S E1280: In Class with Carr, Ep. 280: “There Ain’t No Such Thing as Superman!”
The Cultural Meaning Making trope of Superman, especially as a trope used in US white nationalism, serves as a point of entry to consider power, collective identity and belief in the US Social Structu...
29 Jul 20251h 48min
S E1279: In Class with Carr, Ep. 279: "I Respectfully Dissent!"
In the 2025 Supreme Court term, Justice Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson authored more dissents than any of her colleagues, offering a searing critique of expanding executive power and the erosion of cons...
28 Jul 20251h 41min
S E1278: In Class with Carr, Ep. 278: America on the Ropes
The United States once again finds itself metaphorically “on the ropes,” staggering beneath the weight of white nationalism and nativist logics, elite-driven legislation, electoral political theater, ...
25 Jul 20251h 19min
S E1277: In Class with Carr, Ep. 277: White Citizenship vs Everybody
The final US Supreme Court decisions of the term continue the assault on Reconstruction-era federal law, suborning the “neo-Confederate” agenda of reasserting racialized citizenship and dismantling pr...
24 Jul 20251h 28min
S E1276: In Class with Carr, Ep. 276: Juneteenth and the Unyielding Work of Liberation
The annual period between June 19 and July 4 in the US should be viewed as a time when we read Africana Governance formations against contemporary Social Structures that seek to oppress and restrict h...
23 Jul 20252h 3min
S E1275: In Class with Carr, Ep. 275: “Parades of Harm, Principles of Repair”
As global crises and US domestic reckonings intensify, the New York Community Commission on Reparations Remedies met this week at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, drawing attention ...
22 Jul 20251h 23min
S E1274: In Class with Carr, Ep. 274: "The Ballot, The Book and The Buck”
Black self-determination and liberation requires a holistic and strategic integration of political power, cultural memory, and economic self-determination. Across a week of reflection, convenings, and...
21 Jul 20251h 26min
S E1273: In Class with Carr, Ep. 273: Governance by Gaslight: Black Politics at the End of Empire
“Gaslighting” is the psychological manipulation of individuals or groups into questioning their reality, memory, or sanity—often to maintain control. In a week of continuing mounting chaos in US polit...
18 Jul 20251h 48min
