S3 Ep. 23: We've Been Here Before: Kaitlyn Greenidge and Russell Banks on the Past and Present of Protest and White Backlash

In this episode, Fiction/Non/Fiction co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan are joined by acclaimed fiction writer and essayist Kaitlyn Greenidge and poet and novelist Russell Banks. Greenidge challenges traditional framings of “white backlash” and argues that white privilege in the U.S. has shifted to a false narrative of victimhood. Then, Banks discusses his experiences of protest in the ’60s and ’70s, highlighting similarities in the tactics of – and governmental responses to – today’s #BLM activists. To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. And check out video excerpts from our interviews at LitHub’s Virtual Book Channel and Fiction/Non/Fiction’s YouTube Channel. This podcast is produced by Andrea Tudhope.  Guests: Kaitlyn Greenidge Russell Banks Selected readings for the episode: Kaitlyn Greenidge “The Hollowness of This Too Shall Pass” “Can You Dismantle White Supremacy with Words?” We Love You, Charlie Freeman Russell Banks The Darling The Sweet Hereafter Cloudsplitter Rule of the Bone Affliction Success Stories Continental Drift Searching for Survivors Trailerpark The Book of Jamaica The New World Hamilton Stark The Reserve Lost Memory of Skin A Permanent Member of the Family Dreaming Up America Voyager Foregone Others:  Fiction/Non/Fiction interview with Thomas Frank Conflict is Not Abuse by Sarah Schulman “The Pandemic is a Portal” by Arundhati Roy The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable “Waking Up in the Middle of Some American Dreams,” by June Jordan  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices