S3 E6: Dante King on Anti-Blackness and The 400-Year Holocaust

CW: Racism, Genocide, Violence

Dante King, author of The 400-Year Holocaust: White America’s Legal, Psychopathic, and Sociopathic Black Genocide - and the Revolt Against Critical Race Theory, sits down with guest host Duran Rutledge, CAPTC's Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Trainer, to reflect on what it means to be a Black person in a country where the colonial legacy of anti-Blackness and conceptions of whiteness and white supremacy have engrained racism into our legal structures, healthcare system, and more. He offers concrete examples of how these intergenerational and ongoing traumas show up, and examines the roles of empathy, re-education, and narrative in promoting transformation. This conversation illuminates the structures that reinforce America’s blatant anti-Blackness that need to be seen, but so often are not.

Download the transcript of this episode. 

Resources mentioned: 

• The 400 Year Holocaust: 12 Week Series
• Equal Justice Initiative  
• Dante’s reading list 

Books mentioned: 

• The 400-Year Holocaust: White America's Legal, Psychopathic, and Sociopathic Black Genocide and the Revolt Against Critical Race Theory by Dante King