Justin Owen Rawlins and Zenia Kish
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Ongoing mutations of white supremacy
This is a really interesting campaign artifact, and your analysis is very on-point. Considering the sense of impending collapse of American white supremacy and economic and moral hegemony this ad was meant to appeal to, I wonder what (if any) correlate c ... -
The Cult of (Socialist?) Celebrity
Bringing up the issue of celebrity as a flashpoint in recent political campaigns is really smart, because the notion of the celebrity strikes at the very balance that the popular conception of the modern US president is built upon-a person (as you both su ... -
Polarization as an excuse to do nothing?
This is a very important issue, and the questions you raise are central. I agree that polarization acts in these cases as a diversionary tactic from the material realities needing immediate address, and redress. I was likewise flabbergasted by the North ...