In this special edition of Vox Conversations in honor of the Juneteenth holiday, Vox race reporter Fabiola Cineas spoke with author and podcast host Ibram X. Kendi before a virtual audience about the big ideas around being antiracist. They discussed where we are after a year protesting racism and police brutality, Kendi's approach to defining and fighting racism, and how we all can work to enact change.

Host: Fabiola Cineas (@FabiolaCineas), Reporter, Vox

Guest: Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram), Author; director and founder of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research

References:

Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi (Pushkin)
How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (One World; 2019)
“Juneteenth, explained” by Fabiola Cineas (June 16; Vox)
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee (One World; 2021)
Dying of Whiteness by Jonathan Metzl (Basic Books; 2019)

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Producer: Erikk Geannikis
Editor: Amy Drozdowska
Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey
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Honoring Juneteenth with Ibram X. Kendi