Siobhan Brooks on Reckoning with Violence
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Between racist and ableist police shootings, a global pandemic, and attacks on LGBTQ populations, we have a lot to reckon with at the end of 2020. Host Cathy Hannabach interviews sociologist Siobhan Brooks about what it means to reckon with violent histories without losing hope, how critique and creation intertwine in social justice scholarship, and why building a world free of violence is how Siobhan imagines otherwise. Transcript and show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/124-siobhan-brooks
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