Racism is finally getting the attention it deserves, including the violence that people of color experience at the hands of the police. But can contemporary racism be understood outside of capitalism? Historian Touré Reed argues against artificially separating race from class — what he terms race reductionism. Resources: Touré F. Reed, Toward Freedom The Case … Continued
On today’s program, best-selling writer Ta-Nehisi Coates explores race in America. On October 28, Coates spoke to a packed house in Berkeley Ca. The event was produced by KPFA and moderated by Greg Bridges. With Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. … Continued
“What to the Slave Is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech; Danny Glover & Ta-Nehisi Coates Make the Case for Reparations at Historic Congressional Hearing; Ta-Nehisi Coates: Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Also Centuries of Theft & Racial Terror; Ta-Nehisi Coates: “Joe Biden Shouldn’t Be President”.
“What to the Slave Is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech; Danny Glover & Ta-Nehisi Coates Make the Case for Reparations at Historic Congressional Hearing; Ta-Nehisi Coates: Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Also Centuries of Theft & Racial Terror; Ta-Nehisi Coates: “Joe Biden Shouldn’t Be President”.
Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Would Like to See Donald Trump Resign & Leave White House; Ta-Nehisi Coates: With a Racist in the White House, the Bloodshed in Charlottesville was Predictable; “We Were 8 Years in Power”: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Obama, Trump & White Fear of “Good Negro Government”; Ta-Nehisi Coates on How Cities & Municipalities Are … Continued
Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Would Like to See Donald Trump Resign & Leave White House; Ta-Nehisi Coates: With a Racist in the White House, the Bloodshed in Charlottesville was Predictable; “We Were 8 Years in Power”: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Obama, Trump & White Fear of “Good Negro Government”; Ta-Nehisi Coates on How Cities & Municipalities Are … Continued
Listen to excerpts of the audiobooks “Lies My Teacher Told Me” by James W. Loewen; “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn; and “Between The World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. With Host Mitch Jeserich.
Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about his latest book, Between the World and Me. Between the World and Me is Ta–Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son.
We speak with author Julianne Malveaux about her new book, Are We Better Off? And later we offer the Best of Fund Drive “thank you” gifts. A look at the Black Panther Party and KPFA’s Speakers Pack!
Ta-Nehisi Coates KPFA Event “Between The World and Me” Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Davey D.
