by George Yancy | Apr 21, 2026 | anti-Blackness, Christian nationalism, Christian Nationalists, Christianity, Donald Trump, Iran, iran war, JD Vance, Op-Ed, Pete Hegseth, Racial Justice, Religion, theology, Trump Administration, War, war in Iran, whiteness
As a philosopher, I am known for bringing a deeply uncomfortable truth to bear upon the hegemonic, hierarchical, and privileged embodied reality of whiteness. My aim has been to shape a critical discourse and produce a body of philosophical writing that reveals the ways in which whiteness functions as a mask, as a veil, to cover over the history of its violence. It does this through acts of denial…
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by George Yancy | Feb 28, 2026 | Abolition, Alex Pretti, anti-Blackness, Donald Trump, Fascism, Haitians, ICE, immigration, Interview, Keith Porter, Keith Porter Jr., Policing, Racial Justice, Renee Nicole Good, Resistance, self-defense
Under Donald Trump, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has started appearing ever more like a private militia, unleashing brutal violence against families and displaying sycophantic loyalty to Trump as he mandates the dehumanizing treatment of immigrants. In the days since January, when federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti and 37…
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