Anthony Conwright

Anthony Conwright is a writer and educator based in New York City. He is currently working on his debut novel, Speak, Blackness.

Men Overboard

Men Overboard Men Overboard

Why the right can never outgrow the masculinity crisis.

Jun 28, 2023 / Anthony Conwright

DeSantis Seeks to Be America‘s Permanent Culture-War Commissar

DeSantis Seeks to Be America‘s Permanent Culture-War Commissar DeSantis Seeks to Be America‘s Permanent Culture-War Commissar

How the newly announced candidate for the GOP presidential nomination hopes to ride white backlash politics all the way to the White House. 

May 25, 2023 / Anthony Conwright

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a 2022 press conference

A Dream and a Lie: Ron DeSantis’s Twisted Race Pedagogy A Dream and a Lie: Ron DeSantis’s Twisted Race Pedagogy

The ultimate aim of  the Florida governor’s education platform is to depoliticize actually existing Black history

Mar 27, 2023 / Highlights / Anthony Conwright

Demonstrators march to the Florida State Capitol

Black History vs. Black Resistance: A Quandary Black History vs. Black Resistance: A Quandary

Why American learning remains allergic to non-assimilationist history.

Feb 21, 2023 / Anthony Conwright

How the Party of White Reaction Brands Itself as the Party of Lincoln

How the Party of White Reaction Brands Itself as the Party of Lincoln How the Party of White Reaction Brands Itself as the Party of Lincoln

GOP leaders ransack the party’s past to whitewash its contemporary white-nationalist agenda.

Feb 1, 2023 / Anthony Conwright

Tyre Nichols’s Police Murder and the Pathologizing of Blackness

Tyre Nichols’s Police Murder and the Pathologizing of Blackness Tyre Nichols’s Police Murder and the Pathologizing of Blackness

How anti-Black brutality has become the binding force of American identity.

Jan 31, 2023 / Anthony Conwright

How Crypto Leaves Black Investors in the Red

How Crypto Leaves Black Investors in the Red How Crypto Leaves Black Investors in the Red

The pillaging of Black communities in pursuit of the Black dollar is part of the premise of building wealth in America.

Jan 4, 2023 / Anthony Conwright

President Biden signing bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

Juneteenth and the Problem of American Freedom Juneteenth and the Problem of American Freedom

Of course, Juneteenth should be recognized as a Black holiday belonging to Black people. But this is not a day purely of joyful celebration.

Jun 19, 2021 / Anthony Conwright

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