From 2022: Raising Antiracist Leaders

In The Thick

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🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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We’re continuing our Best of ITT series to celebrate seven years of In The Thick with this episode from June 2022. Maria and Julio are joined by Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, for a conversation about his book “How to Raise an Antiracist.” They discuss the evolution of his antiracist scholarship, the rise in mass shootings and white supremacist attacks, and how Black and brown communities can work together in solidarity.

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0:00.0	Hey, ITT Familia, it's Maria Inohosa.
0:12.2	And I'm Julerica Loirella.
0:13.8	Dear listener, we're continuing our series sharing the best of in the thick.
0:18.4	And today's episode feels really relevant to what's been happening recently.
0:23.0	Now of course we know that February is Black History Month.
0:26.0	What an injustice.
0:27.0	The shortest month of the year.
0:28.8	Seriously.
0:29.8	Here on ITT, we're always celebrating our histories every day.
0:34.6	Now, this feels like a pretty special time, though, to share this particular episode.
0:40.4	Because if you all have been following the news in recent weeks, you know that African-American
0:45.0	studies have been under attack by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as if he's some kind of
0:51.4	professor or academic.
0:53.0	Right?
0:54.0	That's the thing.
0:55.0	Anyway, you know that after Governor DeSantis blocked an advanced placement, an AP, African-American
1:00.8	studies course, in the state of Florida, the college board actually went and announced
1:07.0	changes to the curriculum for AP African-American studies, which would, believe it or not, exclude
1:13.2	or make optional lessons involving Black Lives Matter, reparations, Black Queer Theory,
1:21.2	and mass incarceration.
1:23.2	I mean, WTF.
1:24.9	Let me just say it.
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