Dr. Walter D. Greason connects the dots between the January 6th Insurrection and racial backlash targeting school boards. Let's discuss!
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Dr. Walter D. Greason, Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is an interdisciplinary scholar, historian, urbanist, and economist. In the wake of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, He posted “The Racial Violence Syllabus,” which attracted over 4 million individual uses, was translated into seven languages, and inspired projects like the Oscar-winning film “BlackKklansman.”
In this interview, Dr. Greason explains how school board attacks are the result of a new racial backlash movement after January 6th. He shares resources on how we can educate ourselves about racial backlash movements and take action to protect marginalized communities.
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Professor Walter Greason about how the January 6 attacks laid the groudwork for a silent insurrection of local school boards. Join as a Patreon member to engage with other members of the JustTalks Fam to discuss ways to get educated and take action in your community!
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On Patreon I have created space for members of the Just Talks Fam to engage with one another and extend our learning. Below, I've posted a few questions to get the dialog going. Feel free to post your responses or share questions or observations of your own:
In May of 2022, Steve Bannon stated, "The path to save the nation is very simple — it’s going to go through the school boards.” What connections do you see between the January 6th Insurrection and national attacks on school boards across the country?
Greason talks about mutual aid as a means of resistance. What does the term "mutual aid" mean to you? How can we leverage relationships and assets within our own communities to protect civil right gains?
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Over the past decade, Dr. Greason has published six books, topics of his books include, race, history, media, urban planning, and comics. In addition to working on a number of community-based programs, he also writes articles about the racial wealth gap and the patterns of economic globalization. Read a recent article, “Opinion: It’s time to break the traditions of white nationalism in our civic institutions.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...
Read a recent article, “Opinion: It’s time to break the traditions of white nationalism in our civic institutions.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/12/now-is-time-break-traditions-white-nationalism-our-civic-institutions/
Encyclopedia of Critical Whiteness Studies in Education, Contributing Author- Chapter 73: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/cities-imagined-african-diaspora-media-and-history
Path to Freedom, by Walter D Greason, Ph.D
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10799018-the-path-to-freedom
See more of his books here: https://www.walterdgreason.com/books
Recommended book: How the Suburbs Were Segregated by Paige Glotzer
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/how-the-suburbs-were-segregated/9780231179980#:~:text=The%20story%20of%20the%20rise,intent%20on%20defending%20racial%20barriers.