Norman Ajari Book Review
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At this time, Norman Ajari delivers a timely intervention through his instalment, a book entitled Darkening Blackness: Race, Gender, Class, and Pessimism in 21 st Century Black Thought.With this, he throws his hat in the ring, and he goes on to make moves to declare "the pessimism of contemporary African American theory" (p.5).The critique fundamentally informs this disposition of integrationist and pacifying shades of African American thought.By this form of examination, Ajari declares: "This book focuses on two contemporary currents within African American thought: Afropessimism and Black Male Studies" (p.8).It is well-known that the figureheads of these traditions, but not reducible to them as it is popularly claimed, are Frank B. Wilderson, III and Tommy Curry, respectively.In Ajari's hands, these two discursive strands are transformed into what he broadly calls "Black pessimism", which he rightfully states is a long arc of various strands of the Black radical tradition.Even though he cites that there are accusations against Afropessimism and Black Male Studies, Ajari executes a well-argued case to the contrary.Ajari places Afropessimism and Black Male Studies at the pantheon of Black thought without apologia.And, as well, he does not argue for them to be palatable in the face of the ridiculous Donald Trump's executive order, its mimicry, and far-right accusatory tone against Critical Race Theory.Starting with this as a pacesetter for the book, Ajari shows how there should be a turn against the tide of revisionism, which, in its anti-Blackness, will do anything to evade the dehumanisation of Blacks and yet play silly victimhood.The less said about this, the better.With the concept of "Black pessimism", Ajari goes directly to the point.It makes Black demands clear, which also means setting the record straight."As opposed to an
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