@proftyler

Professor | Scholar, Teacher, & Author of Disabilities of the Color Line https://xitter.cf/t.co/ssCVV589ap | he/him/his

 New York, NY
Joined February 2013
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Behold, my book baby has arrived, & she’s beautiful! I’m a little teary-eyed, but they are tears of joy.
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Namwali@namwalienApr 28
I thought it might helpful for some of you to read what Morrison said about difficulty and her own aims as a writer. First, some context: her master's thesis at Cornell in the fifties was on the (not yet canonical) high modernists Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner. Thread/1
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Halle Berry
@halleberryMar 13
I just love us 😂
ᴅᴏʟʟᴀʀ@DollarBeKnowingMar 13
Lynn Whitfield said that’s enough with all that bullshit! 😂 I AM HOLLERING!
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these people went from “please submit your diversity statement with your application” to “if your syllabus does not affirm white supremacist christian nationalism, you will be fired” in record time.
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Not D’Angelo, too. I'm devastated by this news. 2025 has no chill. D’Angelo, Acclaimed and Reclusive R&B Innovator, Dies at 51 nytimes.com/2025/10/14/arts/… via @NYTimes

D’Angelo, Acclaimed and Reclusive R&B Innovator, Dies at 51 (Published 2025)

After hitting No. 1 with “Voodoo,” the genre-melding 2000 album that he promoted with a risqué music video, he vanished for more than a decade.

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I saw this masterpiece in person, & it did not disappoint! To create this mosaic, the artist Jack Whitten used a mix of materials, including a razor blade in the center. The artist said the razor blade represents “the double edge of black identity,” which “cuts both ways.”
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I’m forever grateful to the Jack Whitten estate & @HauserWirth for allowing me to use Whitten’s work as the cover art for my book. The exhibit, “Jack Whitten: The Messenger,” is spectacular & worth checking out @MuseumModernArt before it closes in early August.
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Alcaraz & Sinner put on one helluva show! Tennis is life! Vamos, Carlitos!
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From THREE MATCH POINTS DOWN! In FIVE AND HALF HOURS!
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I see folks in the ChatGPT college discourse calling for a return to blue books, presentations, no screens, etc. But we should have hard convos re: how we ceded those things in the name of “accessibility.” We can do both, but the state of accommodations needs to be addressed.
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Mahmoud should be home in NYC with his wife and newborn son. Instead he’s in a prison cell a thousand miles away. Not because he has been accused of any crime—but only because he expressed political views that the Trump administration disfavors.
Arya Sundaram@arya_sundaram22 Apr 2025
Mahmoud Khalil’s wife Noor Abdalla gave birth to her son today, while Khalil remains in ICE detention in Louisiana. Her statement is below.
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Evensya@EvensyaXo21 Apr 2025
THEY WERENT DOING THAT BEFORE?????????????????????
Film Updates
@FilmUpdates21 Apr 2025
The Academy is now implementing a new rule that members must now watch all nominated films in each category to be eligible to vote in the final round for the Oscars.
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Grateful I got to attend Roberta Flack’s memorial service @abyssinianbc. I couldn’t stay long but was fortunate enough to see Lauryn Hill, Lisa Fisher, & Stevie Wonder perform. It was a good day in Harlem. 🙌🏾
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I’VE FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP
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Imani Perry@imaniperry9 Feb 2025
I heard it may be sung today, during the superbowl, in the manner it was first performed: by 500 schoolchildren (in Jacksonville Florida)
Imani Perry@imaniperry6 Feb 2025
Feb. 12th will be the 125th anniversary of the first performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” That song has lessons for today. bookshop.org/p/books/may-we-…

May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem

The twin acts of singing and fighting for freedom have been inseparable in African American history. May We Forever Stand tells an essential part of that story. With lyrics penned by James Weldon...

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Jemele Hill
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Serena been waiting to get that lick back.
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RIP ❤️ Professor Kiah Duggins was among those lost in the mid-air plane collision at Reagan National Airport. Professor Duggins was set to begin a new chapter as a professor at Howard University School of Law this fall. May her memory be a blessing.
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JC Christopher
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Replying to @halleberry
It’s X now. But love your content here!
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You can read Selamawit D. Terrefe’s obituary here: sdterrefe.com/selamawitterre… 🕊️
Late Model Toyota Previa@LMToyotaPrevia10 Nov 2024
In the wake of immense loss, I have gathered some of Selamawit D. Terrefe’s articles in one place. It is my hope that you will engage them deeply and repetitively 🕊️ drive.google.com/file/d/1-ft…
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Huge congrats to Marlene Daut & Sara Johnson, co-winners of the @YaleGLC 2024 Frederick Douglass Prize!! macmillan.yale.edu/glc/stori…

Yale Announces 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winners

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