Dr. Jared Sexton joined us this week to discuss to his work in Amalgamation Schemes and the politics of multiracial identification in an anti-Black world. As Sexton has written, “Multiracialism cuts its teeth on the denial of this fundamental social truth: not simply that antiblackness is longstanding and ongoing but also that it is unlike other forms of racial oppression in qualitative ways— differences of kind, rather than degree, a structural singularity rather than an empirical anomaly.” We also paid a brief tribute to professor Derrick Bell and his continuing influence.
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Dr. Sexton is soooooo on poin. “Amalgamation Schemes” is an amazing read. Really important voice. Thanks for this!