Podcast appearances and mentions of Frank B Wilderson

Dr. Frank B. Wilderson III - Chancellor's Professor of African American Studies at UC Irvine - His work on what he has coined “Afropessimism” has challenged conventional thought on these pressing issues. He joins Tavis, who will interrogate his groundbreaking ideas. (Hour 2)

In Today's episode, Frank B Wilderson III reads from his memoir "Incognegro”. In this excerpt a 13 year old Frank visits the Chicago Panther pad just days after the assassination of Chairman Fred Hampton and Mark Clark 

Today's episode is with award-winning writer, scholar and activist Frank B. Wilderson III. Frank is known as the Godfather of Afropessimism: a critical theory that positions anti-blackness as the antidote for the psychic well-being of society. Did that sound heady? Well, pull out our pen and paper. Frank's curiosity and fearlessness in revealing hard truths, takes us on a scholarly journey that will surely require some unpacking.   In part two of today's episode, Frank reminds us to be fearless in the pursuit of knowledge, even if that knowledge reveals unhealthy truths.  Strap in, as Frank takes us on a ride exploring the foundational tenets Afropessimism along with his own thoughts about reconciliation, activism, and what it means to be a Black individual living in a state of social consciousness and racial reckoning.  Please share some of your thoughts on today's episode with us over on twitter and instagram at @blackimagination. To watch this episode go, visit, and subscribe to our youtube channel The Institute of Black Imagination. You can find this and more content over on IBI Digital at, blackimagination.com. And without further ado, the profound Frank B. Wilderson III. People and ideas mentioned More information on what is https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/courses/new-york/what-is-afropessimism-politics-society-and-anti-blackness/ (Afropessimism) https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5113 (Jared Sexton) - Professor, African American Studies https://www.britannica.com/topic/Marxism (Marxism) thought of Karl Marx Professor https://criticaltheory.berkeley.edu/?event=poetic-knowledge-a-conversation-on-whither-fanon (David Marriott) History of Consciousness Historical and cultural sociologist https://scholar.harvard.edu/patterson/home (Orlando Patterson) What to Read https://bookshop.org/books/afropessimism-9781324090519/9781631496141 (Afropessimism) by Frank B. Wilderson https://bookshop.org/books/incognegro-a-memoir-of-exile-and-apartheid/9780822359937 (Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid) by Frank B. Wilderson III https://www.routledge.com/The-Future-is-Black-Afropessimism-Fugitivity-and-Radical-Hope-in-Education/Grant-Woodson-Dumas/p/book/9780815358206 (The Future Is Black: Afropessimism, Fugitivity, and Radical Hope in Education) by Michael J. Dumas, Carl A. Grant, Ashley N. Woodson https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=27225 (Whither Fanon?: Studies in the Blackness of Being) by David Marriott  https://bookshop.org/books/slavery-and-social-death-a-comparative-study-with-a-new-preface/9780674986909 (Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study, with a New Preface) by Orlando Patterson https://bookshop.org/books/the-autobiography-of-medgar-evers-a-hero-s-life-and-legacy-revealed-through-his-writings-letters-and-speeches/9780465021789 (The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches) by Manning Marable, Myrlie Evers-Williams  What to listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-4AtiOjBmg (Fight the Power – Public Enemy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8kFSTzXyew (Hell You Talmbout – Janelle Monae and Wondaland Records) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY (This is America – Childish Gambino) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ykv1D0qEE (Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye) Who to follow Follow Frank B. Wilderson III on IG https://www.instagram.com/frank_wilderson/?hl=en (@frank_wilderson) Visit his website https://www.frankbwildersoniii.com/ (here.) This conversation was recorded on August 11th, 2022.   Host https://www.instagram.com/dario.studio/ (Dario Calmese)  Producer: https://www.instagram.com/holly_woodco/ (Coniqua Johnson)  Visual Art Direction and Designs:  http://riverwildmen.com (River Wildmen), https://www.instagram.com/almost_adam/ (Adam Saleh), https://www.instagram.com/willdomingue/ (Will Dominique),...

Today's episode is with award-winning writer, scholar and activist Frank B. Wilderson III. Frank is known as the Godfather of Afropessimism: a critical theory that anti-blackness is “necessary for world-making at every level of abstraction.” Did that sound heady? Well, get ready. Frank's curiosity, appetite for knowledge and nuance, along with his fearlessness to explore what is, in the absence of what isn't, reminds us of the importance of inquiry and the power of examining the world around us.  In part one of today's episode, Frank reminds us to be fearless in the pursuit of knowledge, even if that knowledge reveals unhealthy truths. Strap in, as Frank takes us on a ride exploring Afropessimism and themes of reconciliation, activism, and what it means to be a young Black man living in a state of social consciousness and racial reckoning. Please share some of your thoughts on today's episode with us over on twitter and instagram at @blackimagination. To watch this episode go, visit, and subscribe to our youtube channel The Institute of Black Imagination. You can find this and more content over on IBI Digital at, blackimagination.com. And without further ado, the profound Frank B. Wilderson III. People and ideas mentioned More information on what is https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/courses/new-york/what-is-afropessimism-politics-society-and-anti-blackness/ (Afropessimism) https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5113 (Jared Sexton) - Professor, African American Studies https://www.britannica.com/topic/Marxism (Marxism) thought of Karl Marx Professor https://criticaltheory.berkeley.edu/?event=poetic-knowledge-a-conversation-on-whither-fanon (David Marriott) History of Consciousness Historical and cultural sociologist https://scholar.harvard.edu/patterson/home (Orlando Patterson) What to Read https://bookshop.org/books/afropessimism-9781324090519/9781631496141 (Afropessimism) by Frank B. Wilderson https://bookshop.org/books/incognegro-a-memoir-of-exile-and-apartheid/9780822359937 (Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid) by Frank B. Wilderson III https://www.routledge.com/The-Future-is-Black-Afropessimism-Fugitivity-and-Radical-Hope-in-Education/Grant-Woodson-Dumas/p/book/9780815358206 (The Future Is Black: Afropessimism, Fugitivity, and Radical Hope in Education) by Michael J. Dumas, Carl A. Grant, Ashley N. Woodson https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=27225 (Whither Fanon?: Studies in the Blackness of Being) by David Marriott  https://bookshop.org/books/slavery-and-social-death-a-comparative-study-with-a-new-preface/9780674986909 (Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study, with a New Preface) by Orlando Patterson https://bookshop.org/books/the-autobiography-of-medgar-evers-a-hero-s-life-and-legacy-revealed-through-his-writings-letters-and-speeches/9780465021789 (The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches) by Manning Marable, Myrlie Evers-Williams  What to listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-4AtiOjBmg (Fight the Power – Public Enemy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8kFSTzXyew (Hell You Talmbout – Janelle Monae and Wondaland Records) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY (This is America – Childish Gambino) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ykv1D0qEE (Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye) Who to follow Follow Frank B. Wilderson III on IG https://www.instagram.com/frank_wilderson/?hl=en (@frank_wilderson) Visit his website https://www.frankbwildersoniii.com/ (here.) This conversation was recorded on August 11th, 2022.   Host https://www.instagram.com/dario.studio/ (Dario Calmese)  Producer: https://www.instagram.com/holly_woodco/ (Coniqua Johnson)  Visual Art Direction and Designs:  http://riverwildmen.com (River Wildmen), https://www.instagram.com/almost_adam/ (Adam Saleh), https://www.instagram.com/willdomingue/ (Will...

