Black Grief, White Grievance, and the Politics of Loss

Mike talks with Juliet Hooker, the Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science at Brown University. Professor Hooker is a political theorist specializing in racial justice and has authored multiple books, the latest of which is Black Grief/White Grievance: The Politics of Loss, which is the topic of their discussion. Topics Mike and Juliet Cover Include: - the meaning of Black grief and white grievance - justified and unjustified political loss - why the context of a loss is important - differing responses to political loss - the baseline entitlement assumptions of whites in America - the politics of refusal - racism and the narrowing of the political imagination - the ‘dominant official romantic narrative’ of the civil rights movement - repairing vs salvaging American democracy - reasons for optimism The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesThe Politics Guys on Facebook | XListener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys.The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.