The Root Institute 2021: Does a New 'Black Renaissance' Mean We Can Be Critical of Our Art?
Tressie McMillan Cottom is a sociologist, a professor, a writer, and a 2020 MacArthur Fellow-but above all else, she's a truth-teller. If you've read her acclaimed 2019 collection Thick: And Other Essays, you already know this; likewise, if you follow her on Twitter. In fact, McMillan Cottom's strongly argued takes...