I'm very glad there will be a series focussing on Black comics, curated by Black academics. That's vital and necessary and I look forward to it!
But once again, it should never have gotten to the point where scholars like @SamiraNadkarni had to pushback publically (again).
But once again, it should never have gotten to the point where scholars like @SamiraNadkarni had to pushback publically (again).
I also think it will be great to have a series on multicultural comics.
But, at the same time non-Black POC scholars need to understand that it's not some kind of competition. Black voices and perspectives should be centered at this moment.
It's that simple.
But, at the same time non-Black POC scholars need to understand that it's not some kind of competition. Black voices and perspectives should be centered at this moment.
It's that simple.
This moment means something specific and it involves a global reckoning with anti-Blackness.
That includes the ways in which non-Black POC contribute to and benefit from the operations of those systems.
I NEED fellow scholars to reflect on our complicity and do better.
That includes the ways in which non-Black POC contribute to and benefit from the operations of those systems.
I NEED fellow scholars to reflect on our complicity and do better.
I understand the pressure created by neoliberal academia and its obsession with "impact" and "metrics."
But please understand that your silence or worse, complicity, in these situations makes an already toxic academic environment even worse for our Black colleagues.
But please understand that your silence or worse, complicity, in these situations makes an already toxic academic environment even worse for our Black colleagues.
