X—The Problem of the Negro as a Problem for ThoughtXThe Problem of the Negro as a Problem for Thought offers an original account of matters African American, and by implication the African diaspora in general, as an object of discourse and knowledge. It likewise challenges the conception of analogous objects of study across dominant ethnological disciplines (e. g., anthropology, history, and sociology) and the various forms of cultural, ethnic, and postcolonial studies. With special reference to the