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Afropessimism
A lucid and compelling explication of a provocative and disruptively radical philosophy of race and colonialism. Wilderson twines together the ideas of a persistent, ineradicable process of Black enslavement with personal memoir. Theory and narrative, each providing illumination of the other. Afropessism is not aiming to make anyone comfortable, but the work has an unflinching, raw beauty and rings true.
Longlisted • National Book Award (Nonfiction)
Combining trenchant philosophy with lyrical memoir, Afropessimism is an unparalleled account of Blackness.Why does race seem to color almost every feature of our moral and political universe? Why does a perpetual cycle of slavery—in all its political, intellectual, and cultural forms—continue to define the Black experience? And why is anti-Black violence such a predominant feature not only in the United States but around the world? These are just...