Class Consciousness

Ep 186. Joan Williams: Healing the Rifts of Race, Gender, and Class

Ep 186. Joan Williams: Healing the Rifts of Race, Gender, and Class

Joan C. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law, Hastings Foundation Chair, and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law. Joan is one of the 10 most cited scholars in her field and has written 11 books, including What Works for Women at Work and White Working Class. Her Harvard Business Review article, “What So Many People Don’t Get About the U.S. Working Class” has been read over 3.7 million times and is now the most read article in HBR’s 90-plus year history. Stew and Joan talk about how class, in addition to race and gender, produces dividing lines that result in polarization and alienation; evidence-based method for interrupting biases; and prospects for change in the upcoming Biden-Harris administration…[Click for more]

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