The Dig: Revisiting Racecraft with Barbara and Karen Fields
A lengthy interview with historian Barbara Fields and sociologist Karen Fields on their seminal essay collection Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life. Dan talks to the sister scholars about the book; how Ta-Nehisi Coates’s primordialist v...
December 13, 2017
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December 13, 2017
The Dig: Revisiting Racecraft with Barbara and Karen Fields
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The Dig: Revisiting Racecraft with Barbara and Karen Fields
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<p>A lengthy interview with historian Barbara Fields and sociologist Karen Fields on their seminal essay collection <i>Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life</i>. Dan talks to the sister scholars about the book; how Ta-Nehisi Coates’s primordialist view of white racism spells defeat; how racism serves the interest of capitalist class war, how endless debates over Rachel Dolezal distract us from that fact; and a whole ton more. This is over two hours, so you might want to bite it off on a few chunks, or on a long drive. Thanks to our sponsors at Verso. <i><a href="versobooks.com/books/2109-tear-gas" rel="nofollow">Check out Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of WWI to the Streets of Today</a></i> by Anna Feigenbaum. And support your (favorite?) left-wing podcast at <a href="http://Patreon.com/TheDig!" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com/TheDig!</a></p><div></div>
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