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Why Do We Have a "Viral Underclass"? (w/ Steven Thrasher)

Current Affairs

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4645 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome to Current Affairs. My name is Nathan Robinson. I'm the editor-in-chief of Current Affairs Magazine. I am joined today by Dr. Stephen Thrasher. He is the Daniel Renberg Chair of Social Justice in Reporting and Assistant Professor of Journalism at the Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

0:39.4

He's also the author of the book, The Viral Underclass.

0:45.6

Professor Thrasher, thank you so much for joining us on current affairs today.

0:49.9

Thank you for having me.

0:51.3

Well, I actually, before we get to the subject of your book, let's talk about

0:57.1

Columbia, because you were there recently. This is one of the biggest things going on in the

1:02.5

country. And you talked about what you saw recently on Twitter. And I really liked it because

1:09.0

you had what I thought was a totally different

1:12.2

or challenging narrative. I think these things are often portrayed in the press as unruly,

1:21.2

angry. You portrayed it as beautiful, inspiring, and I want you to tell us about that.

1:27.9

Thank you, yeah. I also, it was unusual for a journalist to actually report from the place

1:32.9

that it was happening. I did find it really beautiful. I had gotten onto the campus. The

1:38.2

Columbia campus is quite large. You could avoid this entirely if you wanted to. But what I

1:43.2

saw was really quite beautiful. And the first

1:45.1

thing that sort of drew me into the Gaza Solidarity camp was I saw a young woman really diffused a situation

1:50.5

between a couple of Zionist students very effectively. And when I was congratulating her on how

1:56.4

deftly she had brought the temperature down on the situation. She actually invited me to come onto the lawn

2:01.7

where it was only students,

2:03.5

or mostly students and people they invited on.

2:05.7

And it was really beautiful to see the way

2:07.1

that they were experimenting with creating

2:09.1

a different kind of society.

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