Flux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change)

Chryl Laird, ”Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior”

2020-03-23

CHRYL LAIRDChyrl Laird, is a political analyst, author and professor, who specializes in Race and Ethnic Politics and Political Psychology. In her new book titled, "Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior," which Laird coauthored along with Ismail White, they analyze the historical political patterns of Black voters, and explore the question of why Black Americans are by far the most unified racial group in American electoral politics. They argue that the roots of black political unity were originally established through the a...