[1]Is whitelash enough of an explainer for the rise of President-elect Donald Trump?

Is it rigorous enough to blame the people who didn’t show up to vote for our impending collective struggle under this administration?

On this edition, we hear from Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. Dr. Taylor most recently wrote, “From Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation.” We’ll be sharing a talk with Dr. Taylor’s insights on Black Liberation as framed through this most recent election.

Featuring:

Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation,” assistant professor of African American Studies at Princeton University

Credits:

Host: R.J. Lozada

Producers: Monica Lopez, Marie Choi, RJ Lozada, Anita Johnson

Executive Director: Lisa Rudman

Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin

Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker

Special thanks to KPFA for hosting and recording Dr. Taylor’s speech.

For More information:

Book: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation [2]

Podcast: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Black Lives Matter and Black Liberation [3], Who Makes Cents?

“Achieving Black Liberation: A Conversation With Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor” [4], Truthout

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “What About Racism” [5], Jacobin

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “How We Get Free”, [6] Jacobin

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “Black Faces in High Places” [7], Jacobin

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “No More Eric Garners” [8], Jacobin

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “Organizing Fergusons” [9], Jacobin

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “Poverty and the Tailspin of Culture” [10], Jacobin

[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Keeanga-Yamahtta-Taylor.jpg

[2] https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/778-from-blacklivesmatter-to-black-liberation

[3] https://whomakescentspodcast.com/2016/04/01/episode-20-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-on-black-lives-matter-and-black-liberation/

[4] http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35103-achieving-black-liberation-a-conversation-with-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor

[5] https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/03/black-lives-matter-slavery-discrimination-socialism/

[6] https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/10/black-lives-matter-freddie-gray-civil-war/

[7] https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/05/baltimore-uprising-protests-freddie-gray-black-politicians/

[8] https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/12/no-more-eric-garners/

[9] https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/11/organizing-fergusons/

[10] https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/03/poverty-and-the-tailspin-of-culture/