Dr. Jafari Sinclaire Allen, PhD

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Dr. Jafari Sinclaire Allen, PhD is an Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology of the University of Texas at Austin. Additional affiliations: Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Center for African and African American Studies. Click here to contact Dr. Allen.

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“So to bind each son…”? Recalling the Talented Tenth & Re-thinking ‘Brokedown’ Black Gender and Sex Politics

By Dr. Jafari Sinclaire Allen, PhD Guest Commentator

The recent article titled “Morehouse College faces its own bias – against gays” in the Los Angles Times, by Richard Fausset, bookends the recent history of homophobia and gay articulation at Morehouse with the heinous 2002 baseball-bat beating of a Morehouse student, Greg Love, by a dormitory mate, Aaron Price, and the historic “No More…

The recent article titled "Morehouse College faces its own bias – against gays" in the Los Angles Times, by Richard Fausset, bookends the recent history of…

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