D. S. Marriott in conversation with Frank B. Wilderson III, celebrating the publication of D. S. Marriott's "Before Whiteness: City Lights Spotlight No. 21," published by City Lights Books. This event was originally broadcast live via Zoom and was hosted by Peter Maravelis with an opening statement by Garrett Caples. Poet and scholar D.S. Marriott was born in Nottingham and educated at the University of Sussex, UK. He is the author of the poetry collections "Incognegro"(Salt, 2006), "Hoodoo Voodoo" (Shearsman, 2008), "The Bloods" (Shearsman, 2011), and "Duppies" (Commune Editions, 2019). His chapbooks include "In Neuter" (Equipage, 2012) and "Lative" (Equipage, 1992). His work is sometimes associated with the Cambridge school of poetry. In his critical and creative work, Marriott, of Jamaican heritage, draws on postcolonial thought and thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and is a leading theorist of Afro-pessimism. His critical books include "On Black Men" (Edinburgh University Press and Columbia University Press, 2000), "Haunted Life" (Rutgers University Press, 2007), and "Whither Fanon? Studies in the Blackness of Being" (Stanford University Press, 2018). He has taught at many universities and is currently based in Oakland, CA. Frank B. Wilderson III is a writer, dramatist, filmmaker and critic. He is a full professor of drama and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of "Red, White & Black: Cinema and the Structure of US Antagonisms" (Duke University Press, 2010), "Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile & Apartheid" (South End Press, 2008), "Gramsci's black marx: Whither the slave in civil society?" (Social Identities 9.2 , 2003) and "Afropessimism" (Liveright, 2020). He has received numerous honors for his work including The Eisner Prize for Creative Achievement of the Highest Order, The Maya Angelou Award for Best Fiction Portraying the Black Experience in America, an American book Award, amongst others. Wilderson has been described as one of the first writers in the tradition of Afro-pessimism. This event was made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

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"Nós não acreditamos que o Afropessimismo é uma descoberta. É a codificação do que as pessoas negras veem todos os dias", define Frank B. Wilderson III em certo momento do Quarta Capa #22. Frank é autor de AFROPESSIMISMO, obra que interpreta o mundo e reflete sobre a negritude de maneira única, potente e radicalmente provocativa. Como a lente do Afropessimismo enxerga a sociedade, a política e o próprio conceito de humanidade? É possível encontrar reparação ao sofrimento das pessoas pretas em um mundo antinegro? Essas são algumas das questões abordadas aqui a partir de uma entrevista muito especial com Frank, feita pelo sociólogo e curador de conhecimento Tulio Custódio. O episódio ainda traz a participação do professor Osmundo Pinho.Para dar conta da riqueza de ideias de um debate tão significativo, lançamos este episódio em três versões. No feed do Quarta Capa, você encontra o formato narrativo original, com trechos em inglês, e também uma outra versão com passagens contextualizadas em português. No blog Visite Nossa Cozinha, no site da Todavia, você tem acesso ao áudio da entrevista com Frank B. Wilderson III na íntegra.====Para saber mais sobre o livro:https://todavialivros.com.br/livros/afropessimismo//Siga o podcast no seu tocador favorito para não perder nenhum episódio e nos ajude a alcançar mais pessoas recomendo e avaliando o Quarta Capa nas plataformas de podcasts.====Quem faz o Quarta Capa:Produção: Ricardo Terto e Nataly CalaiPesquisa e Roteiro: Ricardo TertoLocução e revisão de roteiro: Leandro SarmatzMixagem e Finalização: Ricardo TertoArte do episódio adaptada da capa do Estudio Daó. /Para este episódio -Entrevista e participação especial: Tulio Custódio /Participação especial: Osmundo Pinho /Locução de apoio: Ricardo Terto /contato: quartacapa@todavialivros.com.br /====Para se aprofundar nos temas citados neste episódio*Orlando Patterson - Escravidão e Morte Social:https://www.edusp.com.br/loja/produto/532/escravidao-e-morte-social--um-estudo-comparativo*Quem foi Lélia Gonzales:https://brasil.elpais.com/cultura/2020-10-25/lelia-gonzalez-onipresente.html*Niggerization, por Cornel West:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/11/niggerization/306285/*Cativeiro, antinegritude, ancestralidade e o suicídio da ilusão:https://diplomatique.org.br/cativeiro-antinegritude-ancestralidade-e-suicidio-da-ilusao/*Quem foi Jacob Gorender:https://www.ifch.unicamp.br/criticamarxista/arquivos_biblioteca/nota2015_06_07_09_25_4395.pdf*

