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Dr Stacey Patton
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com > p > european-colonizers-were-so-petty

European Colonizers Were So Petty They Even Made Africa Look Smaller On Maps

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (255+ words) When I taught college history, I used to start off a lecture about colonialism and racis by writing a quote on the board from the philosopher and scientist Alfred Korzybski: “The map is not the territory.” And then, I’d turn…...

Dr Stacey Patton
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com > p > while-black-folks-fought-over-bonnets

While Black Folks Fought Over Bonnets at Tuskegee and Unpaid Tuition at Howard, 159-Year-Old Saint Augustine’s University Was Quietly Dying

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (464+ words) If you recall, Black folks on social media spent much of this summer fiercely debating two of the gravest threats to the future of HBCUs: young women wearing bonnets at Tuskegee University and Howard University students committing the high crime…...

Dr Stacey Patton
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com > p > the-digital-lynching-of-jason-arday

The Digital Lynching of Jason Arday and the Self-Exonerating Performance of Mourning

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (531+ words) M’kay Y’all, so let’s recap... They were frothing at the mouth, “See, see... SEE! We told you Black scholarship is boolshit! We told you the Blacks who get into exclusive white institutions are unqualified and they can only get in…...

Dr Stacey Patton
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com > p > the-black-press-needs-a-next-generation

The Black Press Needs a Next Generation. Let’s Help Train Them.

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (486+ words) drstaceypatton1865.substack.com The Black Press Needs a Next Generation. Let’s Help Train Them. The 2026 academic year begins this coming Monday! Whoot! Whoot! And once gain, I’ve been busy raising funds to help HBCU students with textbooks, digital equipment and other…...

Dr Stacey Patton
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com > p > the-trump-regime-just-made-it-easier

The Trump Regime Just Made It Easier For Racist Schools to Beat, Expel, and Arrest Black Students

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (181+ words) The Trump regime’s war on education and civil rights protections has been strategically and kaleidoscopically evil. Each turn keeps revealing another point of attack on marginalized students’ ability to learn and resist being disposed of or dominated by those trying…...

Dr Stacey Patton
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com > p > your-child-got-into-college-but-trumps

Your Child Got Into College, But Trump’s New Student Loan Rules Could Decide Whether They Can Stay.

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (166+ words) NOTE TO READERS: This article was originally published on NewsOne on July 1, 2026. Starting today, July 1, Donald Trump’s student loan overhaul takes effect and will eliminate or restrict how much students and parents can borrow for college, and push them toward…...

Dr Stacey Patton
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com > p > at-nyus-democracy-conference-i-said

At NYU’s Democracy Conference, I Said Democracy Dies Wherever Children Learn to Obey Cruelty

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (237+ words) Scholars also asked: Should we even be trying to save democracy? What does resistance look like? How do we imagine the future, particularly a post-imperial one after the fall of the American Empire? The panel I participated in this morning…...

Dr Stacey Patton
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com > p > manifest-delusion-lecture-21-is-now

Manifest Delusion Lecture 21 is now LIVE!

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (702+ words) Welcome to lecture 21 of Manifest Delusion: The True Story of American Empire. From Cuba and Puerto Rico to the Philippines, Haiti, Nicaragua, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic, we’ll trace how America invaded, occupied, extracted, tortured, renamed, and reorganized whole societies…...

Dr Stacey Patton
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com > p > the-real-scandal-isnt-cheyenne-bryants

The Real Scandal Isn’t Cheyenne Bryant's Missing Ph.D. It’s the For-Profit Schools That Sold the Dream

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (583+ words) The ongoing dragging of media personality and self-proclaimed “psychology expert” Cheyenne Bryant has been loud and messy as hell. These schools didn’t just “expand access” to non-traditional students. Many of them built their business models around aspiration. Around working adults,…...

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drstaceypatton1865.substack.com > p > a-time-to-walk-and-a-time-to-stomp

A Time to Walk and A Time to Stomp. In Defense of Black Graduation Joy

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1532+ words) UC Berkeley Black Graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, Calif. (UC Berkeley African American Studies Department) The doors of the church are open. Good morning, Saints. I said, good morning, Saints! Beloved children of the sun,…...