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OPINION: Trump’s attempts to redefine terrorism to fit his agenda are the outgrowth of a selective concept that political actors have been carrying out for decades, Shirin Sinnar writes. sfchronicle.com/opinion/open…

🎙️NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE "In Edward Said's Shadow" Said famously wrote most of "Orientalism" at CASBS in 1975-76. CASBS fellows @asdillingham, Thomas Blom Hansen, @camillahawth & @ShirinSinnar discuss the enduring influence of Said's landmark book 🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#e…

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Today's @StanfordDaily op-ed by @ShirinSinnar: stanforddaily.com/2025/01/28…

Anti-Irish 1840s–1850s Portrayed as drunkards and troublemakers and racially inferior. “No Irish Need Apply.” Anti-Chinese 1870s–1880s Viewed as job-stealers and blamed for economic woes, called a “Yellow Peril” “Not a Chinaman’s chance.” Anti-Jewish Late 19th to mid-20th century Stereotyped as greedy, controlling finance "Gentiles only." Anti-Italian 1900s–1920s Dismissed as anarchists, criminals, or racially “unfit” “Wops, go home!” Anti-German 1917–1918 Suspected of espionage and branded as enemies “Don’t speak the Hun’s tongue!” Anti-Mexican 1930s–1950, 2020s Blamed for economic competition and social unrest “Go back to Mexico” Anti-Japanese 1940s Deemed disloyal "A Jap's a Jap" Anti-Southeast Asian (Vietnamese, Cambodian, etc.) 1970s–1980s Derided as dirty and burdens on society "No more boat people!" Anti-Arab 2001–2002 Cast as potential terrorists or extremists "Go back to the Middle East where you belong.” Anti-Indian 2024-2025 Portrayed as third world invaders, job stealers [check twitter]

Decades-long political pressure to avoid studying or speaking out on Palestine within academia make it harder to fairly resolve Title VI complaints today. My blog post here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/titl…

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DAY 32 introducing members of the 2024-25 CASBS class @ShirinSinnar is in an ideal community to probe, from a legal institutions context, the construction of terrorism as a category & set of ideas for conceptualizing & responding to political violence 👉 stanford.io/4e0Wuzr

An historic moment.

SLS Professor Shirin Sinnar speaks on political rhetoric following Trump's assassination attempt for @KQED. Listen in at the link below. stanford.io/4bSBdpw

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NBC Confirms 2024 Paris Olympics Will Be In 4K tvanswerman.com/2024/07/10/n… via @TVAnswerMan

Meanwhile in Texas people are using the Whataburger app to track power outages because the electric company there doesn’t have one

Man, I feel this.

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