"Nós não acreditamos que o Afropessimismo é uma descoberta. É a codificação do que as pessoas negras veem todos os dias", define Frank B. Wilderson III em certo momento do Quarta Capa #22. Frank é autor de AFROPESSIMISMO, obra que interpreta o mundo e reflete sobre a negritude de maneira única, potente e radicalmente provocativa. Como a lente do Afropessimismo enxerga a sociedade, a política e o próprio conceito de humanidade? É possível encontrar reparação ao sofrimento das pessoas pretas em um mundo antinegro? Essas são algumas das questões abordadas aqui a partir de uma entrevista muito especial com Frank, feita pelo sociólogo e curador de conhecimento Tulio Custódio. O episódio ainda traz a participação do professor Osmundo Pinho.Para dar conta da riqueza de ideias de um debate tão significativo, lançamos este episódio em três versões. No feed do Quarta Capa, você encontra o formato narrativo original, com trechos em inglês, e também uma outra versão com passagens contextualizadas em português. No blog Visite Nossa Cozinha, no site da Todavia, você tem acesso ao áudio da entrevista com Frank B. Wilderson III na íntegra.====Para saber mais sobre o livro:https://todavialivros.com.br/livros/afropessimismo//Siga o podcast no seu tocador favorito para não perder nenhum episódio e nos ajude a alcançar mais pessoas recomendo e avaliando o Quarta Capa nas plataformas de podcasts.====Quem faz o Quarta Capa:Produção: Ricardo Terto e Nataly CalaiPesquisa e Roteiro: Ricardo TertoLocução e revisão de roteiro: Leandro SarmatzMixagem e Finalização: Ricardo TertoArte do episódio adaptada da capa do Estudio Daó. /Para este episódio -Entrevista e participação especial: Tulio Custódio /Participação especial: Osmundo Pinho /Locução de apoio: Ricardo Terto /contato: quartacapa@todavialivros.com.br /====Para se aprofundar nos temas citados neste episódio*Orlando Patterson - Escravidão e Morte Social:https://www.edusp.com.br/loja/produto/532/escravidao-e-morte-social--um-estudo-comparativo*Quem foi Lélia Gonzales:https://brasil.elpais.com/cultura/2020-10-25/lelia-gonzalez-onipresente.html*Niggerization, por Cornel West:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/11/niggerization/306285/*Cativeiro, antinegritude, ancestralidade e o suicídio da ilusão:https://diplomatique.org.br/cativeiro-antinegritude-ancestralidade-e-suicidio-da-ilusao/*Quem foi Jacob Gorender:https://www.ifch.unicamp.br/criticamarxista/arquivos_biblioteca/nota2015_06_07_09_25_4395.pdf*

Uma reflexão sem paralelos sobre a negritude no acalorado debate recente. Na voz de Ricardo Terto, produtor do Quarta Capa e autor de QUEM É ESSA GENTE TODA AQUI?, ouça um trecho de AFROPESSIMISMO, de Frank B. Wilderson III. O livro é tema do Quarta Capa narrativo de Outubro, que vai ao ar na última quarta-feira do mês.::: Conheça mais do livro AFROPESSIMISMO :::https://todavialivros.com.br/livros/afropessimismo::: FICHA TÉCNICA :::Produção: Ricardo Terto e Nataly CallaiEdição e locução de abertura e encerramento: Ricardo TertoArte: Flora Próspero :::Contato: quartacapa@todavialivros.com.br

This episode of Then & Now  features a conversation with Frank B. Wilderson III, Chancellor's Professor of African American Studies at UC Irvine and author of the book Afropessimism. The conversation tracks his extraordinary life journey from youthful radical activism in Minnesota to a career as a stockbroker to participation in subversive activity for the African National Congress in South Africa. It also focuses on Wilderson's stark and unsparing philosophical stance of Afropessimism, which rests on the belief in a racism so deep that it divides the world between Humans and Blacks.

ON this brand new episode of Cultivated Ignorance we are joined by award-winning writer, poet, scholar, activist, and filmmaker Frank B. Wilderson III in a discussion on Afropessimism and its premise, criticisms, and possible use in creating a new Black-centered world for Black people. He also breaks down how he believes Barack Obama was created by white people?!?!?! Tune in now!!!

Everything changed after the 3rd Precinct fell. In 2020, a pandemic began to course its way through the collective body, and the dead began to pile up. Tens of millions of U.S. citizens lost their jobs, and the capitalist system shuttered. As it turns out, these are the perfect conditions for revolt. On May 25th, George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer in the streets of Minneapolis. Everyone saw the video, and it was undeniable. We witnessed something as old as this country itself play out, again. Riots broke out, but this time, the righteous rage persisted and spread. Each of these nine interviews, interwoven with commentary, documents this time of expansive unrest and stochastic terror. Timeline and sources: www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/300-4 Featuring: - Silvia Federici - Gerald Horne - Chris Hedges - Mike Africa Jr. - Shane Burley - Shemon & Arturo - Vicky Osterweil - Arun Gupta - Frank B. Wilderson III WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast / https://venmo.com/LastBornPodcast BOOK LIST: https://bookshop.org/shop/lastbornpodcast BOOK: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr ATTACK & DETHRONE: https://anchor.fm/adgodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

This is a segment of episode #286 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Afropessimism: Blackness, At The End Of This World w/ Frank B. Wilderson III.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWwilderson Purchase a copy of ‘Afropessimism’: http://bit.ly/2MziVUw Award-winning writer, poet, and scholar Frank B. Wilderson III joins me to discuss his book ‘Afropessimism,’ a "seminal work on the philosophy of Blackness" that, through a combination of profound personal reflection and meta-critical theory, peers deeply into the heart of the Black experience in the world today. “Why does a perpetual cycle of slavery—in all its political, intellectual, and cultural forms—continue to define the Black experience? And why is anti-Black violence such a predominant feature not only in the United States but around the world? “Combining trenchant philosophy with lyrical memoir, Wilderson presents the tenets of an increasingly prominent intellectual movement (Afropessimism) that sees Blackness through the lens of perpetual slavery. Drawing on works of philosophy, literature, film, and critical theory, he shows that the social construct of slavery, as seen through pervasive anti-Black subjugation and violence, is hardly a relic of the past but the very engine that powers our civilization, and that without this master-slave dynamic, the calculus bolstering world civilization would collapse.” Frank Wilderson is an award-winning writer, poet, scholar, activist and emerging filmmaker. Dr. Wilderson spent five years in South Africa as an elected official in the African National Congress during the country’s transition from apartheid and was a member of the ANC’s armed wing Umkhonto We Sizwe. He also lectured at the University of Witwatersrand (a White English medium university in Johannesburg), Vista University (a Black English medium, Afrikaner-controlled university in Soweto), and Khanya College (a tertiary-level liberation school for activist youth whose studies had been “interrupted” by the revolution). Dr. Wilderson served as a Market Theater dramaturge and worked on an all-Black South African cast production of the Black American play The Colored Museum; and as an elected official in the (ANC-aligned) Congress of South African Writers. His books include ‘Incognegro: a Memoir of Exile and Apartheid’ (Duke University Press, [2008] 2015), ‘Red, White, & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms’ (Duke University Press, 2010), and ‘Afropessimism’ (Liveright, 2020). WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast BOOK: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr ATTACK & DETHRONE: https://anchor.fm/adgodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

