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'''Afro-pessimism''' is a [[Postcolonialism|postcolonial]] ideology that claims [[African diaspora|people of African descent]] are doomed with possibility for change. It claims that [[racism]] makes [[Proletarian revolution|revolution]] impossible and is rooted in [[post-Marxism]] and [[idealism]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Tricontinental]]|title=Ten Theses on Marxism and Decolonisation|date=2022-09-20|url=https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-ten-theses-on-marxism-and-decolonisation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609175330/https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-ten-theses-on-marxism-and-decolonisation/|archive-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> | '''Afro-pessimism''' is a [[Postcolonialism|postcolonial]] ideology that claims [[African diaspora|people of African descent]] are doomed with possibility for change. It claims that [[racism]] makes [[Proletarian revolution|revolution]] impossible and is rooted in [[post-Marxism]] and [[idealism]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Tricontinental]]|title=Ten Theses on Marxism and Decolonisation|date=2022-09-20|url=https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-ten-theses-on-marxism-and-decolonisation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609175330/https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-ten-theses-on-marxism-and-decolonisation/|archive-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> Critics, like Ajamu Baraka, argue that Afro-pessimism emerged as a result of Statesian suppression of the Black Liberation movement, an increasing identification among Black people with 'Americanism,' and the Presidency of Barack Obama.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Ajamu Baraka|newspaper=Black Agenda Report|title=From Pan Africanism to Afropessimism: Palestine and the Degeneration of Black Politics|date=2024-08-21|url=https://www.blackagendareport.com/pan-africanism-afropessimism-palestine-and-degeneration-black-politics|archive-url=https://archive.ph/gPXRu|archive-date=2024-08-21|retrieved=2025-10-20|quote="The other element that capped off this process of Americanization, politically and culturally and ideologically, was the ascendancy of Barack Obama beginning in 2008. In that last vestiges of critical thought of this survivalist ability of Black people to separate themselves from the perspectives and positions of white America and the American state... There was this wholesale identification with the U.S. state, people proudly embracing their “Americanism.” And Barack Obama led our people to some of the most backward political positions ever held by Black people in this country."}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:32, 20 October 2025
Afro-pessimism is a postcolonial ideology that claims people of African descent are doomed with possibility for change. It claims that racism makes revolution impossible and is rooted in post-Marxism and idealism.[1] Critics, like Ajamu Baraka, argue that Afro-pessimism emerged as a result of Statesian suppression of the Black Liberation movement, an increasing identification among Black people with 'Americanism,' and the Presidency of Barack Obama.[2]
References
- ↑ "Ten Theses on Marxism and Decolonisation" (2022-09-20). Tricontinental. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09.
- ↑ “"The other element that capped off this process of Americanization, politically and culturally and ideologically, was the ascendancy of Barack Obama beginning in 2008. In that last vestiges of critical thought of this survivalist ability of Black people to separate themselves from the perspectives and positions of white America and the American state... There was this wholesale identification with the U.S. state, people proudly embracing their “Americanism.” And Barack Obama led our people to some of the most backward political positions ever held by Black people in this country."”
Ajamu Baraka (2024-08-21). "From Pan Africanism to Afropessimism: Palestine and the Degeneration of Black Politics" Black Agenda Report. Archived from the original on 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2025-10-20.