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"Bigotry Is a Lethal Weapon": Ibram X. Kendi's Guide to Fighting Racism

"Bigotry Is a Lethal Weapon": Ibram X. Kendi's Guide to Fighting Racism

FromThe Mother Jones Podcast


"Bigotry Is a Lethal Weapon": Ibram X. Kendi's Guide to Fighting Racism

FromThe Mother Jones Podcast

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jun 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As national protests extend into a second week, associate producer Molly Swartz surveys the intersection of America’s twin crises, by profiling a group of out-of-work chefs hit by coronavirus closures who have banded together to provide protest-sustaining food in New York City. Also on the show, you’ll hear a repeat of our 2019 interview with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, whose book, “How To Be An Antiracist”, has climbed to third place on the New York Times bestseller list in the wake of the renewed protest movement, as Americans everywhere engage with his ideas about how to combat racism and the systems that abet it. Kendi combines searing autobiography with pointed analysis to show just how deeply racism is woven into our national—and global—fabric. He argues that the opposite of a racist isn’t someone who’s not racist, but instead an antiracist—someone who acknowledges how race has been constructed, and works actively against it.
Released:
Jun 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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