[Intro: 8:08] Award-winning writer, poet, and scholar Frank B. Wilderson III joins me to discuss his book ‘Afropessimism,’ a "seminal work on the philosophy of Blackness" that, through a combination of profound personal reflection and meta-critical theory, peers deeply into the heart of the Black experience in the world today. “Why does a perpetual cycle of slavery—in all its political, intellectual, and cultural forms—continue to define the Black experience? And why is anti-Black violence such a predominant feature not only in the United States but around the world? “Combining trenchant philosophy with lyrical memoir, Wilderson presents the tenets of an increasingly prominent intellectual movement (Afropessimism) that sees Blackness through the lens of perpetual slavery. Drawing on works of philosophy, literature, film, and critical theory, he shows that the social construct of slavery, as seen through pervasive anti-Black subjugation and violence, is hardly a relic of the past but the very engine that powers our civilization, and that without this master-slave dynamic, the calculus bolstering world civilization would collapse.” Frank Wilderson is an award-winning writer, poet, scholar, activist and emerging filmmaker. Dr. Wilderson spent five years in South Africa as an elected official in the African National Congress during the country’s transition from apartheid and was a member of the ANC’s armed wing Umkhonto We Sizwe. He also lectured at the University of Witwatersrand (a White English medium university in Johannesburg), Vista University (a Black English medium, Afrikaner-controlled university in Soweto), and Khanya College (a tertiary-level liberation school for activist youth whose studies had been “interrupted” by the revolution). Dr. Wilderson served as a Market Theater dramaturge and worked on an all-Black South African cast production of the Black American play The Colored Museum; and as an elected official in the (ANC-aligned) Congress of South African Writers. His books include ‘Incognegro: a Memoir of Exile and Apartheid’ (Duke University Press, [2008] 2015), ‘Red, White, & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms’ (Duke University Press, 2010), and ‘Afropessimism’ (Liveright, 2020). Episode Notes: - Learn more about Frank’s work: https://www.frankbwildersoniii.com - Purchase a copy of ‘Afropessimism’: http://bit.ly/2MziVUw - Recommended reading: ‘The Argument of “Afropessimism”’ by Vinson Cunningham and ‘As Free as Blackness Will Make Us’ at Ill Will Editions: http://bit.ly/36hpJNu / http://bit.ly/3pnLS4g - The song featured is “hurtoknx.” by Knxwledge from the album GT.V2: https://knxwledge.bandcamp.com/album/gt-v2 WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast BOOK: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr ATTACK & DETHRONE: https://anchor.fm/adgodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

*******RATE, REVIEW and SHARE******** This week we read Afropessimism & face some uncomfortable ideas. Afropessimism views anti-Blackness as not just baked into society; but central to our concept of humanity. Humanity is defined by having a Black “other” to define itself against. What does that mean for the left & our relationships to each other? Be sure to read Afropessimism by Frank B. Wilderson III for yourself. Hit us Up: wait podcast homepage w.a.i.t.whyamitalking@gmail.com Find out more info, get involved and donate: Black Lives Matter LBC DefundLBPD.com DSA Long Beach

In this episode, author and scholar Dr. Frank B. Wilderson, III on his latest work, Afropessimism. From his youth in Minneapolis to Apartheid South Africa and beyond, Dr. Wilderson has been a committed activist for radical social change. His creative, scholarly, and critical work has been published internationally. He is the author of several books, including Incognegro: Memoir of Exile and Apartheid. And Red, White and Black. Dr. Wilderson is a professor of Drama and African American Studies at the University of California, Irvine.  

How do we have a serious conversation about race that moves beyond the brevity of Twitter or an op-ed? In this episode of Post-Script (a New Books in Political Science series from Lilly Goren and Susan Liebell), three scholars engage in a nuanced and fearless discussion grounded in history, data, and theory. There is no way to summarize this hour of engaged and enraged conversation about racism in the United States. The scholars present overlapping narratives with regards to racial violence and unequal citizenship – but they also openly challenge each other on first assumptions, definitions, and the contours of racism in the United States. Dr. Davin Phoenix (Associate Professor, Political Science Department, University of California, Irvine ) focuses on anger and black politics as the “politics of bloodshed”– in which all forms of violence are used to destroy the political standing, well-being, and equal citizenship of Black Americans. Dr. Frank B. Wilderson III (professor and chair of the African American Studies Program, University of California, Irvine) thoughtfully challenges the assumption that citizenship can be equal for Black Americans – even with radical reform. Dr. Cristina Beltrán (associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU) interrogates whether American ideals rely upon uninterrogated violence and oppression. Susan Liebell is associate professor of political science at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. She is the author of Democracy, Intelligent Design, and Evolution: Science for Citizenship (Routledge, 2013) and, most recently, “Retreat from the Rule of Law: Locke and the Perils of Stand Your Ground” in the Journal of Politics (July 2020). Email her comments at sliebell@sju.edu or tweet to @SusanLiebell.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do we have a serious conversation about race that moves beyond the brevity of Twitter or an op-ed? In this episode of Post-Script (a New Books in Political Science series from Lilly Goren and Susan Liebell), three scholars engage in a nuanced and fearless discussion grounded in history, data, and theory. There is no way to summarize this hour of engaged and enraged conversation about racism in the United States. The scholars present overlapping narratives with regards to racial violence and unequal citizenship – but they also openly challenge each other on first assumptions, definitions, and the contours of racism in the United States. Dr. Davin Phoenix (Associate Professor, Political Science Department, University of California, Irvine ) focuses on anger and black politics as the “politics of bloodshed”– in which all forms of violence are used to destroy the political standing, well-being, and equal citizenship of Black Americans. Dr. Frank B. Wilderson III (professor and chair of the African American Studies Program, University of California, Irvine) thoughtfully challenges the assumption that citizenship can be equal for Black Americans – even with radical reform. Dr. Cristina Beltrán (associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU) interrogates whether American ideals rely upon uninterrogated violence and oppression. Susan Liebell is associate professor of political science at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. She is the author of Democracy, Intelligent Design, and Evolution: Science for Citizenship (Routledge, 2013) and, most recently, “Retreat from the Rule of Law: Locke and the Perils of Stand Your Ground” in the Journal of Politics (July 2020). Email her comments at sliebell@sju.edu or tweet to @SusanLiebell.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do we have a serious conversation about race that moves beyond the brevity of Twitter or an op-ed? In this episode of Post-Script (a New Books in Political Science series from Lilly Goren and Susan Liebell), three scholars engage in a nuanced and fearless discussion grounded in history, data, and theory. There is no way to summarize this hour of engaged and enraged conversation about racism in the United States. The scholars present overlapping narratives with regards to racial violence and unequal citizenship – but they also openly challenge each other on first assumptions, definitions, and the contours of racism in the United States. Dr. Davin Phoenix (Associate Professor, Political Science Department, University of California, Irvine ) focuses on anger and black politics as the “politics of bloodshed”– in which all forms of violence are used to destroy the political standing, well-being, and equal citizenship of Black Americans. Dr. Frank B. Wilderson III (professor and chair of the African American Studies Program, University of California, Irvine) thoughtfully challenges the assumption that citizenship can be equal for Black Americans – even with radical reform. Dr. Cristina Beltrán (associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU) interrogates whether American ideals rely upon uninterrogated violence and oppression. Susan Liebell is associate professor of political science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. She is the author of Democracy, Intelligent Design, and Evolution: Science for Citizenship (Routledge, 2013) and, most recently, “Retreat from the Rule of Law: Locke and the Perils of Stand Your Ground” in the Journal of Politics (July 2020). Email her comments at sliebell@sju.edu or tweet to @SusanLiebell.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

