Race Talk (/rās/-/tôk/)

Race Talk (/rās/-/tôk/) debuts on SUBSTACK on February 14, 2025 with a timely discussion of the evolution of Black and Jewish relations over the past half century.  Revisiting the 1984 presidential campaign of Jesse Jackson, we begin with "Wrestling with Angels, an audio interview and photo documentary that chronicles a meeting between Abbie Hoffman and James Baldwin in Amherst, Massachusetts.  This was the only time the two social justice advocates met or spoke and this is the first time that their conversations has been presented publicly.  Many of their observations and insights were prescient, and remain timely and compelling in our present historical moment when the lessons of history are being removed from public discourse and our educational institutions.  

Race Talk (/rās/-/tôk/)  views and discusses race relations through the lenses of rhetorical coherence and complicity theory to explore the foundational beliefs and values that give rise to racism and the ways of knowing it engenders.   The program is hosted by David Frank and Mark McPhail, who have written and spoken apart and together on rhetoric, race, and reconciliation in national and international contexts.  Their published writings include as the Rwanda Genocide, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and  the candidacies and elections of Barak Obama and Donald Trump.