EPISODE · Feb 3, 2021 · 33 MIN
What’s in a word? How to confront 150 years of racial stereotypes
from Don’t Call Me Resilient · host The Conversation, Vinita Srivastava, Cheryl Thompson
We keep hearing stories about white and non-Black people – including academics – somehow thinking it's ok to use the n-word. Ryerson University Professor Cheryl Thompson, author of ‘Uncle: Race, Nostalgia and the Politics of Loyalty,’ joins us to discuss how North American society spent the last 150 years creating racist stereotypes and language, how they continue to persist today – and what we might do to help stop it.Show notes:https://theconversation.com/whats-in-a-word-how-to-confront-150-years-of-racial-stereotypes-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-1-153790Cheryl’s related article: How ‘Uncle Tom’ still impacts racial politicshttps://theconversation.com/how-uncle-tom-still-impacts-racial-politics-152201Full transcript:https://theconversation.com/whats-in-a-word-how-to-confront-150-years-of-racial-stereotypes-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-1-transcript-154541Join The Conversation about this podcast:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConversationCA #DontCallMeResilientInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconversationdotcomFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConversationCanadaNewsletter: https://theconversation.com/ca/newsletters/Contact us: [email protected]
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