{"id":1861,"date":"2022-01-15T21:25:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T02:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2022-01-16T08:43:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T13:43:16","slug":"kendall-thomas-preliminary-thoughts-for-revolution-6-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/kendall-thomas-preliminary-thoughts-for-revolution-6-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall Thomas | Preliminary Thoughts for Revolution 6\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BbL15XWVUp4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<h2>By Kendall Thomas<\/h2>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/6-13\/\">Revolution 6\/13<\/a>, I would like to explore how our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/revolution-6-13-readings\/\">readings<\/a>\u00a0for the seminar help us understand how the task of critical race theory is to develop a theory of racial power without resort to, that is not dependent upon, and that is not the same as a theory of racial identity.<\/p>\n<p>This moment is one in which we are dealing with mobilizations of racial power that are only contingently related to identity, and if we continue to overinvest in identity as a ground of both analytic and programmatic political action, we will be in a position where we won&#8217;t be able to do anything except engage in this battle on the terms of Christopher Rufo. Because the moral power of Rufo\u2019s claim is that people are not their identities: \u201cJust because I&#8217;m white, doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m racist.\u201d That is the moral power of his argument. If we don&#8217;t talk about anything else than identity, there is no way forward.<\/p>\n<p>So the question I would like to investigate is to what extent do Stuart Hall and Manning Marable help us understand what\u2019s at stake in asking the question:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Is CRT a theory of racial power or a theory of racial identity? Or is this a distinction without a difference?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Because the answer to these questions will shape how we see this moment, and how we respond to it. This alone will allow us to frankly discuss what&#8217;s going on right now regarding critical race theory.<\/p>\n<p>In preparatory discussions for Revolution 6\/13 with Bernard, we have broached a range of topics, all of which are relevant to these central questions. They include, among others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience<\/li>\n<li>Event<\/li>\n<li>Objectivity<\/li>\n<li>Authenticity<\/li>\n<li>Identity<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSubject-Effect\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Propositional Identity vs. Cultural Difference<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRelationship to a certain experience\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Ideology<\/li>\n<li>Power<\/li>\n<li>Representation<\/li>\n<li>Imagination<\/li>\n<li>Psychic life<\/li>\n<li>Revolution<\/li>\n<li>Abolition<\/li>\n<li>Reconstruction<\/li>\n<li>The Nation-State<\/li>\n<li>Diaspora-Diasporic<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRacial experience\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRacialization\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTaking Reconstruction Seriously\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kendall Thomas At Revolution 6\/13, I would like to explore how our readings\u00a0for the seminar help us understand how the task of critical race theory is to develop a theory of racial power without resort to, that is not&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/kendall-thomas-preliminary-thoughts-for-revolution-6-13\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2332,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38959],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts-6-13"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/revolution1313\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}