American Whitelash

In The Thick

Futuro Media

News, Politics

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Maria and Julio are joined by Wesley Lowery, journalist and author, to discuss his new book “American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress.” They get into how the election of Barack Obama in 2008 led to an increase in anti-immigrant, white supremacist and racially-motivated violence in America.

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Photo credit: Wesley Lowery

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0:00.0	What's up everybody from Futuronini at PRX, it's in the thick, yes, the podcast about politics,
0:15.1	race and culture.
0:16.6	I'm Maria Inohosa.
0:17.6	And I'm Julio Ricardo Varela.
0:20.2	So we're going to dive right in because we have a special guest today, joining us from
0:24.6	Washington DC is Wes Lowry, journalist and author of the new book, American White
0:29.8	Blash, a changing nation and the cost of progress.
0:33.5	Wes, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up?
0:36.0	That's too much.
0:37.0	How are you?
0:38.0	What's going on, guys?
0:39.0	How are you all?
0:40.0	Good to see you.
0:41.0	It's been seven years since we've had you on the show.
0:42.0	That can't be true.
0:43.0	I'm doing this big story.
0:44.0	It's seven years.
0:45.0	It's unreal.
0:46.0	Do you know what the title of the show was because I totally did the research.
0:52.2	Oh my goodness.
0:53.2	Sorry, Maria.
0:54.4	Don't know the title of the show is like, it's not racist to report on race.
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