Sonali Kolhatkar's new book promotes 'Rising Up' to change narratives about race
Host Deepa Fernandes speaks with journalist Sonali Kolhatkar about her new book “Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice.” In it, she explores the narratives about race that we encounter in the news media, where they came from, and how to rewrite them.
Author Sonali Kolhatkar. (Courtesy of Amanda McIntosh)
Book excerpt: ‘Rise Up’
By Sonali Kolhatkar
Narrative Power: How Black and Brown Filmmakers are Infiltrating Hollywood
The narratives around race that television and film produce influence how Americans perceive and relate to one another. But just as our screens can foster narratives that reinforce racial hierarchies, they can also be used to promote ones that dissolve them. We can, and should, think of television and movies as useful tools for narrative work and consciousness-shifting on a mass scale.
What’s heartening is that that Black, Brown, and Indigenous creators are
