Conference
Race, Black America, and Afrocentric Essentialism: An Interrogation
Author
- Tunde Adeleke (Iowa State University)
Abstract
This session will provide a critique of Afrocentric essentialist construction of black American struggles, especially in the context of increasing globalization of the black experience. It juxtaposes two conflicting perspectives—a de-racialized, color-blind, and transcendentalist perspective against a combative, ethnocentric essentialist perspective. It analyzes both perspectives in relation to contemporary discourses on developments in Black America and the broader African Diaspora.