The Black Lives Matter Syllabus
While we are on hiatus, we are reprinting articles you may wish to use on your fall syllabus
Public Seminar has taken August off: while we are away, we invite you to go through the site to find essays about Black Lives Matter and the resurgence of anti-racist protest in the United States for your fall classes. The list we are featuring this week is by no means comprehensive, but here’s a start.
Featured Essay
Deva Woodly, “An American Reckoning: The fire this time,” June 4, 2020.
Christopher J. Lebron, “The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of An Idea,” book excerpt, February 8, 2019.
Natasha Lennard, “The Anti-Racist Uprising in Brooklyn: A report from the streets,” June 3. 2020.
The Syllabus
Deva Woodly, “Black Lives Matter: The Politics of Race and Movement in the 21st Century: Understanding the movement and what it represents,” January 18, 2016.
Todd Gitlin, “What Will It Take for Black Lives to Matter? Nonviolent, cross-racial coalitions are the way back to a decent America,: July 9, 2020.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “Black Insurgency, Anti-Racism, and the Student Mobilization Against Guns: The similarities and differences of these social movements,” March 2, 2018.
Adam Quinn, “How “Blue Lives Matter” Perpetuates Police Violence: The movement fosters an environment of fear, hatred, and racism,” June 9, 2020.
Nadia Kim, “Asian Americans Suffer From Trump’s Racist Attacks Too: The long history of America’s hostility toward immigrants from China, Japan, and Korea,” July 23, 2020.
Gaga Gondwe, “How Elite Institutions Can Prove That Black Lives Matter: Emotional labor & the limits of interpersonal diversity work,” July 2, 2020.
R. Drew Smith, “The Hidden Structural Racism in the American Response to Public Health Emergencies: Facing a disproportionate death rate among Black people from COVID-19, President Trump shrugs: `What, me, worry?’” July 23, 2020.
James Traub, “On Our Revolutionary Moment: Putting today’s revolt against institutional racism into historical context,” July 22, 2020.
McKenzie Work, “The Pride Wore White: Black trans women step out of the queer chorus,” June 23, 2020.
William E. Scheurmann, “Their Violence and Ours: Attacks on property do not always undermine a political cause,” July 16, 2020.