Brittany Friedman

Assistant professor of sociology at the University of Southern California and author of Carceral Apartheid (UNC Press, 2025), specializing in race, incarceration, and political imprisonment; conducted extensive archival and interview research on prisons and resistance movements.

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Jun 5, 2025 • 47min

Brittany Friedman, "Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons" (UNC Press, 2025)

Brittany Friedman is an assistant professor at USC and the author of 'Carceral Apartheid.' She discusses how the California prison system collaborates with white supremacists to undermine Black political movements. The conversation dives into themes of deception, surveillance, and racial categorization. Friedman highlights the importance of ethical research, human-centric scholarship, and the need for truth-telling in academia. Listeners will explore the intersection of resilience and resistance against the oppressive dynamics of the carceral state.

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