Brandon J. Manning, Ph.D.
@brandonmanning.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Black Studies and Literature @TCU | Author of Played Out: The Race Man in 21st C. Satire | Thee I Love | 1906 | He/Him | Ideas My Own
I wonder what George W Bush is painting today? American warlords love a good retirement and rebrand. I can’t help but to think how in ten years Trump will garner all kinds of sympathy and support.
June 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I wonder what George W Bush is painting today? American warlords love a good retirement and rebrand. I can’t help but to think how in ten years Trump will garner all kinds of sympathy and support.
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Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
June 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
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Everyone on Twitter right now.
June 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Everyone on Twitter right now.
I don’t know who the dog or the flea is with this Trump and Musk saga but who knew a breakup could be this glorious.
June 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I don’t know who the dog or the flea is with this Trump and Musk saga but who knew a breakup could be this glorious.
I am routinely in awe of my friends. Get your copy today.
April 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am routinely in awe of my friends. Get your copy today.
Is there a better way to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility than by reading @earthtokb.bsky.social to start off your class and meeting? I think not!
“He/They in the Streets, They/ Them in the Sheets” 🤌🏾
“He/They in the Streets, They/ Them in the Sheets” 🤌🏾
March 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Is there a better way to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility than by reading @earthtokb.bsky.social to start off your class and meeting? I think not!
“He/They in the Streets, They/ Them in the Sheets” 🤌🏾
“He/They in the Streets, They/ Them in the Sheets” 🤌🏾
I love to hear Black people cackle. Black joy in public is food for my soul.
March 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I love to hear Black people cackle. Black joy in public is food for my soul.
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Some 1,900 leading researchers accused the Trump administration in an open letter on Monday of conducting a “wholesale assault on U.S. science” that could set back research by decades and that threatens the health and safety of Americans.
Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say
Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Some 1,900 leading researchers accused the Trump administration in an open letter on Monday of conducting a “wholesale assault on U.S. science” that could set back research by decades and that threatens the health and safety of Americans.
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I would support this! We need to primary the dinosaurs.
AOC should announce a primary against Schumer tonight.
March 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I would support this! We need to primary the dinosaurs.
“The government called for the university … to place the school’s Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department under “academic receivership.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
Trump Demands Major Changes in Columbia Discipline and Admissions Rules
A letter outlining “immediate next steps” arrived less than a week after the administration said it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“The government called for the university … to place the school’s Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department under “academic receivership.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
I did a thing a few weeks ago. It was great being in conversation with Tashara Parker on her podcast Loud and Clear.
youtu.be/vZwdD3vz0w0?...
youtu.be/vZwdD3vz0w0?...
Black masculinity, Satire & Vulnerability - What No One is Talking About
YouTube video by Tashara Parker
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March 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I did a thing a few weeks ago. It was great being in conversation with Tashara Parker on her podcast Loud and Clear.
youtu.be/vZwdD3vz0w0?...
youtu.be/vZwdD3vz0w0?...
Aaron Pierre telling Shump “it’s okay I practice that shot” 🤣 iykyk
March 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Aaron Pierre telling Shump “it’s okay I practice that shot” 🤣 iykyk
I feel like I'm binge watching the final season of Democracy.
February 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I feel like I'm binge watching the final season of Democracy.
First Joy Reid and now Lester Holt, the racial retrenchment will be televised.
February 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
First Joy Reid and now Lester Holt, the racial retrenchment will be televised.
So when do we take to the streets?
February 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
So when do we take to the streets?
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Monday thought:
February 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Monday thought:
Trump Proposes the U.S. Take Over Gaza as He Hosts Netanyahu: Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I thought I knew how to better self-regulate the second time around, but here I am. Geezus!
February 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I thought I knew how to better self-regulate the second time around, but here I am. Geezus!
Feckless--as a private institution in this state, we had the real possibility ( should've been commitment) to holding a line or Lead On like our strategic plan suggests. We folded.
References to TCU’s efforts at diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, have disappeared from prominent positions on the university’s website, including a highly visible spot on its homepage and in the “About TCU” section.
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TCU’s website boasted DEI as ‘key to the university’s mission.’ Now that page is gone
References to TCU’s efforts regarding diversity, equity and inclusion have disappeared from prominent positions on the university’s website.
www.star-telegram.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Feckless--as a private institution in this state, we had the real possibility ( should've been commitment) to holding a line or Lead On like our strategic plan suggests. We folded.
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References to TCU’s efforts at diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, have disappeared from prominent positions on the university’s website, including a highly visible spot on its homepage and in the “About TCU” section.
Read more at: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...
Read more at: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...
TCU’s website boasted DEI as ‘key to the university’s mission.’ Now that page is gone
References to TCU’s efforts regarding diversity, equity and inclusion have disappeared from prominent positions on the university’s website.
www.star-telegram.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
References to TCU’s efforts at diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, have disappeared from prominent positions on the university’s website, including a highly visible spot on its homepage and in the “About TCU” section.
Read more at: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...
Read more at: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...
I love teaching David Walker's Appeals (1829). His repudiation of slavery is the perfect way to bring in BHM in my Survey of African American lit course.
"The whites have always been an unjust, jealous, unmerciful, various and blood-thirsty set of beings, always seeking after power and authority."
"The whites have always been an unjust, jealous, unmerciful, various and blood-thirsty set of beings, always seeking after power and authority."
February 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I love teaching David Walker's Appeals (1829). His repudiation of slavery is the perfect way to bring in BHM in my Survey of African American lit course.
"The whites have always been an unjust, jealous, unmerciful, various and blood-thirsty set of beings, always seeking after power and authority."
"The whites have always been an unjust, jealous, unmerciful, various and blood-thirsty set of beings, always seeking after power and authority."
Had a great day at the Dallas Museum of Art. They had a great exhibit on Frida Kahlo, and I got a chance to take my graduate students to see Imani Perry discuss her new book Black in Blues.
February 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Had a great day at the Dallas Museum of Art. They had a great exhibit on Frida Kahlo, and I got a chance to take my graduate students to see Imani Perry discuss her new book Black in Blues.
Usually America at least tries to hide its commitment to empire and colonialism. Trump, wants to make these things more explicit. From Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and Greenland to South Africa, he is our colonialist-in-chief.
February 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Usually America at least tries to hide its commitment to empire and colonialism. Trump, wants to make these things more explicit. From Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and Greenland to South Africa, he is our colonialist-in-chief.
I'm taking to the swamps, and I hope this space can be my maroon.
January 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'm taking to the swamps, and I hope this space can be my maroon.