Merze Tate and the Promise of an Antiracist Realism

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Brief Overview

I argue for Merze Tate's inclusion into the contemporary realist canon. Tate, an African-American woman, was a prominent historian from the 1940s-1960s. Returning to Tate is essential as she was an early thinker of race and international politics.

Author

• Kevin Bustamante, University of Notre Dame