Nathaniel C. Green
@nathanielcgreen.bsky.social
History professor at Northern Virginia Community College. Author, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE, by Kansas Press.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629961/
Currently writing a book on the history of the three-fifths clause. Opinions solely my own.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629961/
Currently writing a book on the history of the three-fifths clause. Opinions solely my own.
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Not “Three-Fifths of a Person”: What the Three-Fifths Clause Meant at Ratification - Commonplace
Denials of Black humanity, free and enslaved, coexisted with explicit acknowledgment that enslaved Black people, though legally deemed “property,” were people.
commonplace.online
My piece is up on Commonplace!
If you are still teaching students that the 3/5 clause counted the enslaved as "three-fifths of a person," time to update those lecture notes!
commonplace.online/article/not-...
If you are still teaching students that the 3/5 clause counted the enslaved as "three-fifths of a person," time to update those lecture notes!
commonplace.online/article/not-...
Genuinely a bad sign when "let's see how loving and accepting YOU are" is brandished as a gotcha
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Genuinely a bad sign when "let's see how loving and accepting YOU are" is brandished as a gotcha
An important point here is that we don't just want to be able to believe what we want, we all want society to validate our beliefs. Racists presume society validates their racism, and feel threatened when they have evidence to the contrary.
Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
An important point here is that we don't just want to be able to believe what we want, we all want society to validate our beliefs. Racists presume society validates their racism, and feel threatened when they have evidence to the contrary.
The marketing of Gen AI presumes that a person does not want to learn anything for themselves, and thinks that the effort to do so is pointless, so the "tools" it suggests are meant to minimize the effort, or remove it entirely.
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The marketing of Gen AI presumes that a person does not want to learn anything for themselves, and thinks that the effort to do so is pointless, so the "tools" it suggests are meant to minimize the effort, or remove it entirely.
If you're a parent and you're worried about how to explain being gay to your kids you're telling on yourself that you're worried that when you explain it your kids won't have a problem with it the way you do.
February 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
If you're a parent and you're worried about how to explain being gay to your kids you're telling on yourself that you're worried that when you explain it your kids won't have a problem with it the way you do.
This post, and the replies beneath it, are great reminders that 1) explaining being gay is actually very easy when you're talking to someone who doesn't think loving someone of the same sex is gross or evil 2) kids have to be taught that, and it's easier just...not to, and 3) kids are deep thinkers
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This post, and the replies beneath it, are great reminders that 1) explaining being gay is actually very easy when you're talking to someone who doesn't think loving someone of the same sex is gross or evil 2) kids have to be taught that, and it's easier just...not to, and 3) kids are deep thinkers
The same goons who say teachers should be secretly recorded while they teach people believe ICE agents should have total anonymity while terrorizing people.
Ricketts: "No face masks -- we're seen a huge increase in attacks on our ICE agents. There's been 180 vehicle attacks. Overall attacks on DHS are up 8,000%. There's many so many doxxings of officers they've had to set up a tip line. This is very very serious."
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The same goons who say teachers should be secretly recorded while they teach people believe ICE agents should have total anonymity while terrorizing people.
This dog is having more fun at the Olympics than any human
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
This dog is having more fun at the Olympics than any human
I'm not convinced that this dynamic has meaningfully changed. But if it has, it only underscores that organizations like the NFL were wrong not to stand up to Trump from the very beginning.
February 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I'm not convinced that this dynamic has meaningfully changed. But if it has, it only underscores that organizations like the NFL were wrong not to stand up to Trump from the very beginning.
The people who have the power and privilege to be able to say "fuck you" to Trump are the ones caving to him, while people who are vulnerable to being brutalized and killed by this regime are actively resisting him.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
👀 “I don’t even know if they’re growing a spine, but they’re just realizing—this White House is a paper tiger. They’re just not as scary as they act.” - @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social re business entities like the NFL not being afraid of Trump as the MAGA coalition continues to bleed out.
