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“I was the foil of humanity. Humanity looked to me when it was unsure of itself. I let humanity say, with a sigh of existential relief, “at least we’re not him.“
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What if anti-black violence could be counted among the things that make life life without registering as profit or loss?
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It would, though, be a stretch to say that my grandmother was an Afropessimist. But Afropessimism isn’t a church to pray at, or a party to be voted in and out of office. Afropessimism is Black people at their best. “Mad at the world“ is black folks at their best.
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“Why must the world find its nourishment in black flesh?”
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Jonathan David Pope
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phobogenic - that causes fear
libidinal economy - the economy, or distribution and arrangement, of desire and identification (their condensation and displacement), and the complex relationship between sexuality and the unconscious
— Jul 25, 2024 10:20AM
libidinal economy - the economy, or distribution and arrangement, of desire and identification (their condensation and displacement), and the complex relationship between sexuality and the unconscious
