Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Vincent Lloyd’s “Black Natural Law”
12 Sep 2018
Black natural law allows us to identify the ideas of the powers that be, the ideas of the wealthy and the white, and demolish them.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: David Leonard’s “Playing While White”
05 Sep 2018
White athletes, coaches, media, and fans must become accomplices in the struggle for racial justice. “Sports produces and embodies the wages of whiteness.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Howard Bryant’s “The Heritage”
05 Sep 2018
The commercializing of the military and police is central to the selling of sports today, and protesting either has turned the athlete into an enemy of the state.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Omise’eke Tinsley’s “Ezili’s Mirrors”
29 Aug 2018
This book asks readers ‘to follow Ezili’s lead by imagining worlds in which black women, black queer folk, masisi…ev’ry body has value—ev’ry black body is a divine gift.’”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Charlene Carruthers’ “Unapologetic”
29 Aug 2018
Unapologetic lays out a case for the abolition of the prison industrial complex and a pathway towards transformation that is paired with accountability.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Macarena Gómez-Barris’ “The Extractive Zone”
22 Aug 2018
The view that we have no future allows those on the planet with privilege to continue with their ideology of disposability.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Julietta Singh’s “Unthinking Mastery”
22 Aug 2018
Singh’s book argues that we have yet to understand critically and dynamically how dangerous all forms and practices of mastery are.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Robyn Spencer’s “The Revolution Has Come”
15 Aug 2018
“The Panthers spoke out about the ravages of capitalism and aligned themselves with anti-imperialist and anti-colonial forces from Vietnam to South Africa to Palestine.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Stephen Dillon’s “Fugitive Life”
15 Aug 2018
“Hundreds of activists in the 1970s left behind families, friends, jobs, and their identities in order to disappear into the underground.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Mehrsa Baradaran’s “The Color of Money”
08 Aug 2018
“’Black capitalism’ was a crucial part of President Nixon’s ‘southern strategy’ and the rhetoric and administration of his program is still intact.”