Thread by @jbouie

i cannot agree with this enough (from “african american political thought: a collected history”)

i’d say a related phenomenon is the extent to which african american political thinking is reduced to simply “race” or “race relations”

thinking back to last year when i wrote “the slaves freed the slaves” in a column and a group of people on here lost their minds

melvin rogers and jack turner conclude this essay by drawing an analogy to socrates as presented in plato’s apology and it makes for a powerful observation

if you want to buy a copy press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…