How do we have a serious conversation about race that moves beyond the brevity of Twitter or an op-ed? In this episode of Post-Script (a New Books in Political Science series from Lilly Goren and Susan Liebell), three scholars engage in a nuanced and fearless discussion grounded in history, data, and theory. There is no way to summarize this hour of engaged and enraged conversation about racism in the United States. The scholars present overlapping narratives with regards to racial violence and unequal citizenship – but they also openly challenge each other on first assumptions, definitions, and the contours of racism in the United States. Dr. Davin Phoenix (Associate Professor, Political Science Department, University of California, Irvine ) focuses on anger and black politics as the “politics of bloodshed”– in which all forms of violence are used to destroy the political standing, well-being, and equal citizenship of Black Americans. Dr. Frank B. Wilderson III (professor and chair of the African American Studies Program, University of California, Irvine) thoughtfully challenges the assumption that citizenship can be equal for Black Americans – even with radical reform. Dr. Cristina Beltrán (associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU) interrogates whether American ideals rely upon uninterrogated violence and oppression. Susan Liebell is associate professor of political science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. She is the author of Democracy, Intelligent Design, and Evolution: Science for Citizenship (Routledge, 2013) and, most recently, “Retreat from the Rule of Law: Locke and the Perils of Stand Your Ground” in the Journal of Politics (July 2020). Email her comments at sliebell@sju.edu or tweet to @SusanLiebell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

How do we have a serious conversation about race that moves beyond the brevity of Twitter or an op-ed? In this episode of Post-Script (a New Books in Political Science series from Lilly Goren and Susan Liebell), three scholars engage in a nuanced and fearless discussion grounded in history, data, and theory. There is no way to summarize this hour of engaged and enraged conversation about racism in the United States. The scholars present overlapping narratives with regards to racial violence and unequal citizenship – but they also openly challenge each other on first assumptions, definitions, and the contours of racism in the United States. Dr. Davin Phoenix (Associate Professor, Political Science Department, University of California, Irvine ) focuses on anger and black politics as the “politics of bloodshed”– in which all forms of violence are used to destroy the political standing, well-being, and equal citizenship of Black Americans. Dr. Frank B. Wilderson III (professor and chair of the African American Studies Program, University of California, Irvine) thoughtfully challenges the assumption that citizenship can be equal for Black Americans – even with radical reform. Dr. Cristina Beltrán (associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU) interrogates whether American ideals rely upon uninterrogated violence and oppression. Susan Liebell is associate professor of political science at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. She is the author of Democracy, Intelligent Design, and Evolution: Science for Citizenship (Routledge, 2013) and, most recently, “Retreat from the Rule of Law: Locke and the Perils of Stand Your Ground” in the Journal of Politics (July 2020). Email her comments at sliebell@sju.edu or tweet to @SusanLiebell.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do we have a serious conversation about race that moves beyond the brevity of Twitter or an op-ed? In this episode of Post-Script (a New Books in Political Science series from Lilly Goren and Susan Liebell), three scholars engage in a nuanced and fearless discussion grounded in history, data, and theory. There is no way to summarize this hour of engaged and enraged conversation about racism in the United States. The scholars present overlapping narratives with regards to racial violence and unequal citizenship – but they also openly challenge each other on first assumptions, definitions, and the contours of racism in the United States. Dr. Davin Phoenix (Associate Professor, Political Science Department, University of California, Irvine ) focuses on anger and black politics as the “politics of bloodshed”– in which all forms of violence are used to destroy the political standing, well-being, and equal citizenship of Black Americans. Dr. Frank B. Wilderson III (professor and chair of the African American Studies Program, University of California, Irvine) thoughtfully challenges the assumption that citizenship can be equal for Black Americans – even with radical reform. Dr. Cristina Beltrán (associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU) interrogates whether American ideals rely upon uninterrogated violence and oppression. Susan Liebell is associate professor of political science at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. She is the author of Democracy, Intelligent Design, and Evolution: Science for Citizenship (Routledge, 2013) and, most recently, “Retreat from the Rule of Law: Locke and the Perils of Stand Your Ground” in the Journal of Politics (July 2020). Email her comments at sliebell@sju.edu or tweet to @SusanLiebell.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do we have a serious conversation about race that moves beyond the brevity of Twitter or an op-ed? In this episode of Post-Script (a New Books in Political Science series from Lilly Goren and Susan Liebell), three scholars engage in a nuanced and fearless discussion grounded in history, data, and theory. There is no way to summarize this hour of engaged and enraged conversation about racism in the United States. The scholars present overlapping narratives with regards to racial violence and unequal citizenship – but they also openly challenge each other on first assumptions, definitions, and the contours of racism in the United States. Dr. Davin Phoenix (Associate Professor, Political Science Department, University of California, Irvine ) focuses on anger and black politics as the “politics of bloodshed”– in which all forms of violence are used to destroy the political standing, well-being, and equal citizenship of Black Americans. Dr. Frank B. Wilderson III (professor and chair of the African American Studies Program, University of California, Irvine) thoughtfully challenges the assumption that citizenship can be equal for Black Americans – even with radical reform. Dr. Cristina Beltrán (associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU) interrogates whether American ideals rely upon uninterrogated violence and oppression. Susan Liebell is associate professor of political science at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. She is the author of Democracy, Intelligent Design, and Evolution: Science for Citizenship (Routledge, 2013) and, most recently, “Retreat from the Rule of Law: Locke and the Perils of Stand Your Ground” in the Journal of Politics (July 2020). Email her comments at sliebell@sju.edu or tweet to @SusanLiebell.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saronik talks with Diane Enobabor about Afropessimism and Afrofuturism. Diane is a Ph.D. student at The Graduate Center at CUNY. She studies Black Geographies, social movements, borders, critical theory and migration. Reading List Diane’s recent article “A Call for Mourning: How To Adapt to Our American Ruins”Frank B. Wilderson III, Afropessimism. Norton, 2020.Afro-pessimism: An Introduction. […]

