Overview: In the 1960s, on the heels of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision and in the midst of the growing Civil Rights Movement, Ku Klux Klan activity boomed, reaching an intensity not seen since the 1920s, when the KKK boasted over 4 million members. Most surprisingly, …
Overview: In the 1960s, on the heels of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision and in the midst of the growing Civil Rights Movement, Ku Klux Klan activity boomed, reaching an intensity not seen since the 1920s, when the KKK boasted over 4 million members. Most surprisingly, …
Black skin, white masks
by Bhabha, Homi K., Fanon, Frantz, Sardar, Ziauddin, Markmann, Charles Lam
fromGet political
Fanon, born in Martinique and educated in France, is generally regarded as the leading anti-colonial thinker of the 20th century. His first book is an analysis of the impact of colonial subjugation on the black psyche. It is a very personal account of Fanon's experience being bl…
Black skin, white masks
by Bhabha, Homi K., Fanon, Frantz, Sardar, Ziauddin, Markmann, Charles Lam
fromGet political
Part of Pluto's 21st birthday series Get Political, which brings essential political writing in a range of fields to a new audience. 'One feels a brilliant, vivid and hurt mind walking the thin line that separates effective outrage from despair.' New York Times 'A strange, haunt…
"Biological races do not exist -- and never have. This view is shared by all scientists who study variation in human populations. Yet racial prejudice and intolerance based on the myth of race remain deeply ingrained in Western society. In his powerful examination of a persisten…