white supremacy
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Let the Conversation Continue: There Is No Purely Catholic Politics (A Reply to David Cloutier, Michael Baxter, and William Cavanaugh)
Some Words of Thanks Yesterday over at the blog called Catholic Moral Theology, Professor David Cloutier posted a thoughtful reply to my take on the debate between Massimo Faggioli and co-authors Michael Baxter and William Cavanaugh in the cyber pages… Continue reading
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A Truly Catholic Politics? A Response to Michael Baxter and William Cavanaugh
Baxter and Cavanaugh also implicitly contrast the unity secured by wholehearted and unsullied membership in the church with the inherently divisive and atomizing politics of the nation-state. In so doing, they celebrate a church that never existed. Continue reading
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Refusing to Reconcile, Part 2
This is the 2nd in a 3 part series. Please read the first post, Refusing to Reconcile: Against Reconciliation before commenting on this piece. Refusing Reconciliation, Part 2: Spatiality, Fugitivity, and Blackness as Wild(er)ness The irreducibly spatial positionality of beside… Continue reading
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Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” is Good Theology
Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” spent a good six months spinning inside the CD player of my old school Toyota Corolla. I wasn’t sophisticated enough to learn of it myself: I first heard about it from the blogger Ta-Nehesi… Continue reading
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Is George Zimmerman White? (And Does It Matter?)
Everybody agrees that Trayvon Martin was black; but we can’t seem to decide whether George Zimmerman is white. But, even in our purportedly “post-racial” society, Mr. Zimmerman’s racial identity seems to matter a great deal to many. For example, the… Continue reading
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“Look Away, Look Away:” Brad Paisley and the Lie of “Accidental Racism”
A few days ago, country music star Brad Paisley teamed up with rapper LL Cool J to release a twangy inter-disciplinary apologia for the wearing of the Stars and Bars. In the oddly entitled “Accidental Racist,” Paisley whines a litany… Continue reading
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The Movie “Django Unchained” Is Not About Slavery
No, the movie Django Unchained is not about slavery. It’s about the way we remember slavery, especially cinematically. (Needless to say, SPOILERS ABOUND!) Quentin Tarantino’s latest film obviously riffs off of the Spaghetti Western. But Django Unchained also plays with and thereby subverts another… Continue reading