Tim Haslett

Brandeis University, New York University, Michigan State University

Michigan State University, Attended 2006 - Present, Ph.D., African & African-American Studies
New York University, Attended 1997 - 2000, Class of 2000, Master's Degree, Africana Studies
Brandeis University, Attended 1987 - 1993, Class of 1993, Bachelor's Degree, African & African-American Studies

political researcher, freelance music journalist

N'COBRA (National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America), CURE (Caucasians United for Reparations), WACAN (White Anti-Racist Action Network)

BATTLING: homophobia, white supremacy, patriarchy, Babylon System; SUPPORTING: neo-marxist political discourse, feminists/womanists of color: TRYING TO UNDERSTAND: slavery, transgenerational trauma

Hortense Spillers, Audre Lorde, Michele Wallace, Asha Varadharajan, Stuart Hall, Slavoj Zizek, Gloria Anzaldua, M. Jacqui Alexander, Fred Moten, James Snead, Arthur Jafa, Greg Tate, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Kobena Mercer, Manthia Diawara, Vandana Shiva, Alain Badiou, Joy James, Adrian Piper, Ashis Nandy, Christina Sharpe, Nathaniel Mackey, Wilson Harris, Saidiya Hartman, Achille Mbembe, M. NourbeSe Phillip

Killer of Sheep, Daughters of the Dust, 3 shorts by Terence Davies, Drugstore Cowboy, Fear of a Black Hat, Boogie Nights, Sankofa

Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, Mafia & Fluxy, Jean Grae, Jah Shaka, Missy Elliott, Kode9 + Daddi Gee, Jamal Moss, Loefah, 30Hz, Darqwan, Beta Bodega Coalition, Otto Von Schirach, The Neptunes, Bling Dawg, Bong Ra, Venetian Snares, Jon E Cash, Digital Mystikz, Dead Prez, Timbaland, Chris Brokaw, Swisha House, Beltway 8, Dalek, Barbara Manning, Thalia Zedek, Asian Dub Foundation, Mobb Deep, Pernice Brothers, Mark Stewart, New Order, Joy Division, Sylvester, Surgeon, Kevin Martin, Bobbie O, Robert Hood, Brotha Lynch Hung, Jeff Mills, Joan Armatrading, David Banner

OZ, Homicide, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, I'll Fly Away, The Singing Detective

Pisces

gregarious, talkative (perhaps a little too much), very dry
sense of humor, political zealot and proselytizer for the
erosion of white supremacy, patriarchy, and homophobia,
i.e.-those everyday things that kill people's souls. A music
fanatic-I listen to music for the joy it brings but also
because it gives me reason to go on living. I'm a fairly
anxious person but not as joyless and grim as the above
suggests! My favorite quote is James Baldwin's
unforgettable statement, "the despair among the loveless is
that they must narcotize themselves in order to touch any
human being at all"

someone with similar political convictions who is also aware
that 'absolute refusal' is impossible in a late global
capitalist world. hopefully someone who is a moderate music
fanatic and critical thinker. a person who understands that
the perpetuation of the heterosexual nuclear family and all
its vicissitudes is a guarantee that patriarchy will persist
ad nauseam. in other words, family in the widest sense of
the term is something that matters to you. If you are into
hard left critical theory and jumping up and down while
listening to music, we'd get along quite well.