Category: race
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Superstructures and subaltern practices in the ANC and the SCLC
Fredom Movements Essay 1 February 23, 2005 Andrew Ancheta Yongho Kim In his controversial book Black Marxism, Cedric Robinson argues that “the roots of Western racism took hold in European civilization well before the dawn of capitalism” (Kelley, 2000: 12). In a differing approach from George Frederickson to the overlaps of racism and capitalism in…
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after watching Malcolm X so when chicano activists…
after watching Malcolm X so, when chicano activists say “we did not cross the border, the border crossed us”, are they borrowing from Malcolm X’s saying in the NYC church, “we did not come to Plymouth, Plymouth came to us”? the “did you know brother minister what so and so did before going to heaven?…
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The Black Body as a feared Necessity in the Post-Industrial Urban Economy
response paper to the Sixth Annual African American Studies Conference at Macalester College Freedom Movements February 16, 2005 Yongho Kim In her keynote speech Democracy and Captivity, Joy Ann James argues that the prison-state constitutes the institution through which neoslave narratives are embodied in the United States. A neoslave narrative, James argues, is “a recycling…
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[email] The Mantra of Multiculturalism, two years later
Adelante! and cultural org leaders, two and half years ago, leaders at orgs of students of color congregated and drafted The Mantra of Multiculturalism, a 13-point document delineating strategies to advocate for multiculturalism in the face of a hostile Macalester administration. Of course, this is my interpretation. Take a look at the document yourself: