learning about the history of said societies rather than believing they have a backward or deficient cultural matrix.
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The problem is that Rufo and Musk inherently assume that “Western”culture(s) are automatically good and moral while ignoring the destructive history of the West.

And to the degree that they would ascribe some negative aspect to Western culture(s), they blame it on foreigners.
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I think that one poll that had her w/in two points is what caught people’s attention, but I personally thought that was an outlier. But I guess we’ll see how close the polls were when we get the results.
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Flipping a +22 Trump district was always going to be at tall order & she was unlikely to win.

But the fact that she’s competitive and swinging districts towards Dems is a good sign.
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM