Throughout My Bondage, My Freedom, Frederick Douglass presents numerous philosophical and moral arguments against slavery. Douglass describes all the white people involved in slavery, not just owners, as so […]
“[The Negro] is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world,—a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the r […]
1. Thesis: your main insight or idea about a text or topic, and the main proposition that your essay demonstrates. It should be true but arguable (not obviously or patently […]
While you think Facebook and Twitter when you think social media, much of our work is with more traditional “social networks” like the Commons. WordPress, which is the “guts” of the Commons has had the same basic […]
These upcoming Spring 2019 American Studies related events at the CUNY Graduate Center. Events are co-sponsored by different groups — further details posted soon:
“it cannot be denied that the university is a place of refuge, and it cannot be accepted that the university is a place of enlightenment” – The Undercommons
Inspired by Stefano Harney and Fred Moten’s The […]
This is Jaspreet Jaswal’s website for ‘WritingForEngineers’ of the Spring 2019 semester! To view personal/group projects, please head over to the menu over the website and click whichever project you’d like to view!