Myth Making in America: Hajar Yazdiha

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August 28th, 2025

”Advancing the colorblind cause actually means denying the continued existence of racism.”

We discuss the role of collective memory in the myth-making of American exceptionalism.

Hajar Yazdiha is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences and the author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement.

Your civic action toolkit recommendations from Hajar are:

  1. Advocate

  2. Relate

  3. Create

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Credits:

Host: Mila Atmos 

Guest: Hajar Yazdiha

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis

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