Episode · The Realignment · 2021-12-02
Books mentioned on 181 | Kyle Strickland: 20th Century Racial Liberalism’s Reached a Dead End. What’s Next?
Kyle Strickland, Deputy Director, Race and Democracy at the Roosevelt Institute joins The Realignment to build upon last week’s episode with John McWhorter. Kyle is the co-author of a new report: A New Paradigm for Justice and Democracy: Moving Beyond the Twin Failures of Neoliberalism and Racial Liberalism.
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Woke Racism
Woke Racism by John McWhorter is a critique arguing that modern anti-racism functions as a dogmatic religion and harms Black America.
Discussed“author of woke racism which is basically pushing back on modern social justice civil rights discourse on the left and in the democratic party”
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The Sum of Us
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee is an examination of how zero-sum racial narratives undermine public goods, economic stability, and civic infrastructure for society as a whole.
Recommended“that's why i think heather mcgee with her phenomenal book some of us talks about the connection between race and the economy and how our fates are linked”
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