Blackness, Pessimism, and the Human
There is a specter haunting black studies, black freedom struggles, humanism, and the politics of recognition. This recalcitrant specter currently
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White Fragility, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, and the Weight of History
by Justin Gomer and Christopher Petrella On July 3, The Boston Globe published a controversial, if predictable, op-ed entitled “In
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The Enduring Controversies of the N-Word
Hearing the N-word uttered in popular media is rather familiar in the United States. A version of the word is
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Who We Talk About When We Talk About Gentrification
When the topic of gentrification is at hand, recent headlines suggest the stakes of the debate. “Gentrification Isn’t a Benign
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