by kspence | Nov 7, 2012 | Black Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Knocking the Hustle, Neoliberalism, Obama, Politics
I wrote the piece below after Bush defeated Kerry in what some might argue could be thought of as his only legitimate election. I'd gone to Missouri to work on turnout and to vote, and had to endure the longest plane ride home I'd ever had (the plane was...
by kspence | Oct 31, 2012 | Knocking the Hustle, Neoliberalism |
I grew up in and around Detroit in the seventies and eighties. I wouldn’t be where I am today without the auto industry. My father worked for Ford. My father’s income from Ford shaped where we lived. It shaped where I went to school. And of course...
by kspence | Oct 17, 2012 | Knocking the Hustle, Neoliberalism |
In previous chapters I argued that the progress we’ve made, to the extent we’ve made progress, comes from sustained engagement and institutional development rather than from “black leaders”. Some argue that the black family is the most...
by kspence | Oct 10, 2012 | Knocking the Hustle, Neoliberalism, Obama |
“Do you support the President?” I was discussing President Obama and the Trayvon Martin case on facebook and then later on NPR. Although he didn’t take that long to respond in real time—approximately a week or so after the nation became...
by kspence | Oct 3, 2012 | Black Leadership, Black People Mythology, Black Politics, Black Popular Culture, Knocking the Hustle |
On August 22, 2011, the Martin Luther King Memorial opened to the public. The first African American to be honored with a memorial on the Mall, and only the fourth non-President, King’s memorial took decades of planning and fundraising. It stands, or perhaps better...
by kspence | Sep 18, 2012 | Black Politics, Knocking the Hustle, Neoliberalism |
If I were asked in all seriousness just what I considered to be the chief significance of Invisible Man as a fiction, I would reply: Its experimental attitude and its attempt to return to the mood of personal moral responsibility for democracy which typified...
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