Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 46 minutes ago

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Scholar and writer Imani Perry in conversation with Krista Tippett on the notions of slow work, resistant joy and what it means to raise her two black sons. They spoke at the Chautauqua Institution in August 2019.

This video was filmed by The Chautauqua Institution. It is published here with their permission.

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About the Guest:
Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Her books include “More Beautiful and More Terrible,” “Prophets of the Hood,” “Looking for Lorraine,” and, most recently, “Breathe.”

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