Explore The History of Blacks and Reds
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As a historian, as a writer, I’ve got to try to be as critical as possible. I’m always trying to be truthful. As I write and produce this work, I learn things that we didn’t see before, but then, the work also reveals things that I failed to understand. And so to me, it’s always a process.
VC: Speaking of that kind of deep involvement, I would love to hear you talk about what California and maybe Los Angeles, specifically has meant for you in terms of your life but also in terms of your imagination of struggle.
Still from Judas and the Black Messiah. Fair use
In the summer of 2020, the United States, as in much of the world, experienced an uptick in activism around the issue of racial oppression. The recent increase in police killings of Black people, exemplified by George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, was answered by the militancy of those who have simply had too much. Black Lives Matter has witnessed new political activism from scores of regular young Black people who became involved in campaigns against police racism, brutality, and abuse. These protests have reached a point of changing the consciousness of people across racial and national barriers.