Split

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Winters, Joseph R

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Wicker, Kent

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Coleman, Douglass

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2024-03-07T22:14:00Z

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2024-03-07T22:14:00Z

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2024-02-29

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Graduate Liberal Studies

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The beginning of the 21st century comes off as familiar, the remake of a violent and divisive time in our history. Like we are all on a slippery, rapidly accelerating slide into increasing civil strife, neighbor against neighbor. Political, economic, and racial differences feel like they create extreme world views which cannot coexist, especially in the United States. As a Black man, the world feels increasingly anti-Black. How can we make alliances, build coalitions, or create unity, if we do not trust each other’s intentions? For those of us who are believers in people, we have faith in a brighter day. I have utilized speculative fiction short stories to explore these issues. What if things got worse before they got better? What if the United States split apart, how would we rebuild and reorganize society? Speculative fiction can suggest some practices and visions of a possible future? My stories navigate a dystopian world, where characters reach toward a utopian reality. Speculative fiction can serve as practice, a trial to examine issues of division, alliance, and coalition, given the current, divisive historical moment. We have all had the conversation a thousand times: what is to be done with this world we live in? We can be better informed by utilizing the fictional exploration of real-world social challenges. This piece will serve as part of the unfinished conversation with my father, my friends, and those whom I would call allies.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/30356

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en_US

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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speculative fiction

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Colonialism

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dystopian

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Culture

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Racism

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Black feminism

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Social justice

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Split

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Underbelly, Tank, Contested, Companion

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Capstone project

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