Tommy Curry (professor)

Tommy J. Curry is an American author and professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University.

He is the first African-American professor in the history of the philosophy department at Texas A&M University. Curry received his masters at DePaul University and his doctorate in philosophy from Southern Illinois University. His main research areas include critical race theory, Black Male Studies, and Africana philosophy.[1] According to various documents including a signed statement by other faculty in Texas A&M University's philosophy department, Curry was hired specifically to research Critical Race Theory and revolutionary violence and armed resistance. Curry's publications and podcasts routinely give credit to radical race scholars such as Derrick Bell, Richard Delgado, and Robert Guthrie for their intellectual influence and guidance.

In 2017, Curry was targeted by white supremacists and the alt-right related to previous statements he had made comparing revolutionary violence and armed self-defense in the United States in a podcast analyzing Jamie Foxx's lead character in Django.[2] Curry received death threats after the comments he made in 2012 on a conservative website[3] Rod Dreher admitted in a subsequent interview with the Chronicle that he targeted Curry after a student at Texas A&M University said they were disturbed by his research and classes on American racism. Dreher then admitted that Curry's "language choices and rate of speech" offended him, whereupon he decided to write a series of blogs attacking the professor. Curry later blamed the situation on the alt-right's targeting of Black professors and other anti-racism scholars across the country.[4]

Curry is the author of The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood (2017).

References

  1. ↑ "Tommy Curry | Professor". Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. ↑ "What is a black professor in America allowed to say?". The Guardian. 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  3. ↑ Rod Dreher (2017-07-28). "The Tommy Curry Situation". Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  4. ↑ Sarita Farnelli (2017-09-21). "Attack on Academia, Part 5: Interview with Tommy Curry". Retrieved 2017-12-13.


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