We have a campaign that was permeated by issues of gender and race and class. When a woman at the top of the democratic ticket for the first time. When a billionaire at the top of the republican ticket that have it discourse. Also in this campaign we sought thought differences from campaigns in the near past it enters into the discourse in new and different ways. In ways that are perpetrated in ways that we have not seen in previous campaigns. It is not to say that they didnt have sexism and racism. In part due to the campaign and the ways in which they played into that campaign we expect them to play large roles. We already see in terms of policy donald trump promising to make an executive order to build a wall along the u. S. Mexican border. We also have seen it. With regard to gender and gender equality between three and 4 Million People marching across america in response to the administration and for gender equality. We already see important dynamics and articles come into a polit
We had a woman at the top of the democratic ticket for the first time. We had a billionaire at the top of the republican ticket who had a discourse of strong populism. Also in this campaign we saw differences from campaigns in the near past in that sex and race entered into the discourse in new and different ways. Sexism and racism in particular were overtly discussed by candidates in ways that were perpetrated by candidates in ways we had not seen in previous campaigns. Thats not to say previous campaigns did not have sexism and racism, but rarely did we hear those comments coming from the candidates themselves. In part, due to the campaign and how gender and race played into the campaign, we expect gender and race to play large roles in the 45th president ial administration. We already see, for example in terms of policy, donald trump promising to make an executive order to build a wall along the u. S. Mexican border. We also saw responses from Civil Society with regard to gender and
Here in the United States or abroad. 2016, we hadll of a campaign that was permeated by issues of gender and race and the class. We had a woman at the top of the democratic ticket for the first time. We had a billionaire at the top of the republican ticket who had a discourse of some population populism. Also in the campaign, we saw differences of campaigns in the past in that sex and race enters in new andscourse different ways. Sexism and racism in particular were overtly discussed by candidates in ways that ways we had not seen in previous campaigns. That is not to say previous campaigns didnt have it, but rarely do we hear sexist or racist comments coming from the candidates themselves. In part due to the campaign, and the ways in which gender and race played in, we expect gender in thee to a large roles 45th president ial administration. We already see, for example, today, in terms of policy, donald trump is promising to make an executive order to build a wall along the u. S. And
And an overwhelming tragedy. Host when we rise my life in the movement. Cleve jones is the author. Live coverage of the 22nd annual l. A. Times festival of bucks held on the campus of universities Southern California you can watch the full schedule today at booktv. Org we will be doing a call in later on the book the mother of all questions but right now lets go inside to another panel on writing history. Live coverage on booktv. [inaudible conversations] i am not putting down fiction i have aspiration for anybody who can write a great fiction that they were talking about what kind of book tells the story about what you already know . Widely read the book widely read books about what you know about because you need to know more. So of the great writers of fiction that meursault popular youre not reading the information and to see what happens in these books will we are discussing today with the authors is how they get to that conclusion and make those choices through a massive sweep of
Understand until we feel it otherwise it is just dry academic and factual and i think through portraying a character we can somehow identify with where we are more able to understand and with no field of the remarkable fact of my parents having been the only journalist who met him and i did hear my parents talk about this strange guy and then i started thinking that weve been talking about the parallel between the two and this american played such a huge role in the last chapter and he wasnt at all known. We know about a british spy that we didnt know about who in some ways did probably more damage when you read the book you will be appalled how he basically destroyed his own family and never said sorry. Thank you all very much. We have one more. Do we have time for one more . We can take one more. Thank you for this fascinating for him. Was their adopted daughter ever bitter about the path her parents took her down flex she wasnt a bitter person. She considered herself a fortunate per