{"id":4660,"date":"2021-01-04T02:59:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T02:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/04\/americas-moment-of-reckoning-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-cornel-west-on-uprising-against-racism-3\/"},"modified":"2021-01-04T02:59:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T02:59:59","slug":"americas-moment-of-reckoning-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-cornel-west-on-uprising-against-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/04\/americas-moment-of-reckoning-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-cornel-west-on-uprising-against-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAmerica\u2019s Moment of Reckoning\u201d: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor &amp; Cornel West on Uprising Against Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"2hckJnF27PU\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>Scholars Cornel West and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor respond to the global uprising against racism and police violence following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing the convergence of a class rebellion with racism and racial terrorism at the center of it,&#8221; said Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. &#8220;And in many ways, we are in uncharted territory in the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:<br \/>\nYouTube: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/democracynow\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/youtube.com\/democracynow<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/democracynow\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/democracynow<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/democracynow\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/democracynow<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/democracynow\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/instagram.com\/democracynow<\/a><br \/>\nSoundCloud: <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/democracynow\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/democracynow<\/a><br \/>\niTunes: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/democracy-now!-audio\/id73802554\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/democracy-now!-audio\/id73802554<\/a><br \/>\nDaily Email Digest: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/04\/americas-moment-of-reckoning-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-cornel-west-on-uprising-against-racism-3\/\">Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholars Cornel West and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor respond to the global uprising against racism and police violence following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing the convergence\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4661,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4660\/revisions\/4661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}