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Cultural critic Johnson opens his debut essay collection by noting that Black people are always left out of conversations about genius. Yet, as he argues and illustrates, Black genius is evident everywhere throughout the United States and is at the heart of American ingenuity. Black Americans inventively and relentlessly surviving and thriving exemplify genius—transforming necessity into virtue in all creative fields. Corporate mass production has continually co-opt...Log In or Sign Up to Read More