Black marxists or black marxisms? A decolonial vision

Authors

  • Ramon Grosfoguel Universidade da Califórnia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v27i51.69830

Keywords:

Black Marxists, black Marxisms, epistemological racism

Abstract

In this article, we identify an invisibility regarding the vast production of black Marxism. Our objective with this work is to introduce the topic and draw attention to a serious problem: how ignorance of this tradition allows ideas already worked on and developed by black Marxists to appear to us as new. Hiding the black origins of critical theories only serves to reproduce the epistemic racism that establishes black thought as inferior and white thought as superior.

Author Biography

Ramon Grosfoguel, Universidade da Califórnia

Doutor em Sociologia. Professor do Departamento de Estudos Étnicos da Universidade da Califórnia, Berkeley, Estados Unidos.

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Published

2023-12-31

How to Cite

Grosfoguel, R. . (2023). Black marxists or black marxisms? A decolonial vision . Lutas Sociais, 27(51), 179–190. https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v27i51.69830