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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Ah. The new version of woke right vs woke left arguments just dropped.
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Ah. The new version of woke right vs woke left arguments just dropped.
Grace is what you get at the end of atonement.
January 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Grace is what you get at the end of atonement.
Contrary to popular belief, Grace has to be earned & part of that is being confronted with the full scope of the harm you have caused.
Hanania's transgression was that he cosplayed bigotry as philosophy & science to make life worse for millions. Earning that grace is going to be an odyssey for him
Hanania's transgression was that he cosplayed bigotry as philosophy & science to make life worse for millions. Earning that grace is going to be an odyssey for him
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Contrary to popular belief, Grace has to be earned & part of that is being confronted with the full scope of the harm you have caused.
Hanania's transgression was that he cosplayed bigotry as philosophy & science to make life worse for millions. Earning that grace is going to be an odyssey for him
Hanania's transgression was that he cosplayed bigotry as philosophy & science to make life worse for millions. Earning that grace is going to be an odyssey for him
One of the iron laws of all forms of authoritarianism is that the oppression tactics they perfect in the ghettos will inevitably be imposed on Main Street.
January 18, 2026 at 2:37 PM
One of the iron laws of all forms of authoritarianism is that the oppression tactics they perfect in the ghettos will inevitably be imposed on Main Street.
It's the same motivation that reduces Jim Crow to separate water fountains rather than the state sponsored sadism that it actually was.
January 14, 2026 at 2:25 PM
It's the same motivation that reduces Jim Crow to separate water fountains rather than the state sponsored sadism that it actually was.
This reminds me of how the self described anti-woke writers and public intellectuals started talking about "the woke right" rather than admit that "woke people" were right in their predictions about what was about to happen.
January 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This reminds me of how the self described anti-woke writers and public intellectuals started talking about "the woke right" rather than admit that "woke people" were right in their predictions about what was about to happen.
Well. Guess this is what I'm listening to over lunch.
January 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Well. Guess this is what I'm listening to over lunch.
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
The first question is " where does this leave the 3rd of non-white voters who voted for Trump and whose entire quality of life in the United States is the product of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?"
My second question is "How will the cultural moderation & identity politics is bad advocates respond?"
My second question is "How will the cultural moderation & identity politics is bad advocates respond?"
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The first question is " where does this leave the 3rd of non-white voters who voted for Trump and whose entire quality of life in the United States is the product of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?"
My second question is "How will the cultural moderation & identity politics is bad advocates respond?"
My second question is "How will the cultural moderation & identity politics is bad advocates respond?"
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?
I'm glad you are enjoying it.
January 11, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I'm glad you are enjoying it.
Evidence is pointless when the goal is to vice signal.
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Evidence is pointless when the goal is to vice signal.
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.
January 10, 2026 at 3:57 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.
How do you reconcile this position with the success of the Civil Rights Movement, which was an explicitly and multigenerational Black identity politics movement, over Jim Crow Fascism?
January 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
How do you reconcile this position with the success of the Civil Rights Movement, which was an explicitly and multigenerational Black identity politics movement, over Jim Crow Fascism?
Bigotry warps the mind.
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Bigotry warps the mind.
The impact of mass deportations on American race relations.
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The impact of mass deportations on American race relations.