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Justin Zimmerman

@jztidecat.bsky.social

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UAlbany, SUNY Assistant Professor of American Politics. Researching Black Politics, Distrust, and Neighborhood Institutions.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · Feb 20

This was YEARS in the making but my first solo authored publication is out. I do more than rant on social media. I also study situational trust! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Cooperating through distrust: seeking remedies to state and community violence

This article focuses on a crucial issue in Black politics: the spectrum of trust. Building on Monica Bell’s theory of situational trust, I explain how community members in three South Side Chicago ...

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 32m

One of my favorite scholars, and a friend!

dr. jordie davies @jordiedavies.bsky.social · 1d

New article: "Fundamentals of Solidarity: Race-Based Caucus Organizing in Houston" is live at Urban Affairs Review. I'm grateful to the organizers who let me into their world and work so we could produce this piece. Check it out 👇

Fundamentals of Solidarity: Race-Based Caucus Organizing in Houston - Elizabeth Jordie Davies, 2025

Grassroots organizations often espouse multiracial solidarity as a value but struggle with putting this value into practice. How can organizations, especially t...

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 14h

Today a student asked me what I was teaching next semester. I told them my race course. They are hoping to join the class, schedule permitting (they major in business). I basically use intro to get the students to study about Race and Politics. I'm a big fan of indoctrination.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 14h

That's a big deal because I really haven't heard of white parents having some version of the talk, but it matters so much.

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly. Also, Miles and Ellington will learn this from their own experiences fairly early. Not really looking forward to that.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 21h

🚨 New assistant prof job posting at LSE with a focus on crime and criminal justice

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Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor, , LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university <spa...

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 20h

Let me know when you’re free!

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 20h

I think Miles has basically outgrown Paw Patrol. He hasn’t mentioned it in Awhile. I struggle with how far to go because I don’t want to burden him with adult thoughts, but sometimes…😂

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 20h

And protect property. 😂

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 20h

I had to tell my 5 year old that the police aren’t inherently good guys because he was a little too gung ho on his little game he made up. He’s getting a glimpse of his professor dad. Poor thing. 😂😬

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 20h

OOOOH. We should talk. A main anchor of my book is explaining that situational trust often bears little to no fruit for the most marginalized and that it inhibits community from coming up with lasting solutions to end both state and community violence.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 20h

We are making similar arguments, but mine is of course about domestic cooperation. I’ll make sure to cit’s.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 21h

I’m otherworldly tired this semester. I just want the allusion of the protections of tenure before they go away next year. 😂😭

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 21h

Isn’t it frustrating? No evil mastermind, just a bunch of fools with no morals or impulse control.

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 22h

No, no. I’m not offended but I’m been wringing my hands about whether we are taking them seriously enough.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 22h

This is kind of my criticism of being overly concerned about details over outcomes when we think about and react to atrocities.

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 22h

I get the itch to well-actually, but I’m talking about them nearly killing an entire demographic of people in a few short years regardless of whether it meets the exact definition of efficient.

Jonathan Blanks @blanksslate.bsky.social · 23h

Nazi efficiency is a myth. There wasn’t a central strategy: there was personality and a guiding ethos, but there wasn’t some well-honed organization or even developed plan. They got in their own way often.

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

Please scream this from the mountains. Do we really want them to be as efficient as the Nazis before responding?

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

Please scream this from the mountains. Do we really want them to be as efficient as the Nazis before responding?

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a lot of words for illegal.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

We might win this thing solely because the Trump administration keeps letting the most unlikable dweeb speak for them, Stephen Miller.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

It feels tropical in Albany today. That’s probably a bad thing in October.

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

Why are you wasting valuable nap time? 😂

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

People confuse the result (state violence/racial terror) with the goal of nonviolence (obstruction). It’s not about getting your ass beat for show to make white people weep.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

yes and that’s its a pragmatic strategy, not some Disney movie like aspiration.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

With regard to the Civil Right Movement, the main reason for push for nonviolence was about the fear that more Black folks would die if more aggressive means were used. It wasn't really about solely appealing to the morals of white folks.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

It's incredible easy to tell other people what they should sacrifice for the betterment of the country.

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