Author of A More Perfect Reunion; Grace; Dominion, et. al. The Atlantic; Harper’s, NYT Mag. Prof @Skidmore (formerly@Yale) Still salty abt the Middle Passage.
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I’ve never written fan fiction, but I’m envisioning a King Lear in which the old mf refuses to retire. Kamala is Cordelia. Gretchen is Regan. Gavin is Goneril. Just sayin
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Today is the birthday of Chicago born author/producer Sam Greenlee, whose novel and film The Spook Who Sat by the Door changed lives. My essay on Greenlee, his literary debut & groundbreaking movie will be published next year in a soon to be announced film book. @Pulpcurry
Avowals of race neutralism go back to the 19th century idea if “colorblind”. It was the legal facade used to end Reconstruction. This is the beginning of a full-scale attack on diversity
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In banning affirmative action, the Supreme Court has *not* banned using race in college admissions. "Race neutral" is a legal fantasy, the latest to conserve racism. As Uma Jayakumar and I write @TheAtlantic, “race neutral” is the new “separate but equal.”
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What a sad day! This is another attack on Black people! Let us prepare for a more intense fightback! Here is my statement on Affirmative Action on my sister Dana Bash’s CNN show!
#AffirmativeAction
He’s a master of a tradition more ancient than Eden and his wisdom and integrity are still models. In the words of @MrChuckD “who gives a fuck abt a goddamn Grammy”
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MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech was his most radical -- because of how America has changed | CNN cnn.com/2023/01/15/us/mlk-i-…
When I write abt this two years ago inA More Perfect Reunion, many thought I was being alarmist. What they fail to understand is that the current iteration of IS conservatism began the day Brown v Board of Ed became law msn.com/en-us/news/us/suprem…
RT: my department is hiring a Postcolonialist. Here’s the job advertisement: eodq.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/…
Found my original copy of the Satanic Verses. Can’t wait to reread it. Can’t wait for Salman’s next one. There will be a next one.
Wait up…where’s the headline that says: Stone, Flynn & Giuliani Set Up “War Room” ahead of Jan. 6th —Meadows Stuck in Traffic
A new Mat Johnson novel! Wouldn’t want to read anything else in countdown to Armageddon!
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