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African-American, Courses, Teaching

Angela Davis with her lawyer Leo Branton, Jr.

07 Sep 2020

Seminar on Angela Davis

I'm posting HERE a copy of my syllabus for a course on Angela Davis' work. The course follows a largely…

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U.S. Politics

30 Apr 2020

Modernity, Disease, Life

It’s hard to know what to say in this moment. The emergence of COVID-19, coronavirus, ‘rona, whatever you call it…

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African-American, Music Film Culture, Teaching

No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage.
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Spike Lee
Do The Right Thing - 1989
Director: Spike Lee
Universal
USA
On/Off Set
Drama — No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Universal/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5884871ae) Spike Lee Do The Right Thing - 1989 Director: Spike Lee Universal USA On/Off Set Drama

29 Apr 2020

Pedagogies of/in Isolation

I’m sure people who teach film exclusively or near-exclusively have layered techniques for guiding discussion and orienting people properly toward…

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White-American

28 Apr 2020

Five Thoughts on Right-Wing Protests

Here are a handful of thoughts in the moment: protestors demanding the economy “open up.’ 1. Has anyone actually crunched…

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Personal

12 Apr 2020

Ethics, Politics, and Secular Easter

One of my earliest memories is my grandfather Erwin Drabinski sitting out back of his house in Rosemead with me,…

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African-American, Essay Drafts

05 Apr 2020

DRAFT: Richard Wright and His Anxious Influence

Here is a draft of my essay entitled "Richard Wright and His Anxious Influence: On Ellison and Baldwin," a reflection…

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African-American, Teaching

27 Feb 2020

Syllabus for Spike Lee’s Joints

Here is the syllabus for my spring 2020 course Spike Lee's Joints. The course studies select Lee films in a…

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African-American, Teaching

26 Feb 2020

Syllabus for Incarcerating Blackness

Here is the syllabus for my course Incarcerating Blackness, which treats some of the key texts on racialized mass incarceration…

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African-American, Caribbean, Courses

30 Aug 2019

Black Existentialism – revised syllabus

Here is my revised syllabus for a course I've taught a bunch of times: Black Existentialism. This revision includes more…

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African-American, Courses

30 Aug 2019

Seminar on Angela Davis

Here is the syllabus for my F/19 course on Angela Davis. The centerpiece of the course in Davis' Blues Legacies…

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