Black Existentialism Brings Philosophy to Bear on Our White Supremacist World
Black existentialism isn’t just about suffering — it is also about affirmation.
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Black existentialism isn’t just about suffering — it is also about affirmation.
Pain and vulnerability can isolate us — or be the source of our deepest bonds, says philosopher Drew Leder.
“Afropessimism has one basic object of study … a diagnosis of Black suffering,” says theorist Frank B. Wilderson III.
Why Violence Goes Viral: A Thread in Six Parts 1/ THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES has grown during the pandemic. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are shaping so many people’s sense of racial justice. The problem is, social media is a technology of the white gaze. It feeds off of racial violence; killings go viral. Hooked to our phones, we circulate and cycle through Black death. We need more life. Asian Americans in particular need strategies for demanding recognition beyond the schema of racial violence — especially so our visibility does not form at the expense of Black people. In this es...