The liberal humanist vision of the world imagines society on a slow, yet progressive march toward a more egalitarian, equitable, and free version of itself. Yes, there are the unfortunate missteps, the violent histories, and the regrettable mistakes, but our overall trajectory is toward greater freedom. It is out of such hopeful visions of the world that we get the Instagram progressivism of Trudeau 2.0 and the mantras of “Because it’s 2015,” and “Yes we can!”
Dionne Brand has long been a voice of staunch correction and opposition to this liberal…
Paul Barrett
Paul Barrett is an assistant professor in the English department at Concordia University. He is the author of Blackening Canada: Diaspora, Race, Multiculturalism. He writes on topics of race, digital humanities, and public culture in Canada.