Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
| Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Assistant professor |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | African American Studies |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an African American academic and writer. She is assistant professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University, and the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation.[1][2] For this book, she received the 2016 Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book from the Lannan Foundation.[3]
Taylor co-authored a call to mobilize a women's strike, which culminated in the Day Without a Woman actions on March 8, 2017.[4][5][2]
In May 2017, Taylor gave a commencement speech at Hampshire College, in which she referred to President Donald Trump as a "racist, sexist, megalomaniac." Fox News aired a clip from the speech, after which she received numerous intimidating e-mails, including death threats. Taylor canceled scheduled talks in Seattle and San Diego as a result.[6][7][8]
On July 6, 2017, Taylor gave the speech she had previously scheduled for Seattle at the Socialism 2017 conference in Chicago.[9]
Selected publications
- Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta (December 2006). "Racism and the Criminal Injustice System". International Socialist Review: 33–36.
- — (July 1, 2012). "Back story to the neoliberal moment: Race taxes and the political economy of black urban housing in the 1960s". Souls. 14 (3-4): 185–206.
- — (July 10, 2014). Rats, Riots and Revolution: Black Housing in the 1960s. Haymarket Books. ISBN 9781608462483.
- — (February 23, 2016). From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation. Haymarket Books. ISBN 9781608465620.
- Hunter, Marcus Anthony; Pattillo, Mary; Robinson, Zandria F; Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta (March 27, 2016). "Black placemaking: Celebration, Play, and Poetry". Theory, Culture & Society. 33 (7-8): 31–56.
References
- 1 2 "Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor". Princeton University. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- 1 2 Leonard, Sarah (March 1, 2017). "Q&A: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Black Liberation and the Women’s Strike". The Nation. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ↑ "Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor". Lannan Foundation. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ↑ Alcoff, Linda Martín; Arruzza, Cinzia; Bhattacharya, Tithi; Fraser, Nancy; Ransby, Barbara; Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta; Odeh, Rasmea Yousef; Davis, Angela (February 6, 2017). "Women of America: we're going on strike. Join us so Trump will see our power". The Guardian. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ↑ Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta (February 25, 2017). "Why Women Should Strike". Jacobin. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ↑ Smith, Rich (May 31, 2017). "Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Cancels West Coast Tour After a Fox News Report Spurs Death Threats". The Stranger. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ↑ Flaherty, Colleen (June 1, 2017). "‘Concession to Violent Intimidation’". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ↑ Chasmar, Jessica (June 1, 2017). "Princeton professor who criticized Trump cancels lectures, citing threats". The Washington Times. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ↑ Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta (July 12, 2017). "The Speech Racists Didn’t Want You to Hear". Jacobin Magazine. Retrieved July 26, 2017.