Trump-MAGA rage at Bad Bunny is actually driven by anger at multiracial solidarity. On the pod, @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social nails it on how this demented MAGA fury captures why Trump's gains with the nonwhite working class in 2024 have now completely collapsed:
newrepublic.com/article/2063...
newrepublic.com/article/2063...
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The people who have the power and privilege to be able to say "fuck you" to Trump are the ones caving to him, while people who are vulnerable to being brutalized and killed by this regime are actively resisting him.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
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I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation is brave enough to just be about two messy bitches.
www.vulture.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
Reposted by Nathaniel C. Green
Some of the specific details are new but I think there are precedents on a more fundamental level.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Some of the specific details are new but I think there are precedents on a more fundamental level.
Pete Hegseth is a fucking fascist.
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Pete Hegseth is a fucking fascist.
"The State is the guarantor of internal and external security, but it is also the guardian and the transmitter of the spirit of the people as it has been elaborated through the centuries in language, custom, faith. The State is not only present, it is also past, and above all future." -You Know Who
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM
"The State is the guarantor of internal and external security, but it is also the guardian and the transmitter of the spirit of the people as it has been elaborated through the centuries in language, custom, faith. The State is not only present, it is also past, and above all future." -You Know Who
"Therefore, for the Fascist, everything is in the State, and nothing human or spiritual exists, much less has value, outside of the State...the Fascist State...interprets, develops, and gives strength to the whole life of the people." You Guessed It: Also Benito Mussolini
February 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
"Therefore, for the Fascist, everything is in the State, and nothing human or spiritual exists, much less has value, outside of the State...the Fascist State...interprets, develops, and gives strength to the whole life of the people." You Guessed It: Also Benito Mussolini
"Fascism believes, now and always, in holiness and in heroism." -Also Benito Mussolini
February 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
"Fascism believes, now and always, in holiness and in heroism." -Also Benito Mussolini
"Above all, Fascism...believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace....A doctrine, therefore, which begins with a prejudice in favor of peace is foreign to Fascism." -Also Benito Mussolini
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"Above all, Fascism...believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace....A doctrine, therefore, which begins with a prejudice in favor of peace is foreign to Fascism." -Also Benito Mussolini
"[T]he State...entrusts to the ages the names of those who died for its integrity or in obedience to its laws; it puts forward as an example and recommends to the generations that are to come the leaders who increased its territory and the men of genius who gave it glory." -Benito Mussolini
Last week, the Secretary of Defense called the US a "Christian nation" & said a soldier "finds eternal life" by dying for country. But, sure, some people want to debate if #ChristianNationalism is even a thing.
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-nationa...
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-nationa...
At National Prayer Breakfast, Hegseth Says US Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for ‘Christian Nation’
While Trump's remarks dominate the headlines about the event, more concerning Christian Nationalist comments came a few minutes later.
publicwitness.wordandway.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"[T]he State...entrusts to the ages the names of those who died for its integrity or in obedience to its laws; it puts forward as an example and recommends to the generations that are to come the leaders who increased its territory and the men of genius who gave it glory." -Benito Mussolini
Cannot be said often enough that these people are absolute monsters
Amazon prime, but for human beings.
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Cannot be said often enough that these people are absolute monsters
The people who say "DEI has gone too far" are the exact same people who think the government should deport non-white American citizens and immigrants who are here legally.
February 8, 2026 at 10:26 PM
The people who say "DEI has gone too far" are the exact same people who think the government should deport non-white American citizens and immigrants who are here legally.
Only white supremacists think that efforts to correct historic racial injustices is persecution of whites.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
February 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Only white supremacists think that efforts to correct historic racial injustices is persecution of whites.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
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I don't think the Olympics and the Superbowl should happen at the same time.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I don't think the Olympics and the Superbowl should happen at the same time.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
Is the airport abbreviation FUK taken?
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Is the airport abbreviation FUK taken?