Summary: <p>Imani Perry discusses her recent piece in <em>Harper’s Magazine</em>, “<a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2018/07/as-goes-the-south-so-goes-the-nation/" target="_blank">Letter from Alabama: As Goes the South, so Goes the Nation</a>.” Perry, a professor of African-American Studies at Princeton, finds that for every Roy