The 2017 annual meeting of the College Conference on Computers and Composition was held in Portland, OR, 15–18 March at the Oregon Convention Center. This is the Saturday keynote from José Antonio Vargas, journalist.
Everyone getting excited for @joseiswriting? #4c17
— NCTE CCCC (@NCTE_CCCC) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843136706291220481
Really interesting start to talk, speaking to audience of (mostly white) teachers, deftly self-deprecating or at least playing at self-deprecating with the possible thought that audience wouldn't all expect him to speak well, or possibly priming the audience to hear a success story of a brown immigrant that done good because of all that great public schooling.
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843140080168398848
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#4c17 @joseiswriting says that in many ways he was raised by educators @NCTE_CCCC
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843140444976381954
Example of different interpretations/hearings/retellings of the same comment
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843140710089940992
Where do people like us [Fillipino, in particular] fit in this black and white dynamic? — @joseiswriting #4C17
— Josh Wood (@thatjoshwood) March 18, 2017
#4c17 @joseiswriting asks where people who look like him belong in a nation divided by black and white @NCTE_CCCC
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
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"From the beginning, writing was my way of resisting…of saying 'I exist.'" —@joseiswriting #4C17
— Josh Wood (@thatjoshwood) March 18, 2017
"Writing was my way of rebelling" @joseiswriting #thebanmatters #4c17
— Steven Alvarez (@Chastitellez) March 18, 2017
.@joseiswriting always found writing to be a form of resistance, a way to say "I am here." #4C17
— 🌧 Kelly 🌈 (@kellymce) March 18, 2017
#4C17 @joseiswriting talks about how he wrote himself into existence in America by doing journalism @NCTE_CCCC
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/sarapalvarez/status/843142066066538498
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https://twitter.com/Chastitellez/status/843143112067227648
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No, but really, this is skin-in-the-game gonzo journalism. There didn't seem to be much audience recognition of how brave this was, possibly because he was framing it as humorous.
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843142600433446913
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.@joseiswriting draws the connection between his 2012 Time cover and Ellen's 1997 one. #4C17 pic.twitter.com/CCGAq8WFJv
— 🌧 Kelly 🌈 (@kellymce) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843143292334227456
#4C17 @joseiswriting notes that the term "illegal" is often inaccurate. Not having documents is not criminal @NCTE_CCCC
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
Once I saw others using @joseiswriting for attributions, I switched as well. Later, though, on that account, he said to follow @DefineAmerican. Given his increased precarity, he may be trying to keep down traffic on his individual account.
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843144110005399552
.@joseiswriting emphasizes the complexity of immigration: families are mixed status, individual immigration status is often fluid. #4C17
— 🌧 Kelly 🌈 (@kellymce) March 18, 2017
#4C17 @joseiswriting notes that we don't refer to any other group of people as "illegal." Drunk drivers are "drunk" not "illegal" NCTE_CCCC
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843145270166667265
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I'm happy to pay my share but while we do that can you not talk about us like we're insects on your back? – @joseiswriting #4c17
— Josh Wood (@thatjoshwood) March 18, 2017
#4C17 @joseiswriting says that social security department still demands people with fake social security numbers pay taxes @NCTE_CCCC
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
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Love @joseiswriting's reminder that "we need to start asking better questions." All of us. (Liberals too) #4c17
— Kristin Arola (@kristinarola) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843146217496363008
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.@joseiswriting has been shocked by how little white Americans know about their own immigration stories. #4C17
— 🌧 Kelly 🌈 (@kellymce) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843146592232206336
So, @joseiswriting asks white people, no, where are you FROM-from? White isn't a country. #4C17
— 🌧 Kelly 🌈 (@kellymce) March 18, 2017
says, all non-indigenous ppl in the US should be able to answer, where are you from? How did you get here? Who paid? #4C17
— 🌧 Kelly 🌈 (@kellymce) March 18, 2017
Unless native/African American, everyone should be able to answer: where'd you come from, how'd you get here, who paid? #4C17 @joseiswriting
— Josh Wood (@thatjoshwood) March 18, 2017
.@joseiswriting echoing @HarshaWalia by asking, why do people need to move? Who is responsible for the causes of migration? #4C17
— 🌧 Kelly 🌈 (@kellymce) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843147189446631425
Why is it when white peoples move it's manifest destiny…When we move, is it a crime? @joseiswriting #4C17
— Josh Wood (@thatjoshwood) March 18, 2017
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Not sure whether I misheard or whether he in fact included both notions of corporations and products. (My money's on the former.)
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843148098436190208
.@joseiswriting also asks why corporate goods can move more easily than people.#4C17
— 🌧 Kelly 🌈 (@kellymce) March 18, 2017
These things were all legal… legality is a matter of power, not justice @joseiswriting #4C17 pic.twitter.com/ns26gOkTLk
— a patterson (@amycep) March 18, 2017
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#4c17 @joseiswriting says that his lawyers advised him to stop traveling after travel ban; no longer has permanent address @NCTE_CCCC
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
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.@joseiswriting's lawyers discouraged him from going to 45's first address to congress as Pelosi's guest, but he went anyway. #4C17
— 🌧 Kelly 🌈 (@kellymce) March 18, 2017
#4c17 @joseiswriting says that @repjohnlewis said "it looks like you got yourself into some good necessary trouble" upon meeting @NCTE_CCCC
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843149131145134080
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I'm not sure what I was expecting, but something other than silence. Lots of laughs for the laugh lines, but not much cultural ability to reply to the challenge line enthusiastically.
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843149811763228672
Bill O'Reilly said that @joseiswriting didn't "deserve" to be here. But what did he do to deserve it? Get born in the right place? #4C17
— 🌧 Kelly 🌈 (@kellymce) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/aaronkashtan/status/843149920232067072
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843150199757262848
Equality under the law is also about dignity. What are you doing to earn your citizenship? @joseiswriting #4c17
— Josh Wood (@thatjoshwood) March 18, 2017
#4c17 "I am an American; I'm just waiting for my country to recognize it." @joseiswriting @NCTE_CCCC
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
The first question was from a cat who did a little tapdance about #NotAllWhiteAmericans and then said "But what can we do?" (My paraphrase.)
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843150518688010240
#4c17 @joseiswriting calls on educators to help society move past conversations about good and bad immigrants. @NCTE_CCCC
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843151200765722626
Creating a space where students feel they can talk about immigration, without feeling forced to @joseiswriting #4c17
— Josh Wood (@thatjoshwood) March 18, 2017
So like I'm not the only one weeping and laughing and weeping more during @joseiswriting's keynote, right? My makeup is trashed. #4c17
— Kristin Arola (@kristinarola) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/triplingual/status/843151490600460288
https://twitter.com/aaronkashtan/status/843151961344040960
"I've been uncomfortable since I was 16; I'm just sharing that discomfort" @joseiswriting @NCTE_CCCC #4c17
— Dr. Spencer J Smith (@Spencealot) March 18, 2017
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"What gives me joy is agency." @joseiswriting #undocujoy #4c17 #thebanmatters
— Steven Alvarez (@Chastitellez) March 18, 2017
.@joseiswriting: What gives me joy is agency. I write my story, shape my narrative #4c17
— a patterson (@amycep) March 18, 2017
.@joseiswriting: I control my life. No papers, no presidency, does that #4c17
— a patterson (@amycep) March 18, 2017
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