James Baldwin said, “hope is invented every day.” But what if that hope conjured by one race is ignored and trampled on by others? Frank B. Wilderson III, professor and chair of African American studies at the University of California, Irvine, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about a theory of Black experience that can never be detached from slavery. His book is called “Afropessimism.”

This week, co-hosts Eric and Medaya talk to professor, writer, and revolutionary, Frank B. Wilderson III, whose latest book, Afropessimism, is a work of memoir and theory. Wilderson defines Afropessism, the ways it has been misrepresented and how it can shape our understanding of contemporary justice. Wilderson also recounts his childhood and how he became an Afropessimist. Also, writer and translator Joyce Zonana returns to recommends Betty Smith's classic from the 1940s, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

This week, co-hosts Eric and Medaya talk to professor, writer, and revolutionary, Frank B. Wilderson III, whose latest book, Afropessimism, is a work of memoir and theory. Wilderson defines Afropessism, the ways it has been misrepresented and how it can shape our understanding of contemporary justice. Wilderson also recounts his childhood and how he became an Afropessimist. Also, writer and translator Joyce Zonana returns to recommends Betty Smith's classic from the 1940s, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

On this edition of Parallax Views, a small but growing group of provocative scholar are leading an intellectual movement of thought known as Afro-pessimism. These scholars argue that there is not an easy way out of the hatreds and bigotries, specifically anti-blackness, which afflict our society. What does that line of thought entail? Is Afro-pessimism and idea that revels in resignation or a movement with a revolutionary fervor that demands us to think beyond our Euro-centric frame of what we mean when we use the word "human" or "humanity"? One of the leaders of this new movement, Frank Wilderson III, the acclaimed author of Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid, joins us to discuss his latest book Afropessimism, a work that is one part memoir and one part theory, in this fascinating and challenging conversation. In this conversation we discuss: - Frank's interest in the 70s conspiracy thriller movie Parallax View - Defining blackness - Humanity as defining itself by its anti-blackness; the Master/Slave dialectic - Dedicating the book to Assata Shakur - Afro-pessimism's relationship to the ideas of Karl Marx and Marxism - Afro-pessimism as descriptive rather than prescriptive - The confrontation created by Afro-pessimism and the phenomenological "end of the world" - Frank's story of a student who was upset by Afro-pessimism - And much, much more SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWSON PATREON! FORBONUS CONTENTANDARCHIVED EPISODES!

What are the police really for? What does it mean for innocence and guilt to be produced and distributed? What foundational roles have whiteness and theology played in all of this? How do white people get deputized and why should we resist making the victim into an object lesson? Tim Snediker (@TimothySnediker) joins me to discuss all of this in relation to his essay "The Future of Murder: Police and Political Theology". ~~~ Writings that Tim draws upon in the conversation: Frank B. Wilderson III, "We're Trying to Destroy the World"; Saidiya Harman and Frank Wilderson, "The Position of the Unthought"; Steve Martinot and Jared Sexton, "The Avant-Garde of White Supremacy" in Afro-pessimism: An Introduction. ~~~ Here's my recommended Book List: Kelly Brown Douglas, Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God; Mark Lewis Taylor, The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America (ed. 2); Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation; Alex Vitale, The End of Policing; Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous People's History of the United States; Angela Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete?; Vladimir Lenin, State and Revolution ~~~ Subscribe to the Working Class Christianity substack: https://workingclasschristianity.substack.com/ ~ Support Faith and Capital at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Faith and Capital is on twitter, instagram, facebook! ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.com ~ Music by Cotter KoopmanSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital)

Frank Wilderson III in conversation with Justin Desmangles, discussing Frank's new book, "Afropessimism." This event was originally broadcast via Zoom and hosted by Josiah Luis Alderete. Professor and chair of African American studies at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid, Frank B. Wilderson III has received an NEA Literature Fellowship and a Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award for Creative Nonfiction, among other awards. Justin Desmangles is chairman of the Before Columbus Foundation, administrator of the American Book Award, and host of the radio broadcast New Day Jazz, now in its fifteenth year. A member of the board of directors of the Oakland Book Festival, Mr. Desmangles is also a program producer at the African-American Center of the San Francisco Public Library.

“The trouble with humans.”   Wash Post reporter Chuck Culpepper joins in fresh off covering (quiet) golf. David curates books on Michael Jordan and says he would focus on the father-son relationship. Frank Wilderson enlightens with Afropessimism, part memoir, part philosophy and all important. 

