FUC 015 | Joy James — The Algorithm of Anti-Racism

Joy James gives a talk titled "The Algorithm of Anti-Racism” (forthcoming) for our 15th installment. Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College, James writes on Captive Maternals (https://blog.apaonline.org/2020/05/06..., political imprisonment and leadership. Author of "Sorrow, Tears, and Blood" (https://www.viewpointmag.com/2015/01/...) and "Airbrushing Revolution for the Sake of Abolition” (https://www.aaihs.org/airbrushing-rev..., she advocates for political prisoners and works with the black internationalist unions (https://abolitionjournal.org/bius/).

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