In a ‘grand Battle Between Democracy and Tyranny,’ Ibram X. Kendi Hopes Democracy Will Win the U.S. Election

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“I thought Biden could have put him on the spot right then and there and told America what Trump refused to just do.”

In an interview with CBC, Ibram X. Kendi, award-winning author of How To Be An Antiracist and a Phil Lind Initiative speaker for our 2020 series Thinking While Black, reflects on how racism plays a significant role in the 2020 U.S. Election, voter suppression, and the recent Trump-Biden presidential debate. Kendi hopes that illuminating these issues will make people question what causes racial disparities in the structures of society.

 

Listen to the full interview here.