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Had a former English teacher recommend me this (we still get coffee hehe) and Iām not too far into it but itās already made me think about race and conversations about race differently.
Iām biracial and in the introduction, Diangelo actually talks about the āmiddleā and this idea of āsaliencyā in regards to multiracial people, and I *never* hear people talk about the multiracial experience, even if the author admits itās too complex of a topic to cover in her book which primarily tackles the idea of white fragility. But I very much appreciated her saying that and Iām learning a lot from the book.
Jul 3, 2024
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This book rearranged how I looked at the subject matter.
Biggest argument it makes is: let's bring back class solidarity as a force for social change. Hopefully 2020 isn't as close as we come to that in our lifetimes.
Feb 13, 2024
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currently reading black skin, white masks which looks at the violence of the coloniser in the production of Blackness. as well as the violence of the colonised in rejecting their Blackness to approach proximity to whiteness. it explores all this in a sort of auto ethnographical way. and even though it was written in the context of the 50s afro francophone perspective, itās still so incredibly important! itās also a good starting point for afro pessimistic theory.
May 13, 2024
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Itās important to read about how white nationalism festers in order to combat it. But also the book is largely about New College and the afterword is incredibly succinct in addressing how the white nationalist movementās development since the turn of the century has led to the right-wing takeover of higher ed weāre seeing now.
Apr 18, 2025
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Feb 18, 2025
Am I sad Iām not in love? Or happy Iām not in love? I donāt know I just love watching people smoke cigarettes and cry in the rain and be messy on screen
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a detective investigates a string of murders where all the victims are killed the same way-but each by different killers. itās a fascinating look into the idea of the individual vs. society, the breaking point of āgood peopleā, and a frightening reassurance that you can never truly know another person.
Expert framing, great outfits, and solid plot, I havenāt stopped thinking about it since I watched it on criterion channel earlier this week.
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