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+ Aimé Césaire, colonialism, colonization, james baldwin, No Name in the Street, politics

The Decline of Empires in James Baldwin’s “No Name in the Street”

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While doing research on the massacre of around 200 Algerians in October 1961 and William Gardner Smith’s novel The Stone Face, which concludes with the massacre, I came across James Baldwin’s discussions, specifically in his 1972 book No Name in the Street, on his time in Paris and his interactions with Algerians in France’s capital. I didn’t bring a copy of Baldwin’s book with … Read More The Decline of Empires in James Baldwin’s “No Name in the Street”

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+ black panther, comics, enlightenment, John Locke, marvel, marvel comics, politics, ta-nehisi coates

Conquest and the Unjust Invasion of the Rights of Another in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Black Panther”

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One of the through lines in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet deals with the ways that individuals rule and with discussions of conquest and power. As I wrote about last post, we see this early on, specifically when we first see Changamire and he quotes from John Locke’s Second Treatise on Civil Government. Speaking to his class, Changamire, quoting Locke, asks them if … Read More Conquest and the Unjust Invasion of the Rights of Another in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Black Panther”

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+ black panther, comics, enlightenment, John Locke, marvel, marvel comics, politics, ta-nehisi coates

“What is my remedy against the robber, who so broke into my house?”: The Ruler and the Robber in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Black Panther”

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The more I read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, the more I think about what exactly Coates is doing within this narrative. On one hand, as Julian Chambliss and others have remarked, he’s carrying on Don McGregor’s work from the 1970s where McGregor used Wakanda as a backdrop to examine issues of leadership and governance. As well, Coates is expanding upon … Read More “What is my remedy against the robber, who so broke into my house?”: The Ruler and the Robber in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Black Panther”

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+ ICE, immigration, incarceration, japanese incarceration, mass incarceration, politics

Open Letter to My Representative on Proposed ICE Processing Facility

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Over the past few months, we have seen an increase in DHS seeking to buy warehouses to store individuals, creating concentration camps reminiscent of Japanese internment and other such atrocities. They have been seeking to buy these warehouses all across the nation, from New Jersey to Kansas and from Texas to Georgia. Community pushback has deterred a lot of these purchases, but others, even amidst … Read More Open Letter to My Representative on Proposed ICE Processing Facility

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+ interview, podcast, politics, progressive, southern, Y'all Ain't Right

“What It Took for Me to Stop Hiding My Politics in the South”: An Interview with the Founder of Y’all Ain’t Right

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Over the past six months, my wife, Melissa, has been working on Y’all Ain’t Right, an umbrella site featuring our podcast, This Ain’t It, a blog, and products filled with Southern “sass, smarts, and social consciousness.” This project originated as her way to use her talents to voice her opposition to the atrocities we see enacted around us on a daily basis. It also arose … Read More “What It Took for Me to Stop Hiding My Politics in the South”: An Interview with the Founder of Y’all Ain’t Right

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