Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on the Urgency of Fighting Against the Racist Right-Wing
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By Gail Ablow, Moyers & Company | Interview
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant professor at the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. After Taylor called Donald Trump "a racist, sexist megalomaniac" at a commencement speech earlier this year, she received several deaths threats, leading her to cancel a number of public-speaking events. We caught up with Taylor recently while she was touring the country talking about her new book, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation. She speaks here about the importance of building an anti-racist movement, how people can get involved and her vision for a just America.
Gail Ablow: Unlike many professors, you are also an activist. Was there a moment in your life, a tipping point, where you thought, "I'd bet...