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Up next its booktv is monthly in Depth Program with author and Princeton University professor imani perry. Our books on race and africanamerican history include prophets of the hood, may we forever stand, and the recently published breathe a letter to my sons. Its a letter. Its a series of letters to my son, but of course, its also a letter to the larger world, both about, you know, the reality of the terror and anxiety and worries that comes along with being a parent of black children, and particularly black boys in the United States at this moment, but its also filled with my desire for them to lead a life of beauty and joy and excellence and selfregard. Much of which, i think, one finds a lessons for in an extraordinary tradition that we have to draw from. Where did you come up with the idea to write your sons a l ....
Thanks to everyone joining us from portugal, canada, brazil, scotland, australia, and all around the world, naomi murakawa, i am moderating todays conversation. I think the organizer and sponsor, the new series is called the abolitionist papers, the inaugural politician for this hearing is doctor gilmores forthcoming book, change everything racial capitalism in the case for abolition. Lineup this week on sunday, too much midnight. On wednesday, in the time of coronavirus, and on thursday a week from today in conversation with imani parry. With so many people joining this call and having technical issues. You might want to try reducing your image quality. This you will be recorded and shared on the youtube channel, please post your question on live video feed wherever you are watching it. The pandemic is a portal, forces us to break with the past and imagine the world a new. Some responses to covid19 for a future that is doubling down on criminalization of national and subnational borde ....
Professor imani perry, what is the structure of your newest book, brief . Guest well, there are three sections. Fear, fly and fortune. It is a letter, a series of letters to my son but its also a letter to the larger world. Both about the reality of the terror and anxiety and the worry that comes along with being the parent about black children in particular at this moment but its also filled with my desire for them to lead a life of beauty and joy and excellence and self regard, much of which i think one finds the lesson for an extraordinary tradition which we have to draw from. Host where did you come up with the idea to write your sons a letter . Guest i have written some letters privately for years and my editor at beacon press said is this something youd be interested in doing in large part because ado talk about my children all the time and i write posts about them on social media and initially, you know, i think what we both had in mind with something that was probably bit more ....