Diasporic distance and hostility produced Black theory’s penetrating insight

Evidence

The conditions for modern Black theory were present first in the African diaspora. Far from Africa and physically enveloped by hostile communities, Black opposition acquired a penetrative comprehension. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 120

Categorization

• QUESTION: The counterintuitive claim that exile sharpened theoretical comprehension invites further investigation of how deterritorialization enables critique.