Episode 3 with Frank B. Wilderson III: Afropessimism

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In this episode, Asao and Shane talk with Frank B. Wilderson III, Chancellor’s Professor at UC Irvine where he teaches in the African American Studies Department and the Culture & Theory Doctoral Program, about his book, Afropessimism. Their conversation focuses on Blackness as a lens of interpretation, theories of liberation, Black suffering, violence, and teaching writing.

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In this episode, Asao and Shane talk with Frank B. Wilderson III, Chancellor’s Professor at UC Irvine where he teaches in the African American Studies Department and the Culture & Theory Doctoral Program, about his book, Afropessimism. Their...

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