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Raul Perez
@raulperez.bsky.social
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sociologist and author of The Souls of White Jokes (Stanford University Press) https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=30308
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 1d
Really enjoyed the opportunity to share and discuss my work today with various students and faculty at the University of Glasgow. Really appreciate the invite/ hospitality from colleagues in @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social and @identitiesjournal.bsky.social
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 1d
Today! Come along to our co-organised colloquium with @uofgsps.bsky.social Politics & International Relations & @uofgsociology.bsky.social

'The Souls of White Jokes'
Dr Raúl Pérez

10 Oct, 11-12.30
Room 257, Wolfson Medical Bldg, University of Glasgow

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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 1d
Very much looking forward to this talk tomorrow at @uofgsociology.bsky.social to discuss issues and ideas that are increasingly being prohibited back home
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 2d
A reminder about our first Sociological & Cultural Studies seminar of the year, taking place tomorrow, with @raulperez.bsky.social - hosted jointly with colleagues in Politics & IR, and with the journal @identitiesjournal.bsky.social
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 3d
Join us Friday for our co-organised colloquium with @uofgsps.bsky.social Politics & International Relations & @uofgsociology.bsky.social

'The Souls of White Jokes'
Dr Raúl Pérez

10 Oct, 11-12.30
Room 257, Wolfson Medical Bldg, University of Glasgow

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @raulperez.bsky.social
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 2d
A reminder about our first Sociological & Cultural Studies seminar of the year, taking place tomorrow, with @raulperez.bsky.social - hosted jointly with colleagues in Politics & IR, and with the journal @identitiesjournal.bsky.social
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 3d
Join us Friday for our co-organised colloquium with @uofgsps.bsky.social Politics & International Relations & @uofgsociology.bsky.social

'The Souls of White Jokes'
Dr Raúl Pérez

10 Oct, 11-12.30
Room 257, Wolfson Medical Bldg, University of Glasgow

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @raulperez.bsky.social
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d
🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 8d
Ok I thought this was cool. So the African Studies department and philosophy faculty at the University of Cologne Germany highlight a new book every month on their university website. For September 2025 guess which book they recommended reading?
afrikanistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/en/news-teas...
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 8d
Turns out it might have something to do with your relation to the “means of production” after all
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8d
the going definition of "working class" seems to be whether or not one went to college. look I know we're not going to agree on here about what "working-class" is but can we all agree it's not that?
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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 8d
Trump’s 2024 coalition has already fallen apart. Polls show Trump has lost the young, Black, and Latino supporters he attracted in 2024, leaving him with the same old white working-class base.
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 13d
Humor has increasingly become a prominent tool in right-wing politics and media ecosystems in the US and globally. Check out this upcoming virtual symposium, and please share with those who might be interested in participating or attending
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 10d
Comedians are defaulting to their historic and subservient role of being mouthpieces and court jesters for the powerful, both at home and abroad
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 10d
US comedians and the mythology of being “champions of free speech” and “speaking truth to power” has evaporated
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 10d
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abuses
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 10d
Comedians are defaulting to their historic and subservient role of being mouthpieces and court jesters for the powerful, both at home and abroad
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 10d
US comedians and the mythology of being “champions of free speech” and “speaking truth to power” has evaporated
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 12d
Wonder if the journalist covering this story was lmfao when they drafted this part of the article, or if they only wrote it matter of factly
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12d
First time this guy has ever made me laugh
Comedian Tim Dillon said on his podcast last month that he signed up for financial reasons. He said he had been offered "a large sum of money" - $375,000 for one performance - and said that other comedians had been offered as much as $1.6 million. He told his detractors to "get over it," adding, "So what if they have slaves, they're paying me enough to look the other way." But in an episode of the Tim Dillon Podcast last week, the comedian announced he'd been removed from the lineup for the comments he made about the country's record on slavery.
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 13d
Humor has increasingly become a prominent tool in right-wing politics and media ecosystems in the US and globally. Check out this upcoming virtual symposium, and please share with those who might be interested in participating or attending
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 14d
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 15d
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 15d
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 16d
This is exactly the kind of behavior we are trying to better analyze and understand. If you or your colleagues are currently studying, or looking to study the intersection of humor, violence, and the right please consider taking part in this upcoming virtual symposium
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 16d
I’d argue the patterned use of careless jokes/comments against marginalized groups certainly indicates one’s fascist proclivities and alignment with its ends. Great essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Reframing “PC” as holding the right accountable to their ostensible value and desire for “civility”
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 16d
For those currently studying or interested in studying the relationship between humor and the right, I highly recommend taking part in this timely virtual symposium we recently put together. See our call 👇
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 22d
This just in, Trump now also canceling Fox News
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 22d
lol
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 22d
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 22d
We thought Jimmy Kimmel getting fired yesterday was fucked? Check out his new replacement
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 24d
Only took 2 years
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 25d
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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Raul Perez @raulperez.bsky.social · 26d
Recent coverage in msm on the use of coded memes and humor by the far-right looks at this phenomenon as a new problem or development, a product of genZ or social media. But the far right has been weaponizing violent humor over the last 5 decades. And it has gone from the fringes to the White House
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