Carol Anderson
Carol Anderson
Historian, Educator, Author
 

Media and Press

 
 
 

Democracy Now

“The Confederacy Won”: Why Donald Trump’s Reelection Is a Win for White Supremacy, Xenophobia & Hate

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Democracy Now

“Dystopian vision”: Carol anderson on tRUMP’S ELECTION DENIAL & Racist FEAR MONGERING

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Democracy Docket

Democracy Docket

“the genie of violence has been blessed, approved and legitimized, especially by the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.”


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Democracy Now

“The indictment was a long time coming, and it reaffirmed the belief in the rule of law…”

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MSNBC

“This is the valorization of colorblindness, [and] normalization of white supremacy.”

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Democracy Now!

Author and academic CaroL Anderson says the fight over gun control in Tennessee and the expulsion of two Black Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature are connected to "the inherent, fundamental fear of Black people" that drives much of U.S. gun culture and politics

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The Washington Post

Florida’s past paints Ron DeSantis’s war on ‘wokeism’ in a dark light

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Washington Post Live

“The problem we have in the United States is that we use these myths as a way to diminish the humanity and the citizenship of large sectors of our population."

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Democracy Now!

“American Democracy Hangs in the Balance”: Carol Anderson on Midterms, Georgia Races & Voting Rights

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Oprah Daily

The Second Amendment Enshrines Anti-Blackness, Argues Writer and Legal Scholar Carol Anderson

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C-SPAN In Depth

"The foundation of the second amendment is the fear of blackness, the fear of black people, defining African Americans as criminal, as a threat, as dangerous, as violent, and that the white community has to be protected.”

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Amanpour - CNN

“The Language of Critical Race Theroy is being used to cover The Teaching of American history.”

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The Guardian

The US supreme court is letting racist discrimination run wild in the election system

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The Mehdi Hasan Show

GOP Attacks How Race & History are To Be Taught

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Democracy Now!

“White Rage” Author Carol Anderson: GOP Attack on “Election Fraud” was Really an Attack on Black Voters

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The Guardian

White supremacists declare war on democracy and walk away unscathed

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The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)

Professor Carol Anderson on the Rittenhouse Verdict

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Black News Channel

AMplified with Aisha Mills

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AJ+

“The Second Amendment ... is rooted in the fear of Black people.”

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WHYY Radio Times

The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America

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Katy Tur Reports on MSNBC

June 11, 2021

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Eric Gay/AP

The Guardian

“America’s gun obsession is rooted in slavery”

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Democracy Now!

“The Second”: Carol Anderson on the Racist Roots of the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms

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The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)

White Supremacy as the Foundation of the Second Amendment

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The Majority Report with Sam Seder

The 2nd Amendment’s Anti-Blackness & America’s Gun Obsession Rooted in Slavery w/ Carol Anderson

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CNN.com

The Second Amendment is not about guns -- it's about anti-Blackness, a new book argues

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Vox.com

White rage won’t just go away

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All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)

Amazon Original Movie

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The Mehdi Hasan Show

November 25, 2020

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The Washington Post

“Anger builds in Black community over Trump’s claims of voter fraud in big cities”

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The Guardian

“Millions of Americans have risen up and said: democracy won't die on our watch”

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Morry Gash/Associated Press

Boston Globe

“The Supreme Court’s starring role in democracy’s demise”

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The Washington Post

“Voter suppression never went away. It evolved.”

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Brian Ross Investigates

“Trump’s Tulsa Rally the Site of the Worst Race Massacre in US History”

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The Root

“Ending White Supremacy Requires White People To Realize That Black Liberation Isn't A 'Zero Sum Game’”

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The Guardian

“In 1919, the state failed to protect black Americans. A century later, it's still failing”

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Time.com

“Republicans Could Use the Coronavirus to Suppress Votes Across the Country. This Week We Got a Preview”

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What’s Eating America with Andrew Zimmern

Episode 4 - “A Seat at the Table”

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The Guardian

“The era of 'whites-only' elections in America has returned”

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The Guardian

“The five ways Republicans will crack down on voting rights in 2020”

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The Washington Post

“Impeachment is the latest chapter in the battle between democracy and white supremacy”

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Netflix

“Hello Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea.”

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The Economist

“How lynching still affects American politics”

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The Guardian

“Republicans' white supremacist problem is a threat to America”

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Time.com

“Republicans Want a White Republic. They'll Destroy America to Get It”

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Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Guardian

“Trump's regime is leading America in an insurrection”

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BET’s Finding Justice

Season 1 Episode 3: Voter Suppression

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Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

The New York Times

“The Real Theft of American Democracy”

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How to Fix Democracy

Episode 3: Carol Anderson

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The Guardian

“American democracy is in crisis. A House bill could help it heal”

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The Guardian

“Brett Kavanaugh should never have been allowed on the supreme court”

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The Guardian

“Trump consistently lied to Americans in the State of the Union address”

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Teaching Tolerance

Finding Our Power: Professor and author Carol Anderson explains how voter suppression remains alive and well—and how it’s hurting us all.

