Brittney Cooper:
The Racial Politics of Time
Lecture | TED talks | San Francisco, California | October 2016
“If time had a race, it would be white. White people own time.” (Bittney Cooper)
„The defining feature of being drafted into the Black race [is] the inescapable robbery of time.“ (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Cultural theorist Brittney Cooper examines racism through the lens of time, showing us how historically it has been stolen from people of color, resulting in lost moments of joy and connection, lost years of healthy quality of life and the delay of progress. A candid, thought-provoking take on history and race that may make you reconsider your understanding of time, and your place in it.