The Dig: Race and Class in the Liberal Suburbs with Lily Geismer
Dan interviews Lily Geismer, the author of Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party. While Boston whites fought school busing in the streets, suburban liberals along Route 128 maintained and benefited from the la...
August 2, 2019
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August 2, 2019
The Dig: Race and Class in the Liberal Suburbs with Lily Geismer
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The Dig: Race and Class in the Liberal Suburbs with Lily Geismer
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<p>Dan interviews Lily Geismer, the author of Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party. While Boston whites fought school busing in the streets, suburban liberals along Route 128 maintained and benefited from the larger system of metropolitan residential and school segregation that made the crisis possible. Suburban liberals also played a key role in creating a new Democratic Party that embraced a superficial politics of recognition while advancing a technocratic elite-driven neoliberal agenda that included the demonization and persecution of poor black mothers on welfare and mass incarceration.</p><p>Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at <a href="http://www.versobooks.com" rel="nofollow">www.versobooks.com</a></p><p>Please support this podcast with your money at <a href="Patreon.com/TheDig" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com/TheDig</a></p>
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