Some folks might consider the Katrina response a stab in the back. It felt more like lashes in the back to me. Field Negro keeps this pic up to remind us. Field’s pic is a good reminder. However, I use this pic as a more potent reminder of what the Katrina response means to me. The pic I use reminds me of which folks are giving out the lashes and which folks are taking them in the early 21st Century U.S.
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The Scarab Club, Farnsworth Street, Detroit, MI, United States
Thursday, July 7, at 7pm join me as I finally come home to Detroit to talk about Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics. Kim Hunter, 2012 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow, will also be reading from his forthcoming short fiction collection “The Official Report on Human Activity”.
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Some folks might consider the Katrina response a stab in the back. It felt more like lashes in the back to me. Field Negro keeps this pic up to remind us. Field’s pic is a good reminder. However, I use this pic as a more potent reminder of what the Katrina response means to me. The pic I use reminds me of which folks are giving out the lashes and which folks are taking them in the early 21st Century U.S.