Benjamin Fleury-Steiner – Remembering October 7

Buy Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813492:29 Have we already forgotten the horror of October 7? 9:22 Ben: We can’t ignore the loss of innocent life in Gaza 13:58 “From the river to the sea” and “all lives matter” 22:00 Celebrating the deaths of Israelis 26:31 Drawing the line at BDS 33:05 Glenn: If you want free speech, prepare to be uncomfortable 37:44 Columbia University administrators put on leave after allegedly antisemitic text messages 41:41 How Glenn discovered Benjamin’s work 47:40 The social meaning of race 51:01 The invitation to empathy in Late Admissions 59:02 Benjamin’s work with the Inside-Out Prison Exchange ProgramRecorded July 10, 2024Links and ReadingsBenjamin’s book, Juror’s Stories of Death: How America’s Death Penalty Invests in InequalityBenjamin’s book, Dying Inside: The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone PrisonBenjamin’s book, Disposable Heroes: The Betrayal of African American VeteransGlenn’s conversation with Omer BartovGlenn’s book, Race, Incarceration, and American ValuesGlenn’s book, The Anatomy of Racial InequalityErving Goffman’s book, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled IdentityErving Goffman’s book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeRobert Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American CommunityOrlando Patterson’s book, Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative StudyColeman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind AmericaEduardo Bonilla-Silva’s book, Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in AmericaGlenn’s conversation with his son, Glenn Loury IIThe Inside-Out Prison Exchange Student This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe