Despite a long history of black presence and contribution, the academic space is still the stronghold of capitalist white supremacy.

Debarati Biswas
Debarati Biswas holds a PhD in English and Africana studies from the Graduate Center, CUNY. She teaches in the English department at Hunter College, CUNY. She is currently completing her book manuscript, “Brother Outsider: The Aesthetics of Elsewheres and Be/longing in African American Men’s Literature.”