Drawing on Black feminism, Afro-pessimism, and critical race theory, the contributors to Antiblackness trace the forms of antiblackness across time and space, showing how the dehumanization of Black people has been foundational to the establishment of modernity.

Drawing on Black feminism, Afro-pessimism, and critical race theory, the contributors to Antiblackness trace the forms of antiblackness across time and space, showing how the dehumanization of Black people has been foundational to the establishment of modernity.