Why slavery? Marxist scholar Adolph Reed argues that Jim Crow — not enslavement — is the defining experience for Black Americans today. Reed recounts his childhood in the segregation-era South in his book <a href="https://go.skimresources.com/?xcust=___vx__p_23093413__t_w__r_vox.com/podcasts__d_D&amp;id=66960X1516588&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https://bookshop.org/books/the-south-jim-crow-and-its-afterlives/9781839766268">The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives</a>. Fabiola speaks with Reed about his experience, his argument that reparations aren’t necessarily a healing balm, and what policies and resources are needed to create a more equitable society. This series was made possible with support from the Canopy Collective and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. To provide feedback, please take our survey here:<a href="https://forms.gle/w9vYsfFGvdJLJ3LY9"> https://forms.gle/w9vYsfFGvdJLJ3LY9</a>Host: Fabiola Cineas, race and policy reporter, VoxGuest: Adolph L. Reed Jr., author of The South: Jim Crow and Its AfterlivesReferences: <a href="https://go.skimresources.com/?xcust=___vx__p_23093413__t_w__r_vox.com/podcasts__d_D&amp;id=66960X1516588&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https://bookshop.org/books/the-south-jim-crow-and-its-afterlives/9781839766268">The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives</a> by Adolph L. Reed Jr. (Verso, 2022)<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/the-marxist-who-antagonizes-liberals-and-the-left">The Marxist Who Antagonizes Liberals and Left</a> (New Yorker)<a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/2022/08/30/black-americans-views-on-reparations-for-slavery/">Black Americans’ views of reparations for slavery</a> (Pew Research)<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/opinion/charles-blow-at-yale-the-police-detained-my-son.html">Library Visit, Then Held at Gunpoint</a> (New York Times, 2015)<a href="https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2020/06/29/the-racial-wealth-gap-is-about-the-upper-classes/">The Racial Wealth Gap Is About the Upper Classes</a> (People’s Policy Project, 2020)<a href="https://sociologicalscience.com/download/vol-5/march/SocSci_v5_182to205.pdf">Income Inequality and the Persistence of Racial Economic Disparities</a> (Robert Manduca, 2018)  Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app.Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox!<a href="http://bit.ly/givepodcasts"> bit.ly/givepodcasts</a>This episode was made by: <ul>
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