In this very special episode, Sid and James sit down with Dr. Frank B. Wilderson, III for a lively and wide-ranging conversation about his new highly-anticipated book Afropessimism. Culminating much of Wilderson’s critical theoretical ouevre of the last twenty years, the trio discuss this coming-of-age narrative that chronicles Wilderson’s youthful journey via radical political movements […]

In this week’s interview, correspondent Anastacia Renee talks with Author Frank B. Wilderson III about Afro-pessimism—an intellectual movement that theorizes blackness through the lens of perpetual slavery. Wilderson contends that Black struggles cannot be conflated with the experiences of any other oppressed group. Rather than interpreting slavery through a Marxist framework of class oppression, He asserts that the social construct of slavery—as seen through pervasive, anti-black subjugation and violence—is hardly a relic of the past, but an almost necessary force in modern civilization. Wilderson illustrates the theories of Afro-pessimism through his own lived experience, echoing the works of powerful civil rights advocates through a combination of groundbreaking philosophy and striking personal memoir. Get an insider’s look and stay in the know about what’s going on in this moment at Town Hall Seattle. Frank B. Wilderson III is the professor and chair of African American studies at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid. Visit Frank's website for scholarly articles and more information about Afropessimism: https://www.frankbwildersoniii.com/ Anastacia Renee is a multigenre writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist and Deep End Podcast co-host. She is a 2020 Arc Fellow(4Culture) recipient of the 2018 James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award for Washington Artist (Literary), Seattle Civic Poet (2017-2019), Poet-in-Residence at Hugo House (2015-2017), and Jack Straw Curator (2020). Renee has received fellowships and residencies from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, Artist Trust, Jack Straw, Ragdale, Mineral School, Hypatia in the Woods and The New Orleans Writers Residency. Anastacia-Renee's work has been published in, Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry, Spirited Stone, Foglifter, Cascadia Magazine, Pinwheel, The Fight and the Fiddle, Glow, The A-Line, Ms. Magazine and many more. Visit Anastacia's website: https://www.anastacia-renee.com/  Buy The Book Afropessimism: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9781631496141  Presented by Town Hall Seattle. Please make a donation online by clicking this link, by texting TOWN HALL to 44321, or by joining Town Hall as a member. 

In this week’s interview, correspondent Anastacia Renee talks with Author Frank B. Wilderson III about Afro-pessimism—an intellectual movement that theorizes blackness through the lens of perpetual slavery. Wilderson contends that Black struggles cannot be conflated with the experiences of any other oppressed group. Rather than interpreting slavery through a Marxist framework of class oppression, He asserts that the social construct of slavery—as seen through pervasive, anti-black subjugation and violence—is hardly a relic of the past, but an almost necessary force in modern civilization. Wilderson illustrates the theories of Afro-pessimism through his own lived experience, echoing the works of powerful civil rights advocates through a combination of groundbreaking philosophy and striking personal memoir. Get an insider’s look and stay in the know about what’s going on in this moment at Town Hall Seattle. Frank B. Wilderson III is the professor and chair of African American studies at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid. Visit Frank's website for scholarly articles and more information about Afropessimism: https://www.frankbwildersoniii.com/ Anastacia Renee is a multigenre writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist and Deep End Podcast co-host. She is a 2020 Arc Fellow(4Culture) recipient of the 2018 James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award for Washington Artist (Literary), Seattle Civic Poet (2017-2019), Poet-in-Residence at Hugo House (2015-2017), and Jack Straw Curator (2020). Renee has received fellowships and residencies from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, Artist Trust, Jack Straw, Ragdale, Mineral School, Hypatia in the Woods and The New Orleans Writers Residency. Anastacia-Renee's work has been published in, Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry, Spirited Stone, Foglifter, Cascadia Magazine, Pinwheel, The Fight and the Fiddle, Glow, The A-Line, Ms. Magazine and many more. Visit Anastacia's website: https://www.anastacia-renee.com/  Buy The Book Afropessimism: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9781631496141  Presented by Town Hall Seattle. Please make a donation online by clicking this link, by texting TOWN HALL to 44321, or by joining Town Hall as a member. 

Frank B. Wilderson III spent more than five years in South Africa, where he was one of two Americans elected to the African National Congress during the country's transformation after apartheid. His books include Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid and Red, White & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms, and he served as a dramaturge for the Lincoln Center Theater in New York and the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. Chair of African American Studies and professor in the Culture & Theory Doctoral Program at the University of California, Irvine, he has been honored with the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award for Creative Nonfiction and an NEA Literature Fellowship. In Afropessimism, Wilderson fuses innovative philosophy with trenchant memoir to argue slavery's unique historical social position and its pervasiveness even today. (recorded 4/28/2020)

We think we know the story of South Africa: the people rise up, international sanctions are levied, Nelson Mandela is released and this leads to a peaceful transition to multi-racial democracy. But what if this is wrong? In this interview between Dr. Jared Ball (Morgan State University) & Frank B. Wilderson III (a UCI-Irvine professor and former ANC/Umkhonto We Sizwe member). Many of the fundamental beliefs on South Africa are challenged, and a more sinister question raised: What if the story of the rise of Mandela hides a more sinister story of the crushing of South Africa's revolutionary struggle?Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

Listen to our (Maria Berrios & Jakob Jakobsen) conversation with Frank B. Wilderson III on Frantz Fanon, the Third World, Black Liberation Army, National Liberation and the politics of Failure. Regarding the relation between blackness and colonisation Wilderson said: 'Everyone that is colonised has got a problem. Everyone that is black is a problem.' Recorded during Wilderson's visit to Copenhagen May 2018 in relation to the launch of the book 'Sorthed' (Blackness) on Nebula Books.

