This is a summary of my recent social media writing about race and identity in Australia and the USA. This included my live tweets during the Sydney hostage siege as well as the Ferguson and the #BlackLivesMatter anti-police violence protests following the death of Eric Garner.

For some background on these issues, read my academic research on:

• Latins in Australia
• Exploring Subjective Understandings of Racism
• Race and Ethnicity
• Social Justice in Ferguson 
• Counter-Terrorism and Political Violence

Otherwise, read on below to see my discussion of

• Racism
• White Privilege
• Racism in Australia
• Racism in the United States.

Racism

See all my tweets on racism 

.@BernardJTyson is CEO of a $55 billion organisation. He reflects on his experience w/ everyday #racism. @LinkedIn https://t.co/FxgAmcXnQw

— Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) December 5, 2014

#Sociology of reverse #racism: @aamer_rahman‘s comedy on White privilege is a good intro on racial oppression. http://t.co/56rqcpFxW5 — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) December 3, 2013

White Privilege

Read my tweets on #WhitePrivilege

I wrote this: #Sociology of racialised sexual fetishes. How #WhitePrivilege structures desire. http://t.co/vbJbuojiq8 — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) December 12, 2013

#WhitePrivilege brilliantly illustrated. With reference to @TheSocietyPages! Visual #sociology http://t.co/Lim4hZPfO5 #socialsci — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) September 22, 2014

Excellent succinct analysis of why fighting #WhitePrivilege misses point on institutional racism. @TheSocyCinema http://t.co/7q3g0NT5p5 — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) July 22, 2014

45% of #Latino & 36% Black people have confidence in police compared to 74% of Whites. Latter= #WhitePrivilege http://t.co/v6DhFO2TFT — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) September 1, 2014

Australia

Sydney Siege

Read my live tweets during the #SydneySiege

Media is right on cue for spreading #Islamophobia through racially coded language. Inform the nation without the racism. #sydneysiege

— Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) December 15, 2014

Beware of the so-called “counter-terrorism experts” who are currently spreading #Islamophobia with no data or policy experience #sydneysiege — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) December 15, 2014

Indigenous-Australians

Read all my tweets on Indigenous-Australians.

“Transgenerational trauma,” heavy-handed policies & violence towards #Indigenous Australians needs to be addressed. #FirstContactSBS @NITV — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) November 18, 2014

#Indigenous Australian top 99 books chosen by @AnitaHeiss (2011). http://t.co/0WbWek9npT #literature — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) June 8, 2014

Strengths of Australian #Indigenous culture in family life and child rearing. @ozpolicyonline http://t.co/2lc8nGS2UG #sociology — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) October 18, 2014

“Being born black ensures that you will experience #racism on a daily level” @TheKooriWoman on #FirstContactSBS http://t.co/mvEY41BQU6 — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) November 26, 2014

United States of America

Ferguson

Read all my tweets on Michael Brown’s death and the Ferguson protests.

#Racism: Seeking to justify or minimise the role of racism in the killing of unarmed Black youth supports institutional racism. #Ferguson

— Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) November 25, 2014

80% of Black people think #Ferguson shooting is about race; only 37% of Whites say same. http://t.co/BCnLpHRKUH pic.twitter.com/kjnrLwHOwA — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) November 25, 2014

#Racism: system of oppression that subordinates status of minority groups with less power & reinfoced by insitutions like the LAW #Ferguson

— Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) November 25, 2014

“Millennials, it seems, are the ones we have been waiting for.” #SocialJustice in #Ferguson. @ProfessorCrunk @salon http://t.co/JxI4Zn5wlN — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) October 17, 2014

Over 500 sociologists have signed this letter on #Ferguson. I added my name. @thescienceofus @JudyLubin http://t.co/JlbsVjSZTx #sociology

— Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) August 23, 2014

Black Lives Matter

Read all my tweets on the #BlackLivesMatter protests, including my live tweeting during the announcement of the Eric Garner Grand Jury indictment decision.

Grand jury made up of 9 White & 3 Black people. Remember most White people don’t think this case is about race. #Ferguson #BlackLivesMatter — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) November 25, 2014

“Some people said one thing, others said something else… but we don’t need a trial to sort this justice business out.” #Ferguson

— Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) November 25, 2014

Elected official @RepPeteKing on #EricGarner: “greatest beneficiaries of the NYPD are the African American community” #WhitePrivilege spin — Dr Zuleyka Zevallos (@OtherSociology) December 4, 2014