Jim talks with Pamela Denise Long about the nomination of Kamala Harris and what it might mean for American Freedmen. They discuss the meaning & value of the term "Freedmen," what it means to be Black & why it matters, misallocated affirmative action, Barack Obama's ethnicity, the history of Bantu & Nilotic Africans, Kamala Harris as a metaphor, parallels between Harris & Obama, the question of Harris's Blackness, Harris's decision to identify as Black, the influence on public policy, her statements about reparation, her hesitance to commit to direct redress for Freedmen, the context of an increasingly multiracial America, emphasizing the question of resources, remaining tensions between Black and White Americans, when ethnic identification prevents redress to Freedmen, who Denise will vote for in the election, lineage specificity, immigration moderation, the increased number of Black Americans planning to vote, and much more.

Episode Transcript

JRS EP 196 - Pamela Denise Long on Affirmative Action for Freedmen

Dr. Pamela Denise Long is principal project manager and implementation consultant at Youthcentrix. Denise holds an EdD in organizational development, MS in Learning & Cognition, and BHS in allied health. Dr. Long is an award-winning business consultant for implementing trauma-informed diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism, 7th gen American, “Radical Republican,” and media personality featured at Newsweek, FOX News, WVON, The Griot Politics/Black News Channel, and more.