The Dangers of Refusing to See Race: ‘Not Racism’ in the times of Covid-19
In this video, I discuss how decades of refusing to have a serious public discussion about race, grounded in the lived-experience of people targeted by the operations of racial rule, and instead turning racism into a matter of debate, has dangerous implications for racism in the…
Why Race Still Matters endorsed by Prof Robbie Shilliam
Robbie Shilliam is Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. His endorsement of Why Race Still Matters means a lot to me because he is one of the intellectuals writing on race who has bridged the European, the US and the Pacific experience in his…
Why Race Still Matters endorsed by decolonial activist, Houria Bouteldja
Houria Bouteldja, the spokesperson for the Parti des indigenes de la Republique, whose work has long been influential for me, and whose texts on the political instrumentalisation of antisemitism in France inform my thinking in Chapter 4 of Why Race Still Matters, wrote an endorsement of the book:…
New Book: Why Race Still Matters
My latest book, Why Race Still Matters (Polity 2020) was published in the UK on April 24 2020. Click here to buy For updates about readings, interviews and related online events please check my Twitter and my new account @alanalentinwriter on Instagram ‘Why are you making…
Podcast: Indigeneity, Colonialism and Institutional Racism
I was delighted to be asked by the Surviving Society Podcast to present an episode for their Spotlight Series. I asked the brilliant Dr Debbie Bargallie to have a chat about her work on institutional, racism in the Australian Public Service – out soon with Aboriginal Studies Press as Unmasking…
Beyond culture vs. structure: The networks, habits and resistances of our digital times
TikTok might seem a million kilometres away from the world of social theory. But in this lecture, I use this example as a way to address the question, what is the relationship between social structure and culture? Download the Hand-Out References and Further Reading Back, Les, ed. 2012.…
Decolonial Thought: A lecture for the Institute for Culture and Society Key Thinkers & Concepts series
I was kindly invited by the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University to give a talk on postcolonial and decolonial thought for its Key Thinkers & Concepts series. I have posted in the slides and notes here. 1. I wish to acknowledgement the Darug people,…
Racial Capitalism II: Race/Class
Continuing our focus on racial capitalism, Understanding Race discussed the relationship between race and class with a focus on Race and the Undeserving Poor by Robbie Shilliam. Using the book Futures of Black Radicalism, and in particular the chapter by Nikhil Pal Singh, we explored the…
Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism
This is the text from this week’s lecture on Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition by Cedric Robinson. The presentation focuses on Chapter I of the book and some sections of Part II dealing with the invention of ‘The Negro’. This is the merge…