This was a good read, though it disappointed on the "derangement" front.
Tying critical theory and black nationalism together is a bit of an oversimplification - at least some strains of 20th Century black nationalism were primarily concerned with the cultural erasure observed during mid-century assimilation on its own terms, not in terms of an overarching power structure - these strains were alive and well in mid-90s alt hip hop, for example. And indeed, they raised profoundly interesting questions about the relative value of preserving identity vs prioritizing material advancement that have no easy answers (what is the point of assimilating to advance, if you will no longer be "you" afterward?) - though Irish, Italian, and German immigrants never had the luxury of confronting the same conundrum.
Is the sentence beginning "In essence, there..." meant to employ a double negative?
Good lord. My own father was a black nationalist and I can hardly parse this. Nevertheless, it remains interesting to consider the lengths to which it is interesting to scholars to parse what is presumed to be thought by this group or not. The intellectual curiosity of blackness is like an infinite fractal. That is to be expected because there is no 'black experience', there is only the ragtag testimony of those millions of individuals presumed to be 'black' and what gets documented of their obiter dicta. The interpretation marches on.
Still, I think I understand the point of analyzing Progressive thought as it orients itself to its take on blackness versus the self-sustaining reaction of blacks in the process of orienting themselves to their perceptions of white hegemony. It's a battle of lasers in a house of mirrors. A sad little crippled pas de deux.
I hope we never get a handle on it. Then again, some people cannot wait to be objectified.
I believe you said you were hesitant to publish this. I am glad that you did and I praise your courage to do so despite possible backlash.
This was a good read, though it disappointed on the "derangement" front.
Tying critical theory and black nationalism together is a bit of an oversimplification - at least some strains of 20th Century black nationalism were primarily concerned with the cultural erasure observed during mid-century assimilation on its own terms, not in terms of an overarching power structure - these strains were alive and well in mid-90s alt hip hop, for example. And indeed, they raised profoundly interesting questions about the relative value of preserving identity vs prioritizing material advancement that have no easy answers (what is the point of assimilating to advance, if you will no longer be "you" afterward?) - though Irish, Italian, and German immigrants never had the luxury of confronting the same conundrum.
Is the sentence beginning "In essence, there..." meant to employ a double negative?
Good lord. My own father was a black nationalist and I can hardly parse this. Nevertheless, it remains interesting to consider the lengths to which it is interesting to scholars to parse what is presumed to be thought by this group or not. The intellectual curiosity of blackness is like an infinite fractal. That is to be expected because there is no 'black experience', there is only the ragtag testimony of those millions of individuals presumed to be 'black' and what gets documented of their obiter dicta. The interpretation marches on.
Still, I think I understand the point of analyzing Progressive thought as it orients itself to its take on blackness versus the self-sustaining reaction of blacks in the process of orienting themselves to their perceptions of white hegemony. It's a battle of lasers in a house of mirrors. A sad little crippled pas de deux.
I hope we never get a handle on it. Then again, some people cannot wait to be objectified.
This was excellent. I hope part 2 arrives
Well written, articulates much of my own feelings on the matter. Thanks.
your political takes are trash. you should just post pictures of your ass with your cashtag next to it