Leonce Gaiter’s nonfiction writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Times, LA Weekly, Slate, and The Washington Post.
Gaiter is also the author of the historical novel, “I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang”.
Leonce explains why white privilege and white racial innocence will not save (white) Americans from Trump’s plans to be a dictator and the hell world that the American neofascist movement is trying to impose on the country.
He also reflects on why black and brown “conservatives” like Clarence Thomas and Tim Scott have chosen to surrender to white supremacy and a pathological pursuit of honorary Whiteness as their way of finding “success” and “happiness”.
In this wide-ranging conversation, Leonce and Chauncey dialogue about how they both escaped the trap of being black conservatives, masculinity and violence, the Democratic Party’s failed messaging, and the much-heralded “Battle for Montgomery” where black folks fought back against white thugs on a pier.
It is Chauncey DeVega’s birthday week and as is his habit he reflects on his life journey this past year, successes and failures, and plans for the year ahead.
And because it is his birthday week, Chauncey indulges himself with a story about being a hero in his neighborhood, fighting back against a local pervert, and an encounter with a toilet freak.
Chauncey also reads one of his favorite parts of Cormac McCarthy’s book “Child of God” and shares why he has already seen Denzel Washington’s new film “The Equalizer 3” three times at the movie theater.
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Ep. 151: James Whitman Explains What Adolf Hitler and the Nazis Learned From American Racism
Ep. 150: Timothy Snyder Explains how Donald Trump will use Charlottesville to advance his fascist agenda
Ep. 149: Analyzing the White Supremacist Terrorism in Charlottesville
Ep. 148: Van Jones Explains How Best to Resist Donald Trump
Ep. 147: Randi Weingarten Explains the Dangers of Gangster Capitalism and the War on America's Schools
Ep. 146: Tom Nichols Explains How Anti-intellectualism and the War on Expertise Led to the Rise of Donald Trump
Ep. 145: Randolph Hohle Explains How Neoliberalism and the Color Line Intersect
Ep. 144: Resisting Fascism and White Supremacy in the Age of Donald Trump
Ep. 143: Joseph Baker Explores the Lives of Bigfoot Hunters, Demonologists, and UFO Researchers
Ep. 142: Jason Aaron on Writing "Star Wars", "Southern Bastards", and Reflections on the South
Ep. 141: Barry Blaustein Talks Professional Wrestling, Donald Trump, and Eddie Murphy
Ep. 140: Tim Wise Explores White Identity Politics in the Age of Donald Trump
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Ep. 138: Bandy Lee Sounds the Alarm about Donald Trump's Mental Health
Ep. 137: Naveed Jamali Explains How Russia Could Have Infiltrated Trump's White House
Ep. 136: Rachel Dolezal Explains "Transracial" Identity and Her Journey From "Black" to "White"
Ep. 135: Scott Snyder Shares His Thoughts on Writing Batman, Politics, and "Diversity" in Comic Books
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