African-American, Music Film Culture, U.S. Politics 20 Feb 2017 Five Thoughts on I Am Not Your Negro A first handful of thoughts on John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, U.S. Politics, White-American A demonstrator protesting the shooting death of Alton Sterling is detained by law enforcement near the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSH3XR 12 Jul 2016 Unity and the Police I don't really consume any television news sources, so the tv at the gym has been a revelation. In the… John Drabinski No Comments
African, African-American, Caribbean, European, Postcolonial, The Profession, Uncategorized, White-American 13 May 2016 Philosophy, Decolonization, #NotAllWhites When I posted this response to Garfield and Van Norden’s piece to my site, I figured it was a small… John Drabinski 2 Comments
African-American, European, Postcolonial, The Profession, White-American 11 May 2016 Diversity, “Neutrality,” Philosophy I was really happy to read a new opinion piece by Jay Garfield and Bryan Van Norden in The New… John Drabinski 24 Comments
African-American, The Profession 03 Jul 2014 Race, reading, and critical framing I'm working slowly but persistently on this James Baldwin book - tentative title 'So Unimaginable a Price': Baldwin and the Black… John Drabinski 2 Comments
African-American 21 May 2014 Memory, haunting, ready to die From Marisa Parham's Haunting and Displacement in African American Literature and Culture (2009) "Haunting is not compelling because it resonates with the… John Drabinski No Comments
White-American 20 May 2014 Macklemore, anti-Semitism, and us Instead of repost one of the various stories - and there will be plenty more - about Macklemore’s terrible costume,… John Drabinski 8 Comments
African-American 10 Apr 2014 Baldwin, home, tradition From the conclusion to my essay entitled "James Baldwin and the Question of Home" - also the final chapter of… John Drabinski 2 Comments
African-American, The Profession, White-American 20 Mar 2014 Philosophy and race, dead white and dead wrong This post is mostly an opportunity to circulate an excellent short article by Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman in Times Higher… John Drabinski 2 Comments
African-American 01 Feb 2014 Langston Hughes, race, memory Happy 112th birthday to Langston Hughes. A few items in memory: one video of Gary Bartz’s interpretation of “The Negro… John Drabinski No Comments