Big Think is doing a series on African American heritage this month, and I just spent the morning listening to every segment by Princeton Professor Harris-Lacewell. One of the most important contemporary thinkers about race and gender, Prof. Harris-Lacewell offers summaries of her work on African American attitudes and perceptions and culture. I can’t recommend both her work and these Big Think interviewlets highly enough. My favorite was her explanation of “what’s really going on” behind our attitudes about racial inequality today.
22 February 2008
Melissa Harris-Lacewell on Big Think
Posted by Todd under Capitalism & Economy, Cultural Critique, Inequality & Stratification, Race & Ethnicity | Tags: African American, Black heritage month, civil rights, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, racial justice |1 Comment
23 February 2008 at 3:07 am
Brilliant thinking. She speaks the truth. Thanks for the link.