Emma Dabiri and Alex Renton on Race, Reckoning and What We Can Do Next

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🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Emma Dabiri, Irish-Nigerian academic and broadcaster, and Alex Renton, British-Canadian investigative journalist, have established themselves as important voices in the current debates taking place around race, class and identity. And in this week's episode they come to Intelligence Squared to discuss how we can move forward on these seemingly intractable issues. The episode was hosted by Farah Jassat Head of Podcasts at Intelligence Squared. To buy Dabiri's book click here: https://amzn.to/3hgSuyn For Alex Renton's book click here: https://bit.ly/3qyhSUq Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Intelligence Square listeners, producer Faye Adabita here. I just wanted to let
0:05.3	you know about our first Intelligence Square collection, Black History and
0:09.3	Culture. We're revisiting some of our favourite live events and podcasts from
0:13.9	the past 20 years, showcasing great creators and thinkers, including the co-founder
0:19.4	for Black Lives Matter movement, Alicia Garza, poet and activist Benjamin
0:24.3	Zephaniah and playwright, novelist, critic and broadcaster Bonnie Greer. We also
0:30.4	delve into debates such as should the West pay reparations for slavery and hip-hop
0:35.6	versus Shakespeare. Just search Intelligence Square, Black History and Culture
0:40.5	wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, I'm Rory Stewart and I'd like to tell you
0:46.1	about an Intelligence Square event I'm doing with the classicist author and
0:50.2	broadcaster Mary Beard. Together we'll be discussing politics and power from
0:54.9	the Caesars to Sunak, who gets to win par, who is excluded, does power always
1:00.1	corrupt or other examples of leaders who've maintained their integrity while
1:04.2	an authority. And how does the nature of power vary across different times and
1:08.5	cultures? These are just some of the questions that Mary and I will be trying to
1:12.1	answer. In person tickets are now sold out, but you can still watch online on
1:16.6	13th November at 7pm BST. Put your questions first live as we discuss power and
1:22.3	politics down the ages. Hello podcast listeners, I'm Connor and welcome to this
1:26.7	week's episode of Intelligence Square. Today we're joined by Emma Dabbery and
1:30.1	Alex Renton. They discuss how the historical legacy of slavery still impacts
1:35.3	society today and what we can all do to dismantle racism in society. It's a
1:39.5	really fascinating conversation and it was chaired by Intelligence Square's
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