Santita Jackson Show (WVON AM, Chicago) with Rainier Spencer |
Santita Jackson Show (WVON AM, Chicago) with Rainier Spencer
The Santita Jackson Show
WVON 1690 AM
Chicago, Illinois
2011-02-16, 15:05Z (09:05 CST, 10:05 EST, 07:05 PST)
Santita Jackson, Host
Rainier Spencer, Director and Professor of Afro-American Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The topic of discussion will be the so-called “one-drop rule.” Listen to the interview here (39.6MB, 00:43:21).
Dr. Spencer is the author of the new book, Reproducing Race: The Paradox of Generation Mix (2011) in where he argues cogently, and forcefully, that the deconstruction of race promised by the American Multiracial Identity Movement will remain an illusion of wishful thinking unless we truly address the racist baggage that serves tenaciously to conserve the present racial order.
Selected bibliography:
- “Racism and the Multiracial Label,” commentary in the “Room for Debate: The ‘Two or More Races’ Dilemma” section, The New York Times, February 12, 2011.
- “Mixed-Race Chic,” The Chronicle Review, May 19, 2009.
- Challenging Multiracial ldentity. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2006.
- Spurious Issues: Race and Multiracial Identity Politics in the United States, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1999.
Listen to the interview here (39.6MB, 00:43:21).
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