#448 Touré Reed - Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism
RECORDED ON JANUARY 13th 2021.
Dr. Touré Reed is a professor in the History department at Illinois State University. Dr. Reed earned his BA in American Studies from Hampshire College (Amherst, MA), and his PhD in History from Columbia University (New York, NY). Dr. Reed’s research interests center on race, class, and inequality. He’s the author of Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism.
In this episode, we focus on Toward Freedom. We go through some of the history of black politics in the US, including slavery, the post-New Deal period, the post-war period, the civil rights movement, Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, Reagan and neoliberalism, and current political movements. We also discuss the relationship between race and class, and race and class reductionism. We also talk about solutions for the social and economic situation Black Americans find themselves in, like affirmative action and reparations, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Time Links:
Intro
The history of politicizing race
The dynamic between race and class
Lyndon B. Johnson and the War on Poverty
Reagan and Neoliberalism
Tackling economic inequality
Reparations
Crimes rates in black communities, mass incarceration, and their causes
Political discourse in today’s America
Black Lives Matter
Moving beyond race reductionism
Follow Dr. Reed’s work!
Follow Dr. Reed’s work:
Faculty page: http://bit.ly/37xpQW8
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/3skb5yh
Amazon page: https://amzn.to/3oHY27I
Toward Freedom: https://amzn.to/34shDk0