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w/ William “Sandy” Darity and Miriam Duchess Harris

September 19, 2011

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined by noted economist William “Sandy” Darity, the Arts & Sciences Professor of Public Policy, Professor of African and African-American Studies and Economics at Duke University. Darity discusses the Obama Administration’s methods of tackling the economic crisis and reveals his own approach to combating unemployment, via a guaranteed jobs program. Darity then delves into Project Bright Idea, a program that aims to educate youth by providing “gifted-quality education.“

Neal also talks with Duchess Harris, associate professor of American studies at Macalester College in Minnesota and author of Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Obama. In her book, Harris tours the movements of black feminist women and tells the story of the formation of the National Black Feminists Organization and Combahee River Collective, while highlighting how the face of feminism has changed. Harris also discusses the current controversy surrounding the film The Help.

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