The fantasy of eliminating eradicating the trans community is out there…Using genocidal language about a group is usually something that's outside the boundaries of acceptable speech…What’s happened is what should be unacceptable speech at CPAC was turned into somewhat acceptable speech.

Continuing the Best of 2023 series, distinguished anthropologist Alex Hinton joins Chuck to discuss his Sapiens article, "Two Myths Fueling the Conservative Right's Dangerous Transphobia." The discussion includes Alex's insights from the most recent CPAC. This interview originally aired on June 21st. After the interview, we have both a new Rotten History and a new Moment of Truth.

Alex is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention.

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Guest

Alex Hinton

@AlexLHinton

Alex Hinton is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention. He is the author or editor of seventeen books, including ExternalWhy did they Kill? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide (California, 2005). His most recent books are ExternalIt Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US (NYU, 2021), ExternalAnthropological Witness: Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Cornell, 2022), and ExternalPerpetrators: Encountering Humanity's Dark Side (Stanford, 2023).

Rutgers Faculty Bio

Best of 2023: Unpacking the Myths Fueling the Right's Transphobia / Alex Hinton

Alex Hinton

Unpacking the Myths Fueling the Right's Transphobia / Alex Hinton