Eula Biss — Talking About Whiteness
You can’t think about something if you can’t talk about it, says Eula Biss. The writer helpfully opens up lived words and ideas like complacence, guilt, and opportunity hoarding for an urgent reckoning with whiteness. This conversation was inspired by her 2015 essay in the New York Times, “White Debt.”
Episode 847 of the On Being with Krista Tippett podcast, hosted by On Being Studios, titled "Eula Biss — Talking About Whiteness" was published on June 11, 2020 and runs 51 minutes.
June 11, 2020 ·51m · On Being with Krista Tippett
Summary
You can’t think about something if you can’t talk about it, says Eula Biss. The writer helpfully opens up lived words and ideas like complacence, guilt, and opportunity hoarding for an urgent reckoning with whiteness. This conversation was inspired by her 2015 essay in the New York Times, “White Debt.”
Episode Description
You can’t think about something if you can’t talk about it, says Eula Biss. The writer helpfully opens up lived words and ideas like complacence, guilt, and opportunity hoarding for an urgent reckoning with whiteness. This conversation was inspired by her 2015 essay in the New York Times, “White Debt.”
Eula Biss teaches writing at Northwestern University. Her books include On Immunity: An Inoculation and Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays.
Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org
This show originally aired in January, 2017.
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Similar Episodes
Mar 8, 2026 ·28m
Feb 15, 2026 ·29m
Feb 8, 2026 ·56m