Adia Benton

Adia Benton

ethnography911.bsky.social

Quick! Somebody call an anthropologist! Assoc prof @ Northwestern. MedAnthro. African studies. Pop culture. Politics. She/her. book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816692439/hiv-exceptionalism/

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somehow a cross-section of politicians have seized on this line about ICE having less training than a “barber or cosmetologist”. May I suggest not using that line.

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Ice has less training than congressional staffers.

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(I just saw someone do this who surprised me.)

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David Kaib
18 October 2026 14:56

America has too many Malcolm Gladwells - by me in the Atlantic.

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I need you to all understand just how much racism, sexism and other biases shapes how people hear tone, framing, and affective stance in other people’s language: if you ever hear someone’s speech being described with affective language (“angry,” “diatribe,” etc) NEVER take that at face values

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