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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Biko Mandela Gray’s Book, “Black Life Matter”
08 Mar 2023
This week’s featured author is Biko Mandela Gray. Gray is Assistant Professor of Religion at Syracuse University. His book is Black Life Matter: Blackness, Religion, and the Subject.
Annie Olaloku-Teriba
Afro-Pessimism and the (Un)Logic of Anti-Blackness
19 May 2021
Entrenched in anti-racist theory and practice today is the belief that all racial and ethnic domination is structured around a global hierarchy, with “white” people at the top and “black” people at
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Are Intersectionalism Or Afro-Pessimism Paths To Power? Probably Not. Part 3 of 3
16 Feb 2018
In parts one and two of this series I’ve talked about the fact that there are two conflicting versions of intersectionality, one employed by some honest to god leftists who reach backward across de
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Intersectionality,” As Practiced in U.S., Retards Solidarity
06 Feb 2018
“Solidarity is something that you develop in the course of common struggle,” said BAR managing editor Bruce Dixon, in an interview with “This Is Hell” radio host Chuck Mert
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Looking Down That Deep Hole: Parasitic Intersectionality and Toxic Afro-Pessimism, Part 2 of 3
01 Feb 2018
When I took a swipe at intersectionality last week, declaring that it wa
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Intersectionality is a Hole. Afro-Pessimism is a Shovel. We Need to Stop Digging, Part 1 of 3
25 Jan 2018
The US left has a fundamental problem, perhaps the root of most of its other problems.