How are African Americans socialized in this society that redefines age, and by extension childhood, for those of enslaved descent?
Black children are brutalized by a criminal justice system that does not see them as “children,” while fully-grown mature Black men were historically called “boy” by their Caucasian counterparts. Are the attempts at un-aging, and re-aging, Black bodies yet another means of dehumanization? This week, Left of Black creator and long-time host Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Dr. Habiba Ibrahim, Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Washington and author of Black Age: Oceanic Lifespans and the Time of Black Life, published by New York University Press.
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