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This was a follow-worthy Tweet. (Lots of thoughts about this.)
Honestly, this is why I spent time in #TheDarkFantastic examining the construction of race in the Western speculative imagination, and left Afrofuturism -- which I do value as a Black American, and a Diasporan -- alone.
There's been a lot of heat for (a few) African immigrants to the US for critiquing Black Panther, but I think that it's important for us to read what continental Africans have to say about it.
(And we have to listen to their refusal to be labeled with our constructs, too.)
(And we have to listen to their refusal to be labeled with our constructs, too.)
There were layers to what happened last week, though. I've supported the person who sparked it, bought her book, and just skimmed her response post over lunch. And... when I went to her talk, she definitely emphasized her home & community culture as a factor in her success.
Beyond a particular digital celebrity's ego, I think that these conversations deserves more nuance. Goes deeper than folk "wanting it both ways" -- they are both in a sense. Folks are from one culture; they're steeped in another. That's hard.
My upbringing wasn't bicultural. With the exception of 1-2 lines, I have zero known non-Black American ancestry post-1865.
But I did grow up bi-regional, lol, if that's a thing. Southern father & grandmother, Northern mother & grandfather. Helps me imagine the immigrant dilemma.
But I did grow up bi-regional, lol, if that's a thing. Southern father & grandmother, Northern mother & grandfather. Helps me imagine the immigrant dilemma.
I'll send my Tweets to @Penn myself, @WilliamShatner. They tenured me for this work.
This is my lane -- I have a book coming out in the spring on this very topic.
Go ahead & block me like everyone else you disagree with. I'll still be a #StarTrek fan.
This is my lane -- I have a book coming out in the spring on this very topic.
Go ahead & block me like everyone else you disagree with. I'll still be a #StarTrek fan.
We are professors of children's literature. It is a real shame when a icon of science fiction like William Shatner characterizes Black women professors as trolls, simply because we have informed opinions that he disagrees with.
I'm neither hurt nor surprised, just disappointed.
I'm neither hurt nor surprised, just disappointed.
I was sincerely hoping for more progress. Star Trek taught me to be optimistic. But this -- this is the worst timeline.