Remember to check out the “Killmonger Was Right” and other assorted Team Killmonger gear at http://killmongerwasright.com which also helps to support the show. Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. You do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show, just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Also, check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks. Also check out Champagne Sharks on Twitter at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. Dr. Tommy Curry (http://www.twitter.com/DrTJC) rejoins us for a two-part episode to discuss recent findings about Black men in studies that have made the news from both the Equality of Opportunity Project (covered in the NY Times) and the Brookings Institute. We also offer Dr. Curry the opportunity to respond to criticisms about him and his work that we've heard over the past year. Mentioned in the episode: The Brookings Institute's study "The inheritance of black poverty: It’s all about the men" https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-inheritance-of-black-poverty-its-all-about-the-men/ My tweet and thread showing the various ways Brookings tweeted the study before settling on the inflammatory clickbait tweet that finally got the attention: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/978638533345849345 Article by Huffington Post summarizing the Princeton study by David Pedulla, "Unmaking Black Gay Privilege": https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-fitzgerald-gates-phd/unmasking-black-gay-privilege_b_6978224.html. A response to the study, "Black gay privilege is a ridiculous notion" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/27/black-gay-privilege-is-a-ridiculous-notion. Princeton's summary of the study: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2014/05/15/negative-stereotypes-can-cancel-each-other-out-resumes; Pedulla's study in full https://www.princeton.edu/csso/working-papers/WP7-Pedulla.pdf The Root discussing Stephon Clark's anti-Black Woman tweets: https://www.theroot.com/judge-of-characters-the-hatred-of-black-women-1824991606; Essence discussing the same tweets, "It's Time To Talk About Stephon Clark's Anti-Black Women Tweets: Do Victims Have To Be Perfect To Garner Our Empathy?" https://www.essence.com/culture/stephon-clark-black-women-tweets Neely Fuller - Black Leaders Cannot Protect Black Folks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_igLsyfR98 The C.O.W.S. with Dr. Frank B. Wilderson Part II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQahPQIr70 "Blacks Are So Homophobic? Preview" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5-cXZctfB0 Patrice O'neal High Quailty White Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYKJ2z7mecQ

In this episode, John, B, and Emily gather for a discussion about the ontology of blackness in Frank B. Wilderson III’s book Red, White, and Black: Cinema and the Structure of US Antagonisms, and in particular his analysis of the film Monster’s Ball. Bear with us as we again (attempt to) flex our critical theory […]

***Update 1/17/18: Transcript available here (transcribed by Scott McLellan)*** Special guest co-host James Padilioni, Jr. joins B and John to discuss several works in the vital, burgeoning discourses of Afro-Pessimism and Black Optimism. Join us as we talk about texts from Jared Sexton, Hortense Spillers, Fred Moten, Saidiya Hartman, and Frank B. Wilderson III. After […]

Musical Tribute Tubenu Productions presents: The African American Experience through Music (1600-1860s) with the Bryant Bolling Creative Art Ensemble, July 11, 2010 @ 5:00 PM at the First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA 94612, $20.00. Admission is $20.00. This production acts as a healing for all races in America. We will also rebroadcast our "Oscar Grant Special Report" with panelists: Rachel Jackson, organizing member of the New Years Movement 4 Justice, Oakland General Assembly for Oscar Grant, CA Coalition and Oakland Coalition; Frank B. Wilderson, III, creative writer, dramaturge, filmmaker, poet, and critical theorist, Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Cruz in the History of Consciousness Dept. where he is investigating incarceration: bodies and spirit housed most often in black bodies; Mateen Kemet, director of Runaway Films shows “Oakland Be Mine,” a work-in-progress, to be screened at the Oakland International Airport for a year when completed. The show also featured conversations with Sonya Hopkins, an African American cowgirl and contestant in the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo this weekend where she has been a finalist and BPIR emcee, country western singer, Miko Marks. The BPIR is July 10-11. Visit http://www.billpickettrodeo.com/schedule.html or call 510.864.2747 We close with Tuck and Patti (Patti Cathcart, vocals; Tuck Andress, guitar) perform at Stanford Jazz, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Saturday, July 10, 2010, 8 PM. Visit http://www.stanfordjazz.org/jazzfestival/07_10.html

Rachel Jackson, New Years Movement 4 Justice, Oakland General Assembly for Oscar Grant, CA Coalition and Oakland Coalition, which meets each Thursday at 7 PM at the Continental Club, 1628 12th Street, Oakland. Next meeting, July 15. For information email: newyears@onefam.org The Oakland Townhall meets this Sat., July 10, 4 PM at Olivet Institutional Missionary Baptist Church, 807 27th St. @ San Pablo Avenue, (510) 452-4201. Frank B. Wilderson, III, author of Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile & Apartheid Red, White, & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms (Duke University Press 2010); and the director of Reparations…Now a film in progress. He is an Associate Professor of African American Studies and Drama, at the University of California, Irvine. Currently, he a visiting professor at UC Davis. Gregory Caldwell works at the Richmond Youth BUILD Program. He is a Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Cruz in the History of Consciousness Dept. where he is investigating incarceration: bodies and spirit housed most often in black skin. Greg's pedagogic interventions with young people speaks to Oscar Grant's murder and the spectacle or life he inherited, a life where even in death, he is blamed or held culpable for his demise. Mateen Kemet, director, screens a work-in-progress this evening, “Oakland Be Mine,” 7/09/10, 7 to 10:30 PM at Othe Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland: www.runawayfilmworx.com Sonya Hopkins, an African American cowgirl and contestant in the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo this weekend where she has been BPIR finalist, backyardroper@gmail.com Named "Best New Country Artist" by New Music Weekly, Miko Mark serves as MC at the BPIR, 07/10-07/11/2010, 2:30 PM daily, at the Rowell Ranch Rodeo Grounds, 9711 Dublin Canyon Road, Hayward, CA. Visit http://www.billpickettrodeo.com/schedule.html or call (510)864-2747 Tuck & Patti perform at Stanford Jazz, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, July 10, 2010, 8 PM. Visit www.stanfordjazz.org/jazzfestival/07_10.html

Our discussion during the first half hour will be about Kwanzaa 12/16-1/1/2009: 8 AM Invited guests include, Dr. Oba T'Shaka, Ms. Pam Hurley, Destiny, Harpist from the Hood and others. 8:30 AM We speak with Darryl Obama Prevost about the Cheikh Anta Diop Golden Awards Charity Gala 12/30 at AAMLO with Eddie Hart and translator for Cheikh Diops' work Darryl Obama Prevost, and Danny Glover who is presenter and recipient of an award. At 9 AM We talk about the American Book Awards 12/28, 4-6:30 PM at Anna's Jazz Island with honorees: Douglas A. Blackmon, author of "Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to WW II, and Frank B. Wilderson, III, author of Incognegro.  At 9:30 AM we speak with Richard Brown, SF8, Claude Marks, Freedom Archives, Sean Vaughn Scott, Black Rep's Music in the Community and Paul Mooney, comedian Dec. 28, 6 & 8 PM about the annual holiday show and the upcoming fundraiser for the SF8 at BRG