The C. O. W. S. w/ Dr. Alondra Nelson: Body and Soul, Black Health & The Black Panther Party

Dr. Alondra Nelson visits The Context of White Supremacy. Dr. Nelson teaches sociology and gender studies at Columbia University and was previously on the faculty of Yale University. An interdisciplinary social scientist Dr. Nelson writes about the intersections of science, technology, medicine and inequality (White Supremacy). We'll discuss her most recent publication, Body And Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination. Her standout work documents the Black Panther Party's monumental efforts to improve the mental and physical health of black people. Dr. Nelson emphasizes that many of the Panthers ideological influences were physicians - Frantz Fanon,, Che Guevara. Dr. Frances Cress Welsing is a third generation physician as well. INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/GusTRenegade CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p