Calvin Baker

Author of A More Perfect Reunion; Grace; Dominion, et. al. The Atlantic; Harper’s, NYT Mag. Prof @Skidmore (formerly@Yale) Still salty abt the Middle Passage.

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

I’ve never written fan fiction, but I’m envisioning a King Lear in which the old mf refuses to retire. Kamala is Cordelia. Gretchen is Regan. Gavin is Goneril. Just sayin

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

Who should replace Biden at the top of the tix?

[gonzomike @gonzomike]

Today is the birthday of Chicago born author/producer Sam Greenlee, whose novel and film The Spook Who Sat by the Door changed lives. My essay on Greenlee, his literary debut & groundbreaking movie will be published next year in a soon to be announced film book. @Pulpcurry

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

Avowals of race neutralism go back to the 19th century idea if “colorblind”. It was the legal facade used to end Reconstruction. This is the beginning of a full-scale attack on diversity

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

In banning affirmative action, the Supreme Court has *not* banned using race in college admissions. "Race neutral" is a legal fantasy, the latest to conserve racism. As Uma Jayakumar and I write @TheAtlantic, “race neutral” is the new “separate but equal.”
https://t.co/EecYSiZ9zd

[Cornel West @CornelWest]

What a sad day! This is another attack on Black people! Let us prepare for a more intense fightback! Here is my statement on Affirmative Action on my sister Dana Bash’s CNN show!
#AffirmativeAction

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

He’s a master of a tradition more ancient than Eden and his wisdom and integrity are still models. In the words of @MrChuckD “who gives a fuck abt a goddamn Grammy”

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

@victorlavalle I took a class with Ngugi when I was a sophomore in college. As suspicious as I am of overly certain statements: it changed the arc of my life.
Don’t get me wrong, he was a fucking horrible teacher. But encounters with minds like that always have a profound butterfly effect.

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

@victorlavalle I took a class with Ngugi when I was a sophomore in college. As suspicious as I am of overly certain statements: it changed the arc of my life.
Don’t get me wrong, he was a fucking horrible teacher. But encounters with minds like that always have a profound butterfly effect.

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

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[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

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[John K. Blake @JohnBlakeCNN]

MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech was his most radical -- because of how America has changed | CNN https://t.co/kg6gNkNrUU

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

When I write abt this two years ago inA More Perfect Reunion, many thought I was being alarmist. What they fail to understand is that the current iteration of IS conservatism began the day Brown v Board of Ed became law https://t.co/pbERNYQlfS

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

@alexanderchee Alex, I don’t want to give this nonsense more air, but someone please name one societal problem that’s been cured by capitalism or private philanthropy.

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

RT: my department is hiring a Postcolonialist. Here’s the job advertisement: https://t.co/9LVRf1OuCF

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

Found my original copy of the Satanic Verses. Can’t wait to reread it. Can’t wait for Salman’s next one. There will be a next one.

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

Wait up…where’s the headline that says: Stone, Flynn & Giuliani Set Up “War Room” ahead of Jan. 6th —Meadows Stuck in Traffic

[Calvin Baker @Calsdesk]

A new Mat Johnson novel! Wouldn’t want to read anything else in countdown to Armageddon!