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boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to Solarpunk@slrpnk.net · 8 months ago

TIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century.

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TIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century.

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boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to Solarpunk@slrpnk.net · 8 months ago
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TIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899) - Lemmy.World
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  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    8 months ago

    The History of Africana philosophy: ep 119, The Space Race: Afrofuturism

  • MrMakabar@slrpnk.net
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    8 months ago

    There is a cross post function in lemmy.

    • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.netOP
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      8 months ago

      Dont know it, possibly not supported on Jerboa.

      Show me how?

      • MrMakabar@slrpnk.net
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        8 months ago

        Oh sorry, Jerboa does not seem to implement that.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I think what’s more interesting about this is it lines up basically perfectly with:

    1. Slaves being freed, and in this newfound freedom, the freedom to speculate on their own futures.

    2. The growth and success of black entrepreneurs in 20th century capitalism, resulting in actions like the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, which seemed to be driven by white anger that blacks were becoming successful due to the “invisible hand of the market.”

    So it speaks to a period of rapid growth for black communities in the US, as well as access to education and capital, that allowed black writers to lean into black speculative fiction.

    • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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      Don’t remember who, but a black author talked about the slaving process as the closest you can get in real life as being abducted by aliens and moved away to another planet.

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 months ago

        Sci-Fi about “Human Zoos” routinely ignores that humans make their own “Human Zoos” with other humans.

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