Dr. Whitney Pirtle

This week our host, Jillian Foster, is joined by Dr. Whitney Pirtle, Black feminist and Professor of Sociology at the University of California Merced, where she’s also the MacArthur Foundation chair. Dr. Pirtle’s work centers on racial capitalism, which examines how structures and systems of oppression have influenced the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color. Dr. Pirtle helpfully shares the ways she wrestles with her own activist tensions, how she contributes within her “own lane”, and what it really means to fight for the collective. Rooted in the need for structural change, Dr. Pirtle’s work will inspire you to pave the equitable path forward.Connect with Whitney:Read her article, Racial Capitalism: A Fundamental Cause of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Inequities in the United StatesFollow Dr. Pirtle on InstagramFollow Dr. Pirtle on TwitterJoin our movement for radically authentic, intentional, interconnected feminism inside Continuum Collective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab is an intersectional, international, and intergenerational podcast with feminist visionaries. Secrets are had and shared in conversation with revolutionaries and innovators engaged in distinctly unapologetic feminist work. The R&R Lab unearths those nuggets of truth hidden just under the surface, begging to be noticed. We dive deeply into animating questions at the center of our feminist life; exploring the complexity and nuance that emboldens our listeners to engage in new ways of seeing, defining, and being feminists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.