Where did this “bodies” thing start? Anyone know?
One, I don’t see what it adds, and worse, two, I think it obfuscates.
I’ll explain what I mean, using Anthony Pinn’s essay for examples.
A society in which Trayvon Martin could be perceived as out of place within his community takes its ideology and ethics from an old system of property, in which black bodies were to be monitored, rendered docile, and controlled.
Why is that an improvement on saying “an old system of property, in which black people were to be monitored, rendered docile, and controlled”?
It doesn’t seem to me to be an improvement at all. It doesn’t seem to add anything, because it’s not even true, except in … Read the rest
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