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Jennifer A. Richeson is an American social psychologist who studies racial identity and interracial interactions. She is currently the Philip… more

Jennifer A. Richeson
H-index: 60
Political science 34%
Sociology 30%
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Brendan Nyhan, Pádua Fernandes , and 1 more

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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests."
Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people
Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Steve Peers, Robert C. Richards , and 4 more

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This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
www.theatlantic.com
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Shannon Vallor, Lisa W. Fazio , and 36 more

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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Steve Peers, Eric Goldman , and 4 more

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Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.
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But you shouldn't be too surprised when they say stuff like this:

"You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today."
I don’t want to take any guidance at all from the secular society around us. And the reason I don’t is they killed 60 million babies. I don’t want to hear any more lectures from these people about slavery. You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today.
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Kim L. Scheppele, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 9 more

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News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
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by Lisa W. Fazio — Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Sean P. Corcoran

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Now this is a clear rejection! Thank you MIT
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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 5d
MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Robert C. Richards

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Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told
www.nytimes.com
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by Jennifer A. Richeson

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Many congratulations!! 🎊
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Happy Anti-Prime Day! Free shipping today and tomorrow at Bookshop.org -- support bookstores, not billionaires!
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
Bookshop.org
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I cannot believe what we are subjected to, day after day.
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Will Jennings, Tom Clark , and 4 more

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UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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“I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil.”

From July 17th: m.facebook.com/share/p/16yL...
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Cas Mudde, Jonathan A. Eisen , and 15 more

atrupar.com
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Jonathan Portes, Anna O. Law , and 23 more

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I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
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this story is all over TikTok and IG — a young man storms into this human sexuality lecture (the largest, most popular class at UW) and starts yelling ableist and gay slurs and throws a Nazi salute… and then the prof and students chase him down and pepper spray him.

www.kuow.org/stories/uw-i...
UW investigating after intruder disrupts a class with slurs, apparent Nazi salute
University of Washington police are investigating an incident where a man interrupted a human sexuality lecture. A viral video of the incident shows the intruder shouting gay and ableist slurs and app...
www.kuow.org
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, John McLaren, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 4 more

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Resolution of the University of Virginia Faculty Senate (thus not institutional policy and entirely non-binding, but still inspirational): Resolution Opposing the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" WHEREAS the United States Secretary of Education has requested that the University of Virginia enter into a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education", and WHEREAS the Compact contains provisions antithetical to the mission and traditions of the University, and WHEREAS the Compact contains provisions which endanger the independence and integrity of the University, and WHEREAS the compact likely violates state and federal law, and infringes upon the constitutional rights of members of the University community, and WHEREAS the University of Virginia exemplifies American academic values of the highest standard, including universal right to free speech and the cultivation of academic freedom; therefore BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate of the University of Virginia firmly opposes this Compact as written and calls upon Interim President Mahoney and the Board of Visitors to also reject this Compact outright as well as any similar proposal compromising the mission, values, and independence of the University. Feature Date: Friday, October 3, 2025
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by Suresh Venkatasubramanian — Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson

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This was expected, but is also going to be a disaster when it comes to dealing with bias in algorithmic tools for employment.

Source: AP News
search.app/kuYRD
Civil rights agency drops a key tool used to investigate workplace discrimination
The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don’t explicitly discriminate but may disproportionately harm certai...
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Rebecca Tushnet, Karen O’Leary

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We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.
Prince with “Slave” written on his face, in protest of his unfair recording contract, including lack of ownership of his master recordings.
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Cas Mudde, Jan W. Mueller , and 12 more

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NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:
Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the Department's operational status. Thank you. Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.
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by Ryan Enos — Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Brendan Nyhan, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Secret police busting down doors in the middle of the night. It isn't a question of "could it happen here?" It is happening here and we must resist. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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by Stephen I. Vladeck — Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Ann Bartow , and 1 more

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Federal law doesn't recognize the concept of a "domestic terrorist organization." That hasn't stopped President Trump from trying to use the concept to authorize investigations of (and necessarily suppress) lots of constitutionally protected speech, protest, and advocacy.

Me in today's "One First":
Bonus 180: "Domestic Terrorism" and NSPM-7
The Trump administration is hoping no one notices that, although federal law *defines* "domestic terrorism," it provides no special authorities against anyone whose behavior *meets* that definition.
www.stevevladeck.com
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by Jennifer A. Richeson

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Absolutely wonderful, Linda!! Many congratulations!! Such a testament to your transformative research!!
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Let’s open our eyes. This isn’t a functioning democracy any longer when - in the middle of a high stakes funding fight - the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition.
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio , and 4 more

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🚨 New Bright Line Watch report on state of US democracy
brightlinewatch.org/violence-red...

-Expert ratings ~= since April but ↓ substantially since January
-US now most closely resembles an illiberal democracy
-Partisan gap in democracy ratings highest since 2017

Full thread of results below
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Meredith Broussard, Aaron Sojourner , and 8 more

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New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising

www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
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by Linda R. Tropp — Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Gordon Hodson, Andrew Livingstone

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Feeling grateful the address I delivered upon receiving the Lewin Memorial Award has just been published in the September 2025 issue of Journal of Social Issues!

It appears as an open access article, for any and all who may be interested:

spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson

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Systematically undermining mechanisms of transparency and accountability throughout the government
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 15d
Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group
The decision marks the latest example of the administration’s push to limit government oversight activities.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law , and 14 more

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In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
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