View from Venus

7.1 Racial Backlash and the CRT Wars with Sophia Lindner

Episode Summary

In this week's episode, guest expert, Sophia Lindner, Doctoral Student and Dean’s Emerging Scholar at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in the U.S., joins us to talk about her work on racial backlash and the CRT wars, racial stratification in Cuba and how COVID impacted her work. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

Episode Notes

Topics Discussed in this Episode:

•  Racial stratification in Cuba’s private tourism economy.
• Experiences of Black homestay hosts in Havana.
• Content analysis of school board meetings from January 2020 to February 2022. 
• How COVID impacted Sophia's work.
• The role of race in basic building blocks of education. 
• Interaction between ideas of youth, childhood, and Blackness. 

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

• Sophia Lindner at Yale University.
• Critical Race Theory and Political Backlash at ASA

Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas

Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia