The Wonderful and the Wretched: A Conversation with the Editors of Sparked: George Floyd, Racism and the Progressive Illusion

We welcome the editors of the newly released book Sparked: George Floyd, Racism and the Progressive Illusion, Dr. Walt Jacobs, Dean of the College of Social Sciences San Jose State University, Dr. Wendy Thompson Taiwo Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Dr. Amy August Assistant Professor of Sociology and Assistant Director of the Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change to discuss the worthy work they did in producing this text as a way of contemplating the way communities of color responded to the execution of our beloved brother George Floyd. Join us for an intimate discussion of healing and writing, resisting police violence, navigating racialized traumascapes, and the importance of rupturing progressive illusions of Minneapolis and the US. Episode now streaming.