What did the American slaves earn with their involuntary servitude? An attaboy and a pat on the back? Unfortunately, they earned even less than that. They earned nothing in terms of profit during that four century exploitation and they received nothing at the moment of emancipation. What about the price we paid in American lives …
Why We Should End Slavery. We should end slavery in America because slavery is wrong. I’m confident that most Americans will agree with that premise without desiring further explication. For those that do want a more articulate argument on that point, I’ll try to make it in this essay. Some Americans might respond to …
I’m black, I’m proud, and identity politics could poison us all. What is identity politics? Unsurprisingly, different people answer this question differently. That’s a problem. Let’s create a shared understanding of what identity politics is in order to have a fruitful conversation about its merits, lack of merits, benefits, and harms in the future. …
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates This is a brief response to Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It is not an exhaustive review. If you are searching for deep thematic analysis of the text, seek that information elsewhere and refer to the library of interviews with Ta-Nehisi available online. …