Today we’re discussing our 2nd book in the #readlessbasic book club. We encourage listeners to read more of Carol Anderson’s work and listen to her interview on Democracy Now.
Guests: Nate Bowling and Jennifer Newton
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Nate Bowling, host of the Channel 253 Nerd Farmer podcast
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Jennifer Newton, long time listener and even longer time friend. Educator, NBCT and general rabblerouser
Discussion Highlights:
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The connection between Anderson’s work and Derek Jensen’s Endgame
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The nature & goals of the book. Feels almost like a “second in a trilogy”
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White Fragility
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White Rage
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Things we gloss over in history classes but Anderson brings home
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How our own racial identity influences our reading of the book
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Criticism and wishes for the text
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Why everyone should read White Rage in the current political climate
Listener To Do List:
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Read the discussion of this book on Twitter #cleartheair
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Human Smoke Nicholson Baker
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“The Tunnel” Criminal Podcast, Episode 120