Saturday, December 30, 2017
Friday, December 29, 2017
Recy Taylor, black Alabama woman raped by six white men in 1944, dies aged 97 | US news | The Guardian
Recy Taylor, black Alabama woman raped by six white men in 1944, dies aged 97 | US news | The Guardian: Recy Taylor, black Alabama woman raped by six white men in 1944, dies aged 97 | US news | The Guardian
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Ta-Nehisi Coates is the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle | Cornel West | Opinion | The Guardian
Ta-Nehisi Coates is the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle | Cornel West | Opinion | The Guardian: Ta-Nehisi Coates is the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle | Cornel West | Opinion | The Guardian
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ We Were Eight Years in Power, a book about Barack Obama’s presidency and the tenacity of white supremacy, has captured the attention of many of us. One crucial question is why now in this moment has his apolitical pessimism gained such wide acceptance?
Coates and I come from a great tradition of the black freedom struggle. He represents the neoliberal wing that sounds militant about white supremacy but renders black fightback invisible. This wing reaps the benefits of the neoliberal establishment that rewards silences on issues such as Wall Street greed or Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and people.
The disagreement between Coates and me is clear: any analysis or vision of our world that omits the centrality of Wall Street power, US military policies, and the complex dynamics of class, gender, and sexuality in black America is too narrow and dangerously misleading. So it is with Ta-Nehisi Coates’ worldview.
Ta-Nehisi Coates is the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle | Cornel West | Opinion | The Guardian
Ta-Nehisi Coates is the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle | Cornel West | Opinion | The Guardian: Ta-Nehisi Coates is the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle | Cornel West | Opinion | The Guardian
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ We Were Eight Years in Power, a book about Barack Obama’s presidency and the tenacity of white supremacy, has captured the attention of many of us. One crucial question is why now in this moment has his apolitical pessimism gained such wide acceptance?
Coates and I come from a great tradition of the black freedom struggle. He represents the neoliberal wing that sounds militant about white supremacy but renders black fightback invisible. This wing reaps the benefits of the neoliberal establishment that rewards silences on issues such as Wall Street greed or Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and people.
The disagreement between Coates and me is clear: any analysis or vision of our world that omits the centrality of Wall Street power, US military policies, and the complex dynamics of class, gender, and sexuality in black America is too narrow and dangerously misleading. So it is with Ta-Nehisi Coates’ worldview.
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Slavery, John Brown's hanging and the raid on Harpers Ferry - The Washington Post
Slavery, John Brown's hanging and the raid on Harpers Ferry - The Washington Post: Slavery, John Brown's hanging and the raid on Harpers Ferry - The Washington Post
John Brown rode from the jail to the gallows on top of his own coffin, which was hauled in a “criminal’s wagon” drawn by two white horses.
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