Musa al-Gharbi
Sociologist . Other cool stuff.
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Positionality, Homogeneity and Social Research- Page 2 of 2
Musa al-Gharbi 9d 1 tweets
To understand positionality, homogeneity and knowledge production one must recognize and account for influence of both identity and ideological commitments
Musa al-Gharbi Well, the narrative that professors are 'indoctrinating' the youth goes back at least to 1951 (Buckley's God and Man at Yale), as I explore here: It's been a consistent theme since. That isn't a sudden change. 9d
Mike Bloomberg Is Paying ‘Influencers’ to Make Him Seem Cool
Scott Bixby - The Daily Beast 11d 17 tweets
The Bloomberg campaign is trying an ad strategy familiar to every other startup with a ton of cash and a questionable business model: Paying influencers to make it seem cool.
Musa al-Gharbi SAD 10d
Make Some Classroom Topics *More* Controversial - Page 2 of 2
Heterodox Academy 11d 1 tweets
Surfacing the complexity, nuance, ambiguity and uncertainty involved in many topics can help tease out heterogeneity and combat polarization.
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Musa al-Gharbi I just added an addendum: I realized that one way someone could misinterpret my argument was something like this: Students are NOT being brainwashed by leftist professors, but concerned parents ARE being brainwashed by right-wing media. 11d
Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails: Real World Preasymptotics, Epistemology, and Applications
Researchers.one 14d 2 tweets
The book investigates the misapplication of conventional statistical techniques to fat tailed distributions and looks for remedies, when possible.Switching from thin tailed to fat tailed distributions requires more than
Why There Aren't More Black Republicans
Musa al-Gharbi 11d 1 tweets
In order to attract African Americans and other minority voters, conservatives must embrace the Republican Party's once-proud legacy on civil rights.
Musa al-Gharbi I have also written at length about black Republicans -- most notably in this longform 2016 article, which was the initial impetus for reaching out to me. Check it out 11d
Hillary Clinton Is No Friend of Black Empowerment
Musa al-Gharbi 11d 1 tweets
As an African American, I have struggled to understand why so many of my black brothers and sisters seem to prefer Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders.
Musa al-Gharbi For instance, we talked at length about Bernie Sanders and black voters, his popularity among young black voters especially, my own support for him in 2016 () and 2020. The article was really about black Republicans, so that would've been a sideshow. 11d
In a world full of African American Democrats, black Republicans stand alone
USA TODAY 11d 1 tweets
A handful of key economic and social issues keep some African Americans loyal to the party of Lincoln rather than the party of Obama.
Musa al-Gharbi Lots of fun talking with for this story on the political leanings of African Americans: We covered a ton of ground, only some of which made it into the article -- so it goes! 11d
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Psyarxiv.com 12d 3 tweets
Make Some Classroom Topics *More* Controversial
Heterodox Academy 12d 13 tweets
Surfacing the complexity, nuance, ambiguity and uncertainty involved in many topics can help tease out heterogeneity and combat polarization.
Musa al-Gharbi You may enjoy this piece, which picks up on the 'indoctrination' question, from a different angle, then transitions into discussing how there actually is a lot of ideological heterogeneity among students, and how we can better surface that 12d
Musa al-Gharbi You may also enjoy this piece. It comes at the indoctrination topic from a different angle, and transitions to discussing how diverse student views actually are, and how we can better surface that diversity: 12d
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Musa al-Gharbi My latest for HxA picks up on the 'indoctrination' question, from a different angle, then transitions into discussing how there actually is a lot of ideological heterogeneity among students, and how we can better surface that: May be of interest. 12d
Trump Job Approval at Personal Best 49%
Gallup.com 14d 34 tweets
President Donald Trump's job approval has climbed to 49%, his highest to date.
Musa al-Gharbi According to Trump's approval has reached a personal best: Trump has the highest rating for a president in terms of handling the economy of any president since George W. Bush right after 9/11. About half of likely voters think he deserves 2nd term 13d
DNC Mulls Asking Donald Trump To Run As Democrat In Effort To Stop Sanders
Politics 14d 2 tweets
WASHINGTON—As the beginning of primary season upped the stakes in their search for an alternative candidate, Democratic National Committee officials reportedly mulled Monday asking Donald Trump to run for president as a Democrat in an effort to stop...
An intelligent argument on race
Insidehighered.com 26d 6 tweets
Scholar makes argument in favor of race-based research into intelligence, but experts in that subfield say it's an unnecessary plea that doesn't square with scientific realities.
Musa al-Gharbi I would have preferred to see a thread highlighting multiple perspectives or an overview article like this: But hey, opinions are like... certain parts of the human anatomy... in that virtually everybody has one. 16d
Musa al-Gharbi's Intellectual Trajectory
Musa al-Gharbi 16d 1 tweets
Musa al-Gharbi explains his intellectual trajectory in order to better contextualize his research interests, methods, and aims.
Musa al-Gharbi As a sociologist of knowledge, I personally find this fascinating. I often ask people why they study the issues they do, how they got into them. I explain how I got into my work here 16d
Stop Obsessing Over Race and IQ
National Review 688d 8 tweets
The intense, obsessive argument over race and IQ serves no purpose.
Musa al-Gharbi Hey Jason, this is an issue about which many HxA members stridently disagree. For instance, McWhorter argued that the race/ IQ debate serves no purpose 16d
Sanders surges, Biden plateaus in latest NBC/WSJ poll of 2020 Democratic primary voters
Jacob Pramuk - CNBC 17d 1 tweets
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are battling for position at the top of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary ahead of Monday's Iowa caucuses.
Musa al-Gharbi "What prompted this sudden change in DNC rules?" you may ask. Just *might* have something to do with this: Voting about to begin and set to surpass Joe Biden as frontrunner. The blatantness of it, that's what is shocking. 17d
D.N.C. Rules Change for Nevada Debate May Enable Bloomberg to Participate
Matt Stevens - Nytimes.com 17d 2 tweets
The Democratic National Committee will eliminate the requirement that candidates to show evidence of grass-roots support.
Musa al-Gharbi Warren tanking. Biden stagnant. so desperate to stop that they are essentially letting someone buy himself into the race without an established base of support (apparently hoping he'll catch fire). Good luck with that! 17d
The Bernie Blackout Is Real, and These Screenshots Prove It
Truthout 18d 1 tweets
The screenshots show how corporate media and the Democratic Party have done their best to create a Bernie blackout.
Musa al-Gharbi Wow. I don't watch the news, so I haven't been seeing this stuff. But wow. A good reason, incidentally, to not waste my time with cable news. 18d
Kobe Bryant & Kanye West "Kobe System Commercial!" (Part 3) WTF Are You Talking About Kobe Bryant
YouTube 22d 2 tweets
Kobe Bryant & Kanye West "Kobe System Commercial!" (Part 3) WTF Are You Talking About Kobe Bryant
Musa al-Gharbi Rest in peace #KobeBraynt 20d
Writers, Academics, and Free Speech Advocates Call on Babson to Reinstate Professor
PEN America 26d 8 tweets
More than 155 writers, academics, and free speech advocates have signed a letter from PEN America urging Babson College to immediately reinstate Asheen Phansey, fired two weeks ago for a satirical Facebook post.
Why Trump Persists
Nytimes.com 27d 15 tweets
Voters are less tolerant, less empathetic and less interested in integrity than many political analysts thought.