Examining America’s “Whitelash” and the state of voting rights

Our Body Politic

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News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government, News

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our Body Politic, we focus on two hot topics in the news: the wave of white supremacist sentiments that has taken hold inside and outside of government, and the state of voting rights in America. First, Our Body Politic host and creator Farai Chideya speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery about his latest book,“American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress,” examining the “whitelash” to the notion of a “post-racial America” after the election of President Barack Obama. Then, Farai is joined by Tiffany Jeffers, associate professor of law at Georgetown Law and Our Body Politic contributor And Kimberly Atkins Stohr, senior opinion writer and columnist for Boston Globe Opinion, to discuss the latest Supreme Court ruling on voting rights, the legitimacy of SCOTUS, and President Donald Trump’s indictments, and how all of these factors may play a role in the 2024 presidential election.

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0:47.4	In 2008, Senator Barack Obama was elected as the next president of the United States and, of course,
0:53.6	the first black American commander
0:55.6	in chief. Some people saw this as a historic victory for what was called a post-racial America.
1:01.6	But instead, President Obama's election incited a new wave of white supremacist sentiment both inside
1:07.4	and outside of government. That's the opening premise of a new book by Pulitzer Prize
1:12.4	winning journalist Wesley Lowry. It's titled American White Lash, a changing nation and the cost
1:18.1	of progress. Lowry, who won his Pulitzer at the Washington Post for the Fatal Force Project,
1:23.6	which documents on-duty police shootings, is currently a contributing editor at the Marshall
1:28.6	Project and a journalist in residence at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
1:34.2	Thanks for joining us, Wesley.
1:35.9	Thanks so much for having me.
1:37.2	It's great to be here.
1:37.8	Yeah, it's great to talk with you.
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