Episode Notes - Lynching and Lunacy
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EP#286: Lynching and Lunacy: Mab Segrest on the Racist Roots of American Psychiatry
Description:
Acclaimed “Race Traitor” author, Mab Segrest, takes Laura through deep south to trace the racist roots of American psychiatry. They explore the infamous state mental hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia and visit with Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama to consider how our society’s mental and political health relate to history. Segrest’s newest book is Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum, due out April 2020.
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Related Articles and Resources:
•Mab Segrest’s new book: Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum (due out April 2020)
• Mab Segrest’s book “Memoir of a Race Traitor” published 25 years ago.
•The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
•The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
•The Culture that Capitalism Created - an interview with Boots Riley by Laura Flanders for The Nation
Guest Bio:
Mab Segrest, Author and gender studies scholar
Mab Segrest is professor emeritus of gender and women’s studies at Connecticut College and the author of Administrations of Lunacy and Memoir of a Race Traitor (both from The New Press). A longtime activist in social justice movements and a past fellow at the National Humanities Center, she lives in Durham, North Carolina.
Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative
Mr. Stevenson is a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Read more
Music in the Middle:
“The Drums Call You” by Carlos Mena and Osunlade courtesy of Ocha Records. More information
