In memoriam

RIP

Winston Napier

The professor I respected most.

The man who took me farther, faster.

The man that gave me Percival Everett. The man that gave me chaos. The man that showed me what an intellectual is, and what academia should be.

The man that gave me the tools. The man that kicked convention in the face. The man that likely made an atheist of me - not because he was a cynic, but because he demanded truth and didn't tolerate shortcuts.

In losing him, the world loses progress. He will be missed. Thank you for showing me what I could be. No, thank you for demanding it. Thank you for being so damn tough and so damn stubborn. Thanks for being you and to hell with anyone else.

Thanks for TEACHING me, dammit. More than any other teacher dared to. You're one of the only ones I actually cared about pleasing.

No one will forget you.