persistance. i am glad we could finally make it work. your show is so important and your voice right now is just critical. you know, i m doing just fine. i can t say it s been easy these last two years but i am built for this and i wake up every day knowing that the work that i do is important and necessary so i m fine. good to hear. you are built for this and we admire the work you are doing. the right s campaign against you has also affected your career. you ended up leaving unc chapel hill this year after a top donor objected to you receiving tenure there. we often talk about the backlash to the antiracism movement as if it is a spontaneous thing or knee jerk reaction from ignorant people but in reality it is a well funded, big money movement with some very powerful people behind it, is it not? yes, absolutely. these are the people who have been engaging in what they call culture war and what the media