Nicholas Mitchell
@nicholasemitchell.bsky.social
Aging afropunk, Southerner, Curriculum theorist, Af. Am. Studies, Bigotry researcher, Essayist, Author, contributing writer at MS NOW, Professional Wrestling Enthusiast.
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Brutal chains of logic
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Brutal chains of logic
It's also worth pointing out the silence coming from all the factions who scolded all the politicians, advocates, activists, and scholars over the last 11 years for sounding the alarm on attacks on civil rights for " engaging in identity politics" after the New York times published this headline
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It's also worth pointing out the silence coming from all the factions who scolded all the politicians, advocates, activists, and scholars over the last 11 years for sounding the alarm on attacks on civil rights for " engaging in identity politics" after the New York times published this headline
Considering how you've been a vocal advocate of cultural moderation, how would you advise people respond to this?
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Considering how you've been a vocal advocate of cultural moderation, how would you advise people respond to this?
Once this @nytimes.com transcript gets the country's attention, the discourse is going to get wild in ways we haven't seen since Baldwin and Buckley were debating in the UK.
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Once this @nytimes.com transcript gets the country's attention, the discourse is going to get wild in ways we haven't seen since Baldwin and Buckley were debating in the UK.
Never underestimate the sheer brutality that moral panics can unleash on a society because a moral panic will convince people to do horrible things to other people.
January 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Never underestimate the sheer brutality that moral panics can unleash on a society because a moral panic will convince people to do horrible things to other people.
Bigotry warps the mind.
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Bigotry warps the mind.
From my book on how bigotry works-
The useful idiot has to believe that they are the exception to the bigotry they are directing at their group and that the bigots won't turn on them once they are no longer useful... aka:
"the face eating leopard won't eat MY face."
The useful idiot has to believe that they are the exception to the bigotry they are directing at their group and that the bigots won't turn on them once they are no longer useful... aka:
"the face eating leopard won't eat MY face."
December 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
From my book on how bigotry works-
The useful idiot has to believe that they are the exception to the bigotry they are directing at their group and that the bigots won't turn on them once they are no longer useful... aka:
"the face eating leopard won't eat MY face."
The useful idiot has to believe that they are the exception to the bigotry they are directing at their group and that the bigots won't turn on them once they are no longer useful... aka:
"the face eating leopard won't eat MY face."
If you think of replacement theory as a political ideology that creates policy, law, and political identity, a lot of what you're seeing and hearing in the discourse becomes intelligible and terrifying.
Bigotry always tells on itself, y'all.
Bigotry always tells on itself, y'all.
December 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you think of replacement theory as a political ideology that creates policy, law, and political identity, a lot of what you're seeing and hearing in the discourse becomes intelligible and terrifying.
Bigotry always tells on itself, y'all.
Bigotry always tells on itself, y'all.
It is telling how some of the loudest voices in the last decade who built their profiles dismissing anti-racism have all displayed a sudden mastery of anti-racist thought once the racism that they claimed was overblown started calling them slurs.
Bigotry is wild. Wrote a book about it this year.
Bigotry is wild. Wrote a book about it this year.
December 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It is telling how some of the loudest voices in the last decade who built their profiles dismissing anti-racism have all displayed a sudden mastery of anti-racist thought once the racism that they claimed was overblown started calling them slurs.
Bigotry is wild. Wrote a book about it this year.
Bigotry is wild. Wrote a book about it this year.
Lesson 1 and 2 of my book on how bigotry works are what they are for a reason.
December 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Lesson 1 and 2 of my book on how bigotry works are what they are for a reason.
If you ever forget who you are, sooner or later bigots will remind you.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you ever forget who you are, sooner or later bigots will remind you.
Digging into it, Crockett is leading with Black men, Black women, Latino women, and is at 45% of White women. Talarico is leading with Latino men, White men, and is at 46% of White women.
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Digging into it, Crockett is leading with Black men, Black women, Latino women, and is at 45% of White women. Talarico is leading with Latino men, White men, and is at 46% of White women.
I wrote this book for times like this.
September 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I wrote this book for times like this.
Published in July of this year by Bloomsbury
September 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Published in July of this year by Bloomsbury
Wrote a whole book on why thinking bigotry is just people being uninformed is a mistake because it's deeper than that.
September 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Wrote a whole book on why thinking bigotry is just people being uninformed is a mistake because it's deeper than that.
Bigots cosplay their Bigotry as philosophy, concern, and science for a reason.
It works.
Wrote a book about it.
It works.
Wrote a book about it.
September 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Bigots cosplay their Bigotry as philosophy, concern, and science for a reason.
It works.
Wrote a book about it.
It works.
Wrote a book about it.
The audiobook book version of my first book "On Bigotry: Twenty lessons on how bigotry works and what to do about it" comes out on all audiobook platforms August 26th.
Narrated by me.
Narrated by me.
August 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The audiobook book version of my first book "On Bigotry: Twenty lessons on how bigotry works and what to do about it" comes out on all audiobook platforms August 26th.
Narrated by me.
Narrated by me.
July 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
As much as I value debate, I have to agree with the last positivist. From my book:
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
As much as I value debate, I have to agree with the last positivist. From my book:
The table of contents from my first book- On Bigotry: Twenty Lessons on How Bigotry Works and What to Do About It from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
#bigotry #racism #booksky #sexism
#bigotry #racism #booksky #sexism
July 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The table of contents from my first book- On Bigotry: Twenty Lessons on How Bigotry Works and What to Do About It from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
#bigotry #racism #booksky #sexism
#bigotry #racism #booksky #sexism