What’s in a word? How to confront 150 years of racial stereotypes
Channel: The Conversation
Date: 25/07/2023

Original air date: February 3, 2021 

We keep hearing stories about white and non-Black people – including academics – somehow thinking it's ok to use the n-word. Ryerson University Professor Cheryl Thompson, author of ‘Uncle: Race, Nostalgia and the Politics of Loyalty,’ joins us to discuss how North American society spent the last 150 years creating racist stereotypes and language, how they continue to persist today – and what we might do to help stop it. 

Show notes: https://theconversation.com/whats-in-a-word-how-to-confront-150-years-of-racial-stereotypes-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-1-153790   

Cheryl’s related article: How ‘Uncle Tom’ still impacts racial politics https://theconversation.com/how-uncle-tom-still-impacts-racial-politics-152201

Full transcript: https://theconversation.com/whats-in-a-word-how-to-confront-150-years-of-racial-stereotypes-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-1-transcript-154541