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AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

The Huffington Post

“Trump’s Oval Office Address Revealed The Nation’s Real Emergency”

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The Guardian

“What is America going to do about its Trump problem in 2019?”

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The Huffington Post

“The Russians Meddled In Our Democracy, But They Had All-American Help”

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Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS

Voter Suppression in Georgia

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Tami Chappell/EPA

The Guardian

“Georgia doesn't need another voter suppressor running its elections”

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The Huffington Post

“America Has Survived Illegitimate Regimes Before. Can We Survive Trump’s?”

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The New York Times

Stacey Abrams, Brian Kemp and Neo-Jim Crow in Georgia”

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The Guardian

“Why is no one talking about the uncounted, suppressed votes in Florida?”

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The Atlantic

“Brian Kemp’s Lead in Georgia Needs an Asterisk”

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The Players’ Tribune

8 Questions with Dr. Carol Anderson

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The Huffington Post

“Republicans Are Afraid Of Democracy, So They’re Dismantling It”

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KQED - Forum

“Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression, Past and Present”

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CNN.com

“What kind of America do you want? 14 writers respond”

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Dissent Magazine

Booked: How to Pick an Electorate, with Carol Anderson

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The Huffington Post

“Welcome To Jim Crow 2.0”

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Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes

Voter Suppression Past and Present with Carol Anderson

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Amanpour

“Observers raise alarms over midterm voter suppression”

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Democracy Now!

Trump Won in 2016 Thanks to Voter Suppression Says Carol Anderson, Author of “One Person, No Vote”

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C-SPAN Book TV

Open Phones with Carol Anderson live at the Wisconsin Book Festival

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The Dean Obeidallah Show 

Professor Carol Anderson talks about the efforts of the GOP’s Brian Kemp to suppress the vote of African Americans in the Georgia race for Governor

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Wisconsin Public Radio - “The Morning Show”

What's The State Of Voting Rights?

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Bob Herbert’s Op-Ed.TV

“Carol Anderson on the Impact of Voter Suppression”

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KERA “Think”

Why Are Fewer Black Americans Voting? They Can’t

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The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

CAROL ANDERSON - "ONE PERSON, NO VOTE" & THE IMPACT OF VOTER SUPPRESSION

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C-SPAN After Words

Carol anderson interviewed by Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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WNYC “On the Media”

“Voter Suppression By Any Other Name”

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Literary Hub

“The Voters Who Disappeared From the Roll”

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New York Times

“The Republican Approach to Voter Fraud: Lie”

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The Huffington Post

"Trump Is Turning America Into The United States Of Hopelessness"

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New York Times

"Brian Kemp, Enemy of Democracy"

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The Huffington Post

"If You Want To End Racism, Stop Forgiving Racists"

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The Guardian

"Voting while black: the racial injustice that harms our democracy"

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The Ezra Klein Show

"Carol Anderson on White Rage and Donald Trump"

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Vox.com

"Carol Anderson recommends 3 books that illustrate how American institutions are failing us"

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The Huffington Post

"The Rule Of Law In America Has Always Been Selective"

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The Huffington Post

"The Ruling Named For Linda Brown Died Long Before She Did"

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The Huffington Post

"Why Do Republicans Hate America?"

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The Guardian

"By ending Daca, Donald Trump has declared war on a diverse America"

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The Guardian

"Don't call it the Trump administration. Call it a regime"

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The New York Times

"The Policies of White Resentment"

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The Rachel Maddow Show

"How white supremacy is like a national drug addiction"

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PBS News Hour

"Scenes from Charlottesville invoke racist legacy in the present day"

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Literary Hub

"Respectability Will Not Save Us: On the History of Respectability Politics and Their Failure to Keep Black Americans Safe"

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The Guardian

"America is hooked on the drug of white supremacy. We're paying for that today"

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Democracy Now!

Emory Professor Carol Anderson on “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide”

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The Guardian

"Jeff Sessions now has my book White Rage. Will he read it?"

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Financial Times

"America is more racially divided than it has been in decades"

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Politico

"Politico Top 50: Our guide to the thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics in 2016" 

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C-SPAN Book TV

live Interview with Carol Anderson at the 33rd Annual Miami Book Fair

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Democracy Now!

Professor Carol Anderson on Police Killings, Trump, the Clintons & Her New Book "White Rage"

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PBS News Hour

"Why white nationalists hear a political ally in Donald Trump"

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Quartz

"America wouldn’t need police reform now if it hadn’t botched education reform decades ago"

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Steve Helber / Associated Press

Los Angeles Times

“The Democrats' demographic firewall is under attack"

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Salon.com

"Donald Trump exposes the GOP’s dirty secret: They build everything by nurturing white rage"

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Times Magazine

"Donald Trump Is the Result of White Rage, Not Economic Anxiety"

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Washington Post

"Ferguson isn’t about black rage against cops. It’s white rage against progress."

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CNN.com

"Florida Shooter saw Black, Thought ‘threat’"

 
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Foreign Policy

"What Would the Soviets Say About Michael Brown?"

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