Photos and videos of Black people killed by the police have become ubiquitous on social media in the past decade. This proliferation of Black pain on public display has led to a broader consideration about what it means to bear witness to anti-Black violence without losing the ability to imagine a future for Black people that is unmarked by brutality. How do we envision a joyful future amid centuries of violence? In To Build a Black Future: The Radical Politics of Joy, Pain, and Care, scholar…

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