English @ SUNY Geneseo | lael Truth | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/truth/activity/ Activity feed for lael Truth. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f3c3c602db2b405b57372496f2746fea lael Truth edited the blog post Afrofuturism and the Future of the U.S. in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10854/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:51:41 -0500 I have long struggled with the concept of Afrofuturism although I have had it defined for me several times. I think that the issue for me is understanding the real world application* of […]

]]> 0 a3aefd93074a07a6fc5e09348ebd611b lael Truth commented on the post, "Non-Zero Probabilities" and the Afrofuturistic, on the site (Im)Possibilities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10853/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:40:24 -0500 I confess, I was also quite confused as to how this reading related to Afrofuturism. I did some digging and found that the author (N.K. Jemisin) is a black woman. Since the reading had a science fiction feel, I […]

]]> 0 6204ab218f5e6406125d6d7cdbf02b34 lael Truth commented on the post, Snead/Space is the Place, on the site (Im)Possibilities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10850/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:28:40 -0500 I hear, respect, and agree with most of what you wrote. Although, I am curious, what exactly is “white culture”, as in what do you define it as? Additionally, I am curious, do you think that the entirety of white […]

]]> 0 2804c624907bcdeb6f55b0860d284de8 lael Truth commented on the post, Afrofuturism in Rap music, on the site (Im)Possibilities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10772/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 22:07:18 -0500 I really like the way you demonstrate Snead’s repetition via the recycling of beats in modern electronic music. What and interesting and creative approach!

]]> 0 1b8e39ddeaa4bd3f7056c9ecf35cddf6 lael Truth edited the blog post Renee Cox (Afrofuturism) in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10750/ Sun, 23 Sep 2018 20:45:17 -0500 I have struggled in finding things that are Afrofuturistic, because I think like many people I find it difficult to pin down an exact definition of this topic (shout out to one of my classmates posts from last […]

]]> 0 84c1c626389dafb58fd329c6b399a69b lael Truth commented on the post, Langston Hughes and Afrofuturism, on the site (Im)Possibilities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10709/ Wed, 19 Sep 2018 02:11:24 -0500 I think it is interesting how you bring up a “dystopia”. Your use of this word reminds me of how (arguably) utopias inevitably become dystopias.
Additionally, I am interested in what you stated above; “In a way, […]

]]> 0 0271b559e025f662c43f16acf3c4e976 lael Truth commented on the post, Music and Afrofuturism, on the site (Im)Possibilities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10708/ Wed, 19 Sep 2018 02:10:38 -0500 I agree entirely! I had never heard of Afrofuturism before this class! Indeed, I feel that our societal ignorance is, in part, a role in the rise of this movement.

]]> 0 351079a0bde434e52e93bcaa4674dcbf lael Truth edited the blog post Mr. Hughes And "Lieder" in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10678/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 01:48:41 -0500 Of all the readings so far, I have enjoyed Langston Hughes the most. I grew up with a copy of “I wonder as I wander” flouting around my house and ever since I read that beautiful title I have been intrigued by Mr. […]

]]> 0 5deade5a6e6e21e1f28efadb3007576c lael Truth commented on the post, response week 3, on the site (Im)Possibilities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10673/ Sun, 16 Sep 2018 23:57:11 -0500 I may be wrong, but I believe he may have chosen the form of the Libretto in order to further exemplify the struggle of the liberation of Liberia?
Alternatively, perhaps by using this hard to understand language […]

]]> 0 9706027c61ed577129f7a5b82d4b57aa lael Truth joined the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10660/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:20:38 -0500 0 d183f5cf6b6516411665a1925072c976 lael Truth commented on the post, In response to the Libretto for the Republic of Liberia, on the site (Im)Possibilities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10610/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:12:55 -0500 I agree that the reading was pretty tough, but your insights helped me understand the work in a more thorough manner.

]]> 0 06297c683187ca8e5f1f79c5c941e850 lael Truth wrote a new blog post Thinking in Confusion: Commentary on Libretto for the Republic of Liberia in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10580/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:07:22 -0500 “The Futurafrique glitters…the Momolu Bukere Black-Hound winging along the seven-lane Equatorial Highway toward Khopirû”(610). While reading M.B. Tolson’s Libretto for the Republic of Liberia I was intrigue […]

]]> 0 a4e36d952bc0505a33396cfd6cebffa2 lael Truth edited the blog post Smith BLKS188 Fall 18 in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10407/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 21:53:59 -0500 I sat down at my desk to read the class assignment never thinking, however naïvely, that the content would be quite so jarringly racist. I am sure my reaction to the Hegel excerpt was in no way unique, […]

]]> 0 e915f1ddf94aecb9d147758089af32ff lael Truth joined the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10369/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:36:24 -0500 0 d69071f0d38670fa052e05e03f67f4e9 lael Truth became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10314/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:42:44 -0500 0