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Podcast: New Books in African American Studies
Episode: Habiba Ibrahim, "Black Age: Oceanic Lifespans and the Time of Black Life" (NYU Press, 2021)
Description: Although more than fifty years apart, the murders of Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin share a commonality: Black children are not seen as children. Time and time again, excuses for police brutality and aggressionāparticularly against Black childrenā concern the victim āappearingā as a threat. But why and how is the perceived āappearanceā of Black persons so completely separated from common perceptions of age and time?
Black Age: Oceanic Lifespans and the Time of Black LifeĀ (NYU Press, 2021)Ā posits age, life stages, and lifespans as a central lens through which to view Blackness, particularly with regard to the history of transatlantic...