by kspence | Jan 14, 2016 | Announcements, Knocking the Hustle, Media Appearances, Neoliberalism, NPR
A few weeks ago Tom Hall at WYPR interviewed me about the book, one of the first interviews I conducted. Began with a nice version of Cannonball Adderley’s Work Song.
by kspence | Jan 13, 2016 | Announcements, Knocking the Hustle, Media Appearances, Neoliberalism
I recently appeared on The Global African (the last episode unfortunately) to talk about Knocking the...
by kspence | Dec 31, 2015 | Knocking the Hustle, Pop Culture
In anticipation of the new year I had a discussion with Marc Steiner about the books that had the greatest impact on me over the past year. A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James), Black Silent Majority (Michael Fortner), Between The World and Me (Ta-Nehisi...
by kspence | Jul 18, 2015 | Black Politics, Media Appearances, NPR, Obama, Politics |
On Thursday July 18, David Greene of NPR’s Morning Edition interviewed me for about a half hour or so on the shift in President Obama’s rhetoric on race and racism. Although I haven’t performed the “for real for real” type of analysis to definitively show that a...
by kspence | Jul 10, 2015 | Neoliberalism
Approximately 52 minutes ago at 4pm July 10, 2015, Mary Stewart retired from the University of Michigan after 42 years of service. At the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year I wrote the following letter to the University on her behalf: To Whom It May Concern: My...
by kspence | Apr 28, 2015 | Neoliberalism |
I’m juggling a number of things right now as I write this, and it’s possible some of the details are wrong. If you’re reading this for information verify through other sources and if there are large errors please note them in the comments. At approximately 12:30pm a...
by kspence | Apr 21, 2015 | Black Politics, Black Popular Culture, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Neoliberalism |
Recently Michael Eric Dyson penned a strongly worded critique (severe understatement) of Cornel West in The New Republic, basically arguing West has become a thin shell of his former self. Dyson, who owes his career to West, is one of the many black...
by kspence | Apr 2, 2015 | Knocking the Hustle |
Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics represents an attempt to examine the neoliberalisation of black politics. While there have been books written on neoliberalism before, as well as books on black politics, this is to my knowledge the...
by kspence | Jan 27, 2015 | Crime and Punishment, Urban Politics
At last year’s American Political Science Association conference I was asked to participate on a panel about Ferguson. Christian Davenport noted something I’d never thought about before. Almost every other advanced industrial nation keeps track of how many bullets the...
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