#AcademicChatter
I have seen so many white academics posting their rage, solidarity, demonstrating their allyship by directing other to books, creators, thinkers who speak to anti racism and anti blackness in prticular. Yay! BUT
As a black academic, I’m slightly dubious because I wonder is this performative. How many of their black colleagues experience this solidarity and allyship? How many interventions have they made i their departments on their campuses for black lives?
May 13, 2019 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
The symbolism of Dany and Cersei for me: White women whitewomening. They are the same always have been. Daenerys’ salvific persona was a shield.
A performance that hid the guile of greed for@power that she grew into. With every emancipatory act, her lust for power increased. All of this was when her dream of The Throne was an aspiration. A far-fetched aspiration
