Postracialism, Postblackness, & Postmodern Uncle Toms?
A. Shahid Stover
Iyanna Jones
Kazembe Balagun
Thursday 09 August, 2012
7:30pm, $6
Brecht Forum
451 West Street
Are we living in a new progressive POSTRACIAL era? What is the relationship between claims of a POSTBLACKidentity and advanced neo-liberal capitalist globalization? Does the overwhelming prevalence of an assimilationist Black consciousness mean such terms as UNCLE TOM and SELLOUT are outdated? These questions and more will be critically examined from diverse yet rigorous perspectives of global emancipatory theory.
Join philosopher/social critic A. Shahid Stover, singer/media activist Iyanna Jones and radical intellectual/community organizer Kazembe Balagun for what promises to be a lively and relevant dialogue with implications which go well beyond the Black community itself.
The Brotherwise Dispatch is an online journal focused on radical theory, social critiques and human liberation. As infamous for its uncompromising stance against western imperialist oppression and racist dehumanization, as for its irregular publishing schedule; the Brotherwise Dispatch finds itself uniquely situated at the forefront of providing an important intellectual vehicle for the rising tide of geonationalist Black emancipatory consciousness.
Join philosopher/social critic A. Shahid Stover, singer/media activist Iyanna Jones and radical intellectual/community organizer Kazembe Balagun for what promises to be a lively and relevant dialogue with implications which go well beyond the Black community itself.
The Brotherwise Dispatch is an online journal focused on radical theory, social critiques and human liberation. As infamous for its uncompromising stance against western imperialist oppression and racist dehumanization, as for its irregular publishing schedule; the Brotherwise Dispatch finds itself uniquely situated at the forefront of providing an important intellectual vehicle for the rising tide of geonationalist Black emancipatory consciousness.