Ta-Nehisi Coates

Reading Coates, Part 2: the Dream, the Body and the Blame

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson #BlackLivesMatter, Democracy, Philosophy, Politics, Public Philosophy, Race and Racism, Reading Coates, RMWMTMBM Archive 0 Comments

This is the second installment of my Reading Coates posts, offering some reflections on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me in light of our summer reading group’s discussion of the same.  You can read Part 1 here. Before I jump right into Chapter 2, I want to take a moment to comment upon what I…

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Reading Coates, Part 1: WPRs, Westgate and Weak Atheism

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson #BlackLivesMatter, Philosophy, Politics, Public Philosophy, Race and Racism, Reading Coates, RMWMTMBM Archive, Women and Gender Issues 0 Comments

I organized a reading/discussion group for Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me a few weeks ago and thought I’d post a few thoughts here as we go along.  By way of context, I’ll note that our group is small (8-10 people) and we’re a mixed bunch of (mostly, but not exclusively) academics– from Philosophy, History, Africana…

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