Think from KERA

American Racism, As Viewed From Abroad


Listen Later

When Civil Rights leaders are trying to get an idea across to Americans, a common strategy is to get American allies abroad onboard with the same idea. Brenda Gayle Plummer is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and she joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the deeply rooted tradition of fighting anti-Black racism by appealing to other countries, and what the global protest movement means for our democracy. Her article “Civil Rights Has Always Been a Global Movement” was published in Foreign Affairs.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Think from KERABy KERA

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

894 ratings


More shows like Think from KERA

View all
TED Radio Hour by NPR

TED Radio Hour

21,926 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,823 Listeners

Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

32,232 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,450 Listeners

The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,903 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,641 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,661 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,911 Listeners

On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,232 Listeners

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti by WBUR

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

4,030 Listeners

On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

On Being with Krista Tippett

10,394 Listeners

Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Science Friday

6,463 Listeners

The Pulse by WHYY

The Pulse

344 Listeners

1A by NPR

1A

4,705 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,511 Listeners