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In the Age of Trump…the Future Is Cloudy
In the Age of Trump, you can’t help be pessimistic about the future. There’s something nasty about this new age. A nastiness—even when we kick that cheating bastard out of office—that will cling to us black folks like a sweaty, funky shirt. Trump’s racism, xenophobia, and general stupidity are leaking into the genius of Blackness.…
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Are Only Black American Descendants of US Slaves Deserving of Reparations?
With the nation’s renewed focus on whether or how to compensate black Americans for the evils of generations of chattel slavery in the U.S. and its systemically racist aftermath, some have questioned who should qualify for reparations should such reparative justice come to pass. William “Sandy” Darity, a Duke University economics professor and longtime proponent…