Translating Trump through A Brief History of Black America

ABSTRACT

The history of Black people in America perhaps provides one of the best lenses to understand our current era. Contrary to popular sentiment, that history has not been some teleological march of progress. It has instead been a history of paradoxes and contradiction, of triumphs and setbacks, and one of ongoing perseverance against shifting forms of adversity, including the present presidency and what it carries in its wake.

KEYWORDS:

• African-Americans
• slavery
• post-racial
• Trump
• Black women

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Dexter Gabriel

Dexter Gabriel is an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut. His research interests include the history of slavery, resistance, and freedom in the Black Atlantic, as well as interdisciplinary approaches to slavery within popular culture and media. His work has been translated into the social arena through panel discussions, lectures, articles, and interviews in venues including Voice of America, BBC America, and the Washington Post. His book chapter, “Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino and the History of the Southern,” will be included in the forthcoming edited volume Celluloid Chains: Slavery in the Americas Through Film.