tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339821158923815105.post7615442952609867728..comments2023-11-01T16:17:13.089-04:00Comments on Racial Innocence: Book Launch Feb. 8!Robin Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13779213058386648690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339821158923815105.post-38595383261498948462012-02-01T09:41:02.343-05:002012-02-01T09:41:02.343-05:00Hi, Jeff. Thanks for being the first to comment o...Hi, Jeff. Thanks for being the first to comment on my blog! I don't cite Baldwin in the book (FNT falls just outside the temporal parameters), but I just went back and looked at my copy--and discovered that I had highlighted the section you mention. I think Baldwin influenced me quite a bit.Robin Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779213058386648690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339821158923815105.post-84947668527597961492012-01-30T18:11:50.563-05:002012-01-30T18:11:50.563-05:00Nice Blog start. Wish I could be at your release e...Nice Blog start. Wish I could be at your release event. I just thought of you, as my students in my black masculinities class are talking about "innocence"as Baldwin discusses it in Fire Next Time. I am certain you know this--where he discusses innocence as a device to not only enable white racism, but to also make natural white abuses of black men.Jeffrey McCunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181504036516651125noreply@blogger.com