Political Scientist Cedric Johnson on the realities of Class in Black Political Life

'Political scientist Cedric Johnson examines the realities of class in Black political life - from the limits of electoralism and a solely race-driven analysis in challenging the slow decline of a people (and nation) under de-industrialization and neoliberal austerity, to the power of a Marxist, materialist lens in understanding the power dynamics in capitalist society. Johnson wrote the article "Coming to Terms with Actually-Existing Black Life for New Politics", reposted as "What Black Life Actually Looks Like" for Jacobin. Johnson is associate professor of African American studies and political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago and editor of The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism and the Remaking of New Orleans (University of Minnesota Press, 2011).'