The Space Traders Podcast

In The Afrolantica Awakening, Derrick Bell tells a story about a lost continent made for black Americans, which causes several conversations about civil rights for blacks in America.

In this episode, Derrick Bell parallels blacks' experience in America with the story of Bluebeard's Castle, an old, somewhat horrific, folktale about marriage.

In this episode we're looking at Bell’s parable about the framers of the Constitution and how their decision to sacrifice the rights of black people created a subclass of racially subordinated people.

In this episode we're continuing to look at Derrick Bell's story of The Space Traders and see how Bell's interest convergence theory is woven throughout the story.

I'll share some personal reflections and then spend some time talking about the black neoconservatism of the story's main character, Gleason Golightly.

In this episode of The Space Traders Podcast, we're taking a look at Derrick Bell's parable titled, The Chronicle of The Slave Scrolls that focuses on the racial history of America, decolonization, and the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and protest. There's so much in here that ironically speaks to the craze surrounding CRT today.

In this episode of The Space Traders Podcast we're looking at Derrick Bell, a lawyer, activist, and scholar who is one of the founders of Critical Race Theory. What are his beliefs about racism in America? What are his influences?