How do Asian Americans Factor in the Recent Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action? A Conversation with Activist-Scholar Jeff Chang

Speaking Out of Place · Jul 27, 2023 · 32m

On today’s Speaking Out of Place we talk with journalist., activist, and public intellectual Jeff Chang. Jeff’s most recent book, We Gon' Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation (Picador), was called by the Washington Post “the smartest book of the year,” and inspired a four-episode digital series adaptation for PBS Indie Lens Storycast. He was named to the Frederick Douglass 200, as one of “200 living individuals who best embody the work and spirit of Douglass.”

We talk about the Supreme Court’s recent decision on affirmative action. The plaintiffs of that case, “Students for Fair…