Events
"Spilling Tea and Throwing Shade": Performing Black Queer Vernacular in Postsecondary Contexts
Date and Time
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:00 PM
Description
Dr. Reginald Blockett is an Assistant Professor in the Higher
Education program who studies the sociocultural experiences of queer
and trans collegians of color broadly, and Black sexual cultures
specifically. In this talk, Dr. Blockett reports on findings from a
multi-year study examining the queer worldmaking practices employed by
Black queer men in college. Mobilizing queer of color critique and
intersectionality as a core frameworks, Dr.
Blockett argues that
the performance of Black queer vernacular allows subjects to
(re)claim, recognize, and express sexual language through
non-heteronormative modes of communication. This talk will highlight
the unique linguistic capital Black queer men deploy as they respond
to anti-Black racism, heterocisnormativity, and hegemonic
masculinities across postsecondary contexts.