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In Class with Carr

S E1296: In Class with Carr, Ep. 296: Victory Laps

In Class with Carr

Knarrative

Africana Studies, Society & Culture, Education, History, Karen Hunter, Empowerment, Greg Carr

4.9 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

The early November state and local elections held in the United State are part of a broader global wave of resistance to rising inequality and predatory government. From Tanzania and Madagascar to Bangladesh and Nepal, popular uprisings have triggered sudden changes in governments—or threatened to do so. In the United States, this week’s results reflect popular and voter response to deepening inequities and the widely unpopular policies of a Trump administration serving as a delivery system for long-desired hard-right initiatives backed by billionaires, think tanks, assorted neofascists and a deeply diseducated voting base mobilized and deployed through fear and manipulation of racial division and cultural grievance. In the aftermath of political shifts—large and small—people engaged in struggle, whether through elections, popular mobilization, or both, understandably take “victory laps,” in the wake of what appear to be watershed moments. These celebrations are often followed by policymaking disappointments, followed by renewed calls to stay committed to the longer fight, typically through deploying the same tactics that produced the incremental victories. What lessons from the current U.S. electoral moment might guide our next steps?

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0:00.0

this is karen hunter and welcome to in class with car this is a space where during the pandemic

0:07.7

we imagined what it would look like to teach a class online that would be for the world and it

0:14.4

started with a simple question can i press record it was a question that i asked of the people's professor

0:19.9

dr gray car At the time,

0:22.0

he was the head of Africana Studies at Howard University. He's still teaching the world. And in this

0:26.8

space, we have been going strong since 2020. And it has been amazing. So tune in to In Class

0:33.8

with Carr. And thank you for joining us. You can follow us by the way at

0:37.9

Narrative with a K. Join us Narrative with a K. The K is silent like knowledge. K

0:43.0

N-A-R-R-A-T-I-V-E narrative.com. If you want to have a deeper relationship with us,

0:49.5

join us there. Stay tuned. In this new age we make for ourselves, we will refuse to allow those who traffic

0:59.0

in division and hate to pit us against one another.

1:05.0

In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light.

1:13.6

Here, we believe in standing up for those we love.

1:18.6

Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community,

1:24.6

one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job. A single mom

1:32.6

still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down. Or anyone else with their back against

1:40.1

the wall, your struggle is ours too.

1:47.0

And we will build a city hall that stands steadfast

1:51.0

alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight

1:55.0

against the scourge of anti-Semitism.

1:58.0

Where the more than one million Muslims know that they belong

2:07.6

not just in the five boroughs of this city but in the halls of power no more

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