Word: politicallyã
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...Shelby shows that an individual need not agree with Kanye West politically??or even appreciate hip-hop music—to join in black solidarity. But, as West’s remark suggests, racism lingers at all levels of American society (as demonstrated so powerfully in the aftermath of Katrina), and Shelby rightly suggests that black solidarity can be vibrant even if it is narrowly tailored to combat that prejudice...
...small states and rural states have a right to federal funds for defense—certainly if they were left without Homeland Security funding they could become prime targets—but it is important to put these matters in perspective. Money should be allocated intelligently—not politically??using an assessment of potential risk by an apolitical agent. While admittedly no city or state would like the designation of “riskiest place in America,” the costs of continuing with the current system—and leaving important high-risk areas without...
Without a strong, centralized defense by its leading scholars, the field is in danger of becoming irrelevant—both academically and politically??substantially undermining the intellectual foundation necessary for black progress. This is by no means an all-out assault on black academics, especially those here at Harvard who do brilliant and meaningful work that can benefit us all. But we can do better, if only because we have...
...waiter, scandalizing his blond-haired, blue-eyed customer with sexual secrets of the Orient. When the gross racism of this artifact was brought to the attention of the BGLTSA board, there was no official response. This is the consequence of an agenda of visibility that fails to think politically??or, more precisely, to think at all: these decontextualized performances of politics serve only to make their performers feel good about themselves. It is a gay politics that seeks acceptance from those structures (of race, of class, of gender) that oppress us; it fails utterly to change or even...
...department will probably focus on sub-Saharan, central and West Africa, but will also offer courses on Northern Africa, which is usually associated—at least politically??with the Middle East...
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