Category: mat johnson

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+ an appeal to the colored citizens of the world, connor towne o'neill, Damian Duffy, david f walker, david walker, frank yerby, hosea easton, John Jennings, lillian e smith, mat johnson, solomon northup, sui sin far, susie king taylor, warren pleece, william apess

“Transmission of Racist Thought” Syllabus

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Over the past few years, I have thought about the transmission of racist thoughts, the myriad ways in which racism gets passed down from generation to generation and transmitted from person to person across the centuries and decades. I’ve thought about how we need to sever this circuit, breaking it in twain so that the information stops before the transmission occurs. If we cannot … Read More “Transmission of Racist Thought” Syllabus

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+ american historical association, college, comics, graphic memoir, healthcare, mat johnson, mayim bialik, shane patrick doyle, ted closson

The Costs of Graduate School and Healthcare

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On January 20, Mat Johnson posted on Twitter about his insulin falling out of the refrigerator and his kid picking it up and placing it in the freezer, thus ruining it. Insurance would not replace the insulin, which costs $800, and Johnson pointed out that luckily he has enough to cover it. However, if he could not cover it, he may actually die, as … Read More The Costs of Graduate School and Healthcare

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+ christianity, comics, graphic novels, incognegro, lillian e smith, mat johnson, warren pleece, white supremacy

Christian Nationalism and “Incognegro”

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Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece’s Incognegro focuses on constructions of race and the ways that whites use these constructions in order to maintain power or to even hopefully achieve power. The graphic novel does not detail the intersections between white supremacy and the church, but there are at least two brief moments that cause readers to think about these intersections. Today, I want to … Read More Christian Nationalism and “Incognegro”

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+ comics, graphic novels, identity, incognegro, mat johnson, race, warren pleece

Mistaken Identity in “Incognegro”?

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In the last post, I wrote about Zane Pinchback discussing the social constructions of race and identity in Mt Johnson and Warren Pleece’s Incognegro. Today, I want to continue that discussion by looking at the last section of the graphic novel, specifically Zane’s comments to Alonzo upon arriving back in Harlem and the reveal at the end the final pages where the white citizens … Read More Mistaken Identity in “Incognegro”?

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+ comics, Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith, graphic novels, incognegro, mat johnson, the land south of the clouds, warren pleece

Deconstructing Whiteness in “Incognegro”

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Every semester, I am amazed at the connective tissue that runs through the texts I place on the syllabus and the themes that arise. No matter the class, I construct my courses around themes, all teachers do. However, when a class ends poignantly on a recurring theme, I find it a really serendipitous occasion. This semester, in my Ethnic American Literature course, we explored … Read More Deconstructing Whiteness in “Incognegro”

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