0:08 – We start this archival show on the theme of Juneteenth with a book talk by Ibram X Kendi (@DrIbram), Professor at Boston University and Director of that institution’s Center for Antiracist Research. The talk was presented by KPFA on May 4th of 2017, discussing his then-latest book, Stamped From the Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. Since this talk, he was named on Time’s 2020 list of 100 Most Influential People, and in 2021 received a MacArthur Genius award.
0:33 – In the second hour, a conversation about municipal debt and inequality with Destin Jenkins (@destinkjenkins), Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University. His latest book is The Bonds of Inequality: Debt and the Making of the American City.