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Claudia Rankine: Just Us
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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Oct 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The illustrious author, poet, and playwright, Claudia Rankine, joins us with the release of her latest book, Just Us: An American Conversation. We discuss the conversations (3:12) and relationships (24:12) that comprise Just Us, the problem with color-blindness, a personal shift in perspective following her cancer diagnosis (16:53), how history remains present for black people (27:29), and why we must repeatedly unpack what privilege looks and sounds like in this country (40:26). To close, Claudia reads a timely and moving excerpt from Just Us (52:52).
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Released:
Oct 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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