Thread by @trishkahle, I put together a reading list for students to help them contextualize [...]

I put together a reading list for students to help them contextualize the moment they're living through. So far, have writing from @robgreeneII, @KeishaBlain, @KeeangaYamahtta, @elizabhinton, and @esglaude. What other readings are you using in the classroom to teach this moment?

Here are the links, if others want them:

Robert Greene II: "We are living in a Red Spring" https://jacobinmag.com/2020/05/red-summer-riots-african-americans-pandemic-police

We Are Living in a Red Spring

In the Red Summer of 1919, racist violence hit America as the Spanish flu ravaged the country. With mass protests against police murders sweeping the pandemic-plagued United States, it appears we...

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/05/red-summer-riots-african-americans-pandemic-police

Elizabeth Hinton: "The Minneapolis Uprising in Context" https://bostonreview.net/race/elizabeth-hinton-minneapolis-uprising-context

The Minneapolis Uprising in Context

A proper understanding of urban rebellion depends on our ability to interpret it not as a wave of criminality, but as political violence.

https://bostonreview.net/race/elizabeth-hinton-minneapolis-uprising-context

Keisha N. Blain: "Violence in Minneapolis is rooted in the history of racist policing in America" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/30/violence-minneapolis-is-rooted-history-racist-policing-america/

Perspective | Violence in Minneapolis is rooted in the history of racist policing in America

Police violence against African Americans has persisted for centuries.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/30/violence-minneapolis-is-rooted-history-racist-policing-america/

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: "Of Course There Are Protests. The State Is Failing Black People." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opinion/george-floyd-minneapolis.html

Opinion | Of Course There Are Protests. The State Is Failing Black People.

The collapse of politics and governance leaves no other option.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opinion/george-floyd-minneapolis.html

Eddie S. Glaude: "George Floyd’s Murder Shows Once More That We Cannot Wait For White America to End Racism" https://time.com/5844645/george-floyds-shows-we-cannot-wait-end-racism/

George Floyd’s Murder Shows Once More That We Cannot Wait For White America to End Racism

Watching the video of George Floyd's death made Eddie Glaude Jr. weep. He writes about the urgent need for a new America.

https://time.com/5844645/george-floyds-shows-we-cannot-wait-end-racism/

For context, the syllabus for this week imagined democracy as a contested future. Readings incl. Ruth Wilson Gilmore on prison abolition, Charlene Carruthers on a queer, Black feminist reimagining of the Black radical tradition, Fanon's conclusion from The Wretched of the Earth

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