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Democratic Voters vs Trump
Really good video on Tuesday’s election by Jamelle Bouie of the New York Times. Bouie points to the popular rejection of Trump’s attempt at an authoritarian takeover in the U.S. but I don’t think he gives enough credit to Democratic voters who stood up to Trump with resistance to ICE in LA, Chicago, and Minneapolis,…
Haley Stevens and Moderate Decline
Like Abdul El-Sayed himself, I doubt the Haley Stevens betrayal will make much difference on Tuesday. Jamelle Bouie makes a good point about Stevens failing to adjust to her primary loss to El-Sayed and possibly having a eccentric or difficult personality. But her gambit is also an example of the ways in which the politics…
The White Gaze as Popular Culture–A Note on Origins
Recently I came upon a discussion involving ajmrcommunitydavis and others on threads about the “white gaze” in relation to Black writers and public figures. The most famous reference to the white gaze comes from Toni Morrison who refused to write for the white gaze, or, as she put it, “the little white man that sits…
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