Austin Channing Brown
@austinchanning.bsky.social
Author of NYT and RBC pick- I’m Still Here: Black dignity in a world made for whiteness. There’s also a YA version. Working on the next book now. austinchanning.com
And while those reactions are understandable- there is time to do all of that later. You lose nothing by taking a moment to celebrate the change you were a part of.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
And while those reactions are understandable- there is time to do all of that later. You lose nothing by taking a moment to celebrate the change you were a part of.
Well done, Friend!
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Well done, Friend!
Hi Omar, I thank you for this offer (and for sharing my work with your community!) but I’m not doing most podcasts right now. With the holidays coming I’m trying to mostly wind down. I expect they will be harder this year than any other in my life. But thanks for thinking of me.
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Hi Omar, I thank you for this offer (and for sharing my work with your community!) but I’m not doing most podcasts right now. With the holidays coming I’m trying to mostly wind down. I expect they will be harder this year than any other in my life. But thanks for thinking of me.
Oh Martin! It’s so lovely to hear from you! I confess I haven’t preached in a long time, but if they ever want a Q&A, workshop, teach-in situation, I’m all in! I think my email is in my bio but if not it’s definitely on my website
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Oh Martin! It’s so lovely to hear from you! I confess I haven’t preached in a long time, but if they ever want a Q&A, workshop, teach-in situation, I’m all in! I think my email is in my bio but if not it’s definitely on my website
Over and over again.
October 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Over and over again.
All that to say. If you are still fighting for DEI. If you are still fighting against banned books. If you are still fighting for budgets and programs and funding and centers… it matters. And I beg you to hire academics, of course, but don’t forget about those of us outside the academy.
October 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
All that to say. If you are still fighting for DEI. If you are still fighting against banned books. If you are still fighting for budgets and programs and funding and centers… it matters. And I beg you to hire academics, of course, but don’t forget about those of us outside the academy.
I hate to come in here and be all woe is me… my family is fine (for the moment). But I need everyone to understand that this is worse than the 300,000 black women being fired- bc their programs, services and networks were propping up another level of black women who are being erased right now.
October 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I hate to come in here and be all woe is me… my family is fine (for the moment). But I need everyone to understand that this is worse than the 300,000 black women being fired- bc their programs, services and networks were propping up another level of black women who are being erased right now.
And once upon a time, if we experienced a lull, we could move into consultation or write a book or apply for a grant/fellowship, or go work in those DEI offices. But now. We are both being our purged from salaried jobs and unable to get ourselves even temporarily hired for a single program.
October 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
And once upon a time, if we experienced a lull, we could move into consultation or write a book or apply for a grant/fellowship, or go work in those DEI offices. But now. We are both being our purged from salaried jobs and unable to get ourselves even temporarily hired for a single program.
Our network of building community, pushing forward change, relying on one another, and being in community has been dismantled at a rate that is hard to explain. We spent so many years building/sustaining these programs, depts, committees, conferences… and now so many have vanished.
October 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Our network of building community, pushing forward change, relying on one another, and being in community has been dismantled at a rate that is hard to explain. We spent so many years building/sustaining these programs, depts, committees, conferences… and now so many have vanished.
Many of my favs are surviving this moment only because of tenureship or some degree of academic celebrity- which means a steady paycheck. But those of us who relied on 3rd spaces or shared spaces… we are in economic trouble.
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Many of my favs are surviving this moment only because of tenureship or some degree of academic celebrity- which means a steady paycheck. But those of us who relied on 3rd spaces or shared spaces… we are in economic trouble.