Ethnocide is a word Barrett both coined and resurrected, referring to the destruction of a people’s culture while keeping the people. From Barrett’s point of view, Trump’s re-election is not cause for disbelief, but a glaring reminder of what America has been since its inception: a country founded by white men for the purposes of wealth accumulation, whose rhetoric of freedom and equality has always been tenuous alongside its prevalence of white supremacy and patriarchy.

In this conversation Jenny and Barrett discuss:

Why Trump's re-election did not surprise Barrett and how it reflects something fundamental about American politics
The bad faith and lies underlying American democracy
The distinction between freedom from and freedom with
The importance of language in addressing systemic oppression
What ethnocide means and its origin
Capitalism and ethnocide
Existentialism and the notions of existence vs. essence
White essence in the United States
What identity means to Barrett
Why the Hegelian dialectic and critical theory are essential to understand and combat ethnocide
What culture means to Barrett
Ethnogenesis: creating and birthing culture
Barrett's Altars of American project: a ritual to combat ethnocide
Eŭ-topia: a sustainable, good, nurturing place
How we can transcend systemic oppression by cultivating Eŭ-topian spaces

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