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There is no evidence that black people are less responsible, less moral, or less upstanding in their dealings with America nor with themselves. But there is overwhelming evidence that America is irresponsible, immoral, and unconscionable in its dealings with black people and with itself. Urging African-Americans to become superhuman is great advice if you are concerned with creating extraordinary individuals. It is terrible advice if you are concerned with creating an equitable society. The black freedom struggle is not about raising a race of hyper-moral super-humans. It is about all people garnering the right to live like the normal humans they are. This is a great piece that tackles many of the problems of culture of poverty/underclass theorizing. But I think the author still problematically frames American democratic values and models of personhood as normal, rather than bring them into question as the norm. Thoughts? Curious to hear from Sabiyha Prince, Daryn Glassbrook, Mike Reay (and anyone else)
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:13:48 +0000

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