Historian Ibram X. Kendi says that in order to understand the rise of authoritarianism, we need to understand great replacement theory. It’s the racist idea that “powerful elites are enabling peoples of color to steal the lives, livelihoods, cultures and electoral power and freedoms of white people,” Kendi writes in his new book, “Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age.” We talk to the National Book Award-winning author about how politicians are using great replacement theory to justify authoritarian power and how it has moved from the fringes to the mainstream.
Guests:
Ibram X. Kendi, professor of history, Howard University; author, "Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age," "How to Be an Antiracist," "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America"
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