About this episode

Philip McKenzie discusses the impact of the Bernie Goetz shooting and the Reagan presidency on contemporary white rage with guest Heather Ann Thompson.

Philip welcomes Heather Ann Thompson author of Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, The Bernie Goetz Shootings and the Rebirth of White Rage to the show. In their conversation they discuss how the pivotal Bernie Goetz shooting of four innocent Black teens alongside the conservative austerity and race baiting of the Reagan Presidency set the tone for the current climate of white rage. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip’s Drop: Future Home of the Living God – Louise Erdrich Heather Ann’s Drop: Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City – LaShawn Harris Special Guest: Heather Ann Thompson.

People in this episode

Host: Philip McKenzie

Guest: Heather Ann Thompson

Topics covered

• white rage
• Reagan era
• Bernie Goetz shooting
• race relations
• social justice
• police violence

Keywords

• Bernie Goetz
• Reagan
• white rage
• police violence
• Eleanor Bumpurs
• social justice
• race relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reagan Presidency

Books & works: Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, The Bernie Goetz Shootings and the Rebirth of White Rage, Future Home of the Living God, Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City

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