Karen Gaffney
@dividednolonger.bsky.social
author of Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox; community college professor; manages anti-racism website dividednolonger.com; loves reading, tap dancing, gardening, & dismantling oppression
I appreciated being in conversation with Laura Zhang-Choi on race & privilege at the Princeton Public Library with Not In Our Town Princeton & Labyrinth Books (selling my recent edition of Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox). Here's the recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcLc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcLc...
September 2025 | Laura Zhang-Choi and Dr. Karen Gaffney
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September 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I appreciated being in conversation with Laura Zhang-Choi on race & privilege at the Princeton Public Library with Not In Our Town Princeton & Labyrinth Books (selling my recent edition of Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox). Here's the recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcLc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcLc...
Join me on zoom this Thurs., 7pm EST for a free workshop based on my 2nd ed of Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox. Let's discuss our history of false and dangerous racial myths & how they inform today. Register here
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Dismantling the Racism Machine
Free author talk/workshop! Dr. Karen Gaffney focuses on historically dangerous racial myths myths in her book Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox. The book introduces race and racism ...
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July 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Join me on zoom this Thurs., 7pm EST for a free workshop based on my 2nd ed of Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox. Let's discuss our history of false and dangerous racial myths & how they inform today. Register here
lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/9hj22...
lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/9hj22...
I really appreciate the work of @alondra.bsky.social Please read her powerful statement.
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I really appreciate the work of @alondra.bsky.social Please read her powerful statement.
My book just arrived! So grateful for all of the feedback & encouragement! www.routledge.com/Dismantling-...
May 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My book just arrived! So grateful for all of the feedback & encouragement! www.routledge.com/Dismantling-...
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"The National Museum of African American History and Culture is not a place that traffics in improper ideology," Clint Smith writes. "It is a museum that recognizes that America has been suffused in improper ideologies for most of its history." https://theatln.tc/81hXXEqK
April 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"The National Museum of African American History and Culture is not a place that traffics in improper ideology," Clint Smith writes. "It is a museum that recognizes that America has been suffused in improper ideologies for most of its history." https://theatln.tc/81hXXEqK
Hands off! in Franklin Township NJ
April 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Hands off! in Franklin Township NJ
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Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings.
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
April 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings.
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
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Good morning.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
March 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good morning.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
As we face rising white supremacy, authoritarianism, xenophobia, and more, I humbly announce that the second edition of my book that debunks relevant false racial myths is available for pre-order today. The coupon code 25EFLY1 will get you 20% off ($23.99).
www.routledge.com/Dismantling-...
www.routledge.com/Dismantling-...
Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox
This significantly updated second edition serves students and general readers alike who seek to learn what is often not taught, a basic history of race and racism in the US. If we are to dismantle sys...
www.routledge.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
As we face rising white supremacy, authoritarianism, xenophobia, and more, I humbly announce that the second edition of my book that debunks relevant false racial myths is available for pre-order today. The coupon code 25EFLY1 will get you 20% off ($23.99).
www.routledge.com/Dismantling-...
www.routledge.com/Dismantling-...
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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
Thank you for this much-needed work in solidarity and collective resistance - please read and share
I spent the weekend a little obsessed about getting word to tenured professors at the 60 targeted schools who are also U.S. citizens, but now there's an even easier way to share.
sites.google.com/umass.edu/we...
sites.google.com/umass.edu/we...
Home
March 20, 2025
Dear Presidents, Chancellors, and Boards of Trustees of the 60 Universities that received a March 10th warning letter from the U.S. Department of Education:
You are on the frontlines ...
sites.google.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Thank you for this much-needed work in solidarity and collective resistance - please read and share
Reposted by Karen Gaffney
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
Reposted by Karen Gaffney
Free Mahmoud Khalil
March 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Free Mahmoud Khalil
Reposted by Karen Gaffney
"It was the kind of performance that unsettles... And that’s a good thing."
Race Forward Executive Vice President @bulldogshadow.bsky.social shares his take on Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance, and how this moment intertwines symbolism perfectly into pop culture. newsone.com/5923720/kend...
Race Forward Executive Vice President @bulldogshadow.bsky.social shares his take on Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance, and how this moment intertwines symbolism perfectly into pop culture. newsone.com/5923720/kend...
Kendrick Lamar, Uncle Sam, And America’s Next Captain
Millions watched, but only a few truly saw what Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance revealed about America’s soul.
newsone.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"It was the kind of performance that unsettles... And that’s a good thing."
Race Forward Executive Vice President @bulldogshadow.bsky.social shares his take on Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance, and how this moment intertwines symbolism perfectly into pop culture. newsone.com/5923720/kend...
Race Forward Executive Vice President @bulldogshadow.bsky.social shares his take on Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance, and how this moment intertwines symbolism perfectly into pop culture. newsone.com/5923720/kend...
Reposted by Karen Gaffney
Many organizations did not value diversity or do much about it. But it is quite something else to openly disavow it and rescind long-accepted prohibitions against racial discrimination that weren't even considered controversial even five years ago.
January 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Many organizations did not value diversity or do much about it. But it is quite something else to openly disavow it and rescind long-accepted prohibitions against racial discrimination that weren't even considered controversial even five years ago.
Please check out my blog post about the inspiring Facing Race conference organized by Race Forward that just wrapped up. dividednolonger.com/2024/11/23/f...
Facing Race 2024
Eight years ago this month, I attended the Facing Race conference, and we gathered then in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election. What pulled me out of my state of shock then was hearing …
dividednolonger.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Please check out my blog post about the inspiring Facing Race conference organized by Race Forward that just wrapped up. dividednolonger.com/2024/11/23/f...
For my first post I'm sharing how inspired I am by the Facing Race Conference in St. Louis by Race Forward. 4000 participants. Honored to have heard Mike Brown's parents speak, along with several local activists. "The people closest to the pain should be closest to the power." -Ayanna Pressley
November 22, 2024 at 12:50 AM
For my first post I'm sharing how inspired I am by the Facing Race Conference in St. Louis by Race Forward. 4000 participants. Honored to have heard Mike Brown's parents speak, along with several local activists. "The people closest to the pain should be closest to the power." -Ayanna Pressley