Search Results for: Black Radical Tradition

Wealth, Slavery, and the History of American Taxation

April 20, 2017April 22, 2017 Christopher F. Petrella taxes, wealth

Only a few days after Tax Day, many Americans still have Uncle Sam on their minds. Though the vast majority

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Zadie Smith and Multiculturalism after Brexit

April 11, 2017April 14, 2017 Merve Fejzula culture, Donald Trump, Literary studies, London

Perhaps more than other forms of criticism, outsiders often imagine literary criticism to be free from the vagaries of the

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The Critique of Racial Liberalism: An Interview with Charles W. Mills

April 3, 2017December 30, 2017 Neil Roberts #raceandphilosophy, Philosophy, Racial Capitalism, Trumpism

This month I interviewed Charles W. Mills about his new book, Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism. Mills is

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Social Death and Insurgent Discourses in Jordan Peele’s “Get Out”

March 27, 2017March 31, 2017 J. T. Roane Black film, film, Racial Violence, racism

*Editor’s Note: This essay contains spoilers* As Jordan Peele’s blockbuster hit Get Out progresses, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) discovers that

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Race and Imperialism in Canada in the 1960s

March 3, 2017March 6, 2017 Paul Hébert Canada, imperialism

In recent years, scholars and activists in Canada have been drawing more attention to the country’s often-unacknowledged history of slavery.

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