Asst Prof @VanderbiltCLACX helping build Caribbean Studies @VanderbiltU. Book: THE BLACK ROYALISTS || Under Contract with @Harvard_Press. Former Asylum Officer.
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Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
The ICE Detention Reengineering Initiative ($38 billion to convert commercial warehouses into a network of massive detention centers) is not being built primarily by GEO Group and CoreCivic. ICE is turning to a crop of relatively untested contractors. A look at who. 🧵
Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
A collaborative effort between @VanderbiltCLACX at @VanderbiltU , the @smithsonian Folklife and Cultural Heritage Center, @MTSU, and other institutions, InDigital is the only conference of its kind in the United States.
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Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
American Historical Association Votes Overwhelmingly to Support Resolution to Oppose "Scholasticide" in Gaza democracynow.org/2025/1/6/ah…
Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
Vanderbilt University’s College of Arts and Science and the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities invite applications for the Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Program (CHPP).
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Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
.@ProPublica's reporting on maternal health under abortion bans continues.
Read this investigation w @lizziepresser on the case of a pregnant teenager who died after she was repeatedly sent home from Texas hospitals while suffering a miscarriage.
propublica.org/article/nevae…
Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
Hop on Zoom with NYU’s Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora on Thursday, Oct. 25!
Watch/listen to Dr. Monique Bedasse moderate a discussion, “An Age of Black Revolution: New Direction,” with historians Drs. Crystal Eddins (@CrystalNEddins) and Vincent Brown!
Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
‘We need ’em worse than they need us’: how Haitian workers feed the US | Ayana J. Legros | @guardian
Laborers from the Caribbean nation pick berries and process Thanksgiving turkeys across rural America
theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
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Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
Holy moly!
Congratulations @jason_p_deleon! 🎉📣 SOLDIERS AND KINGS is a FINALIST for the National Book Award for Nonfiction! @nationalbook
See the full list here: bit.ly/3Y4Dn1w
Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
Two days until the USA premiere of @fightforhaiti join us on Thursday 9/26 for a screening and panel discussion with @EtantDupain @PascaleSolages @durandis
Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
Today on Black Perspectives, Sherri Cummings explores the complicated representation of Haiti in the American imaginary, arguing that "It is difficult to talk about Haiti."🇭🇹 #Diaspora #BlackAtlantic #BlackHistory
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Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
“Many Haitian people are desperate. They are starving,” Roxane Gay writes. "And few people outside of Haiti care. It is much easier to make jokes about mud cakes, or to dance to a remix of Trump saying, ‘They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the dogs.’ ” nyer.cm/5hjsPAf
Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
As the dehumanization of migrants continues, I want to re-up this powerful @PublicBooks series, "Migrant Futures." The essays are as relevant as ever.
publicbooks.org/series/migra…
Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
Haitian solders risked & gave their lives fighting alongside the Patriots during the American Revolution in 1779. This monument in downtown Savannah honors their service. Several who served in the American war for independence would later fight in the war for Haitian independence
Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
Vanderbilt professor Dr. Celso Thomas Castilho asks a good question in this column:
Will Mauricio Pochettino build on Bora’s legacy of reaching Latino fans?
#USMNT #Futbol @ussoccer @celso_thomas @VanderbiltU
ouresquina.com/2024/will-mau…
Jesús G. Ruiz, Ph.D. retweeted
Great piece. And the kinds of services and support needed in Springfield would be addressed with the Destination Reception Assistance Act
markey.senate.gov/news/press…
Watch this. This is a remarkable piece of journalism from @newshour about what's actually happening in Springfield, Ohio, where JD Vance lied and said Haitians are eating cats.
No cat murder, no braindead teen gossip Facebook scaremongering — just the reality in this town.
