Ep. 308 Viral Justice by Ruha Benjamin -- The Stacks Book Club (Uché Blackstock)
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Physician and bestselling author Uché Blackstock returns to discuss the memoir-manifesto Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin. We talk about viral justice and viral injustice, and how American individualism is one of the biggest challenges to the work of abolition. We also unpack why we struggle with owning the power we have, and how viral justice can show up in our communities, from education to labor and beyond.
Be sure to listen to the end of today’s episode to find out what our March book club pick will be.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, everybody. I want to tell you all about a show that I think you might enjoy. |
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| 1:03.7 | Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books. Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. |
| 1:16.0 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today is our February Book Club Day. |
| 1:21.0 | We are joined by the brilliant doctor, author, and now New York Times bestseller |
| 1:26.8 | Ucheh Blackstock. Uche was here earlier this month to discuss her debut book, |
| 1:32.4 | Legacy, A Black Physician Reckons with Racism and Medicine. |
| 1:36.0 | This time, she and I are going to be talking all about Ruha Benjamin's book, |
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