THE INHERITED SHADE OF MY SKIN
For George Floyd
By Chandramohan S.
I join an entourage into the past
wide-eyed, curious,
like a child
checking himself in the mirror
ascertaining how shiny his skin
could get in...
On the Path: An Interview with Dr. Shannon Speed
As the plight of Indigenous peoples is also a Black issue in philosophy, not only because it should be a concern of everyone but...
A Reflection on Loss
The Jewish High Holidays (or High Holy Days) were just celebrated. In the midst of it, on Erev Yom Kippur (eve of the Day...
On “Systemic Racism”
The term “racism” does not at present have a definite, shared public meaning. But many people associate it with individual wrongful attitudes and behavior...
Viral Colonization
Our time is one of multiple pandemics. I propose the term “viral colonization” to understand some of the dynamics that we are currently living.
During...
We All Fall Down
“What I forget is better than whatever they remember.”— Yasiin Bey (2016)
The police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade, to name...
Decolonial Philosopher/Theorist María Lugones, Now Among the Ancestors
I lit a candle in memory of María Lugones, who joined the ancestors last week on July 14th. She is correctly memorialized as a...
“Is America Possible?”: Protest, Pandemic, and Planetary Possibility
This is a revised version of a June 13, 2020 lecture delivered at the Global Center for Advanced Studies.
The title of this article announces...
Toward Creolizing Schooling
The project of creolizing education emerged from concerns with the failures of U.S. public schooling as a public good. Many argue and assume that...
Why We Forget
We live in a country whose population has not acquired the habit of taking historical memory seriously…. But histories never leave us for another...