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Mar 7

Apartheid Studies: What is it all about?

The emerging field of Apartheid Studies (AS) which I pioneered seeks to account for the persistence of oppression, harm, and injustice in human society. How does oppression persist? Two key central claims of AS are that i) there is never adequate manpower for oppression, and ii) the costs of oppressing…

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Apartheid Studies: What is it all about?
Apartheid Studies: What is it all about?

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Jan 28

Tyre Nichols: The explanation is in plain sight.

“The police who killed Tyre Nichols were black. But they might still have been driven by racism” says a CNN headline to an opinion piece penned by Van Jones. Some in the mainstream media, including some “experts” like Jones, are being disingenuous. …

Police Brutality

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Tyre Nichols: The explanation is in plain sight.
Tyre Nichols: The explanation is in plain sight.
Police Brutality

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Dec 21, 2022

Same-handedness

“Same-handedness” is a construct in the new field of Apartheid Studies (AS) that demonstrates that a human being does not need a new set of hands to complete a sequence of opposing actions. Rather, a human being destroys and kills with the same hands that build, heal and cure. In fact, sometimes, all one needs to complete this nonsuperimposable chirality is just to wash one’s hands. To read more about the notion of “same hands” or “same-handedness”, and how this is critical to understanding contradictions in social and economic organisation, please read Chapter 2 of my book, Apartheid Studies: A Manifesto a copy of which can be ordered here: https://africaworldpressbooks.com/apartheid-studies

Society

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Society

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Dec 21, 2022

How Black People Are Deprived of Fight or Flight Response
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Allison Wiltz

Who exactly "deprives" Black people of "fight or flight"?

Who exactly "deprives" Black people of "fight or flight"? The law? The police? And what is the exact nature of the 'strange' response of the victims? I have covered the aspect of non-flight and non-fight in my book (https://africaworldpressbooks.com/apartheid-studies), and go into detail about what causes it and how the victims have a "3rd response" outside the fight/flight response.

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Dec 13, 2022

My book, Apartheid Studies: A Manifesto, is out!

My long-awaited book, Apartheid Studies: A Manifesto, begun in 2015, is finally out! The book is published by Africa World Press (AWP) and has 782 pages. To order your copy, please follow this link: https://africaworldpressbooks.com/apartheid-studies The Manifesto is targeted at researchers, scholars, students, policymakers, and general readers who have a…

Apartheid

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My book, Apartheid Studies: A Manifesto, is out!
My book, Apartheid Studies: A Manifesto, is out!
Apartheid

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