I have just finished Musa al-Gharbi’s We Have Never Been Woke. It is a useful book because it does not offer the usual lazy attack on “wokeness.” Its more serious argument is about class, status, language, and moral performance. It shows how some highly educated professional classes can speak the language of justice while still … Continue reading Never Been Woke
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SMoTHer: When Institutions Learn to Breathe Downward
I went looking for a word and found a trapdoor. The word I had in mind was something like misogynoir, a term coined by Moya Bailey to describe the particular form of racist misogyny experienced by Black women. It names something that cannot be fully captured by either racism or sexism alone. It identifies a … Continue reading SMoTHer: When Institutions Learn to Breathe Downward
Ethnic Leadership and Ethic of Guardianship
There is a curious choreography in the public life of Aotearoa New Zealand. Political leaders are not often seen in social media feeds with photographs from ordinary Sunday church congregations. Such images may suggest denominational favour, religious alignment, or proximity to organised Christian conservatism. Yet the same leaders appear quite comfortably at mosques, mandirs, gurdwaras, … Continue reading Ethnic Leadership and Ethic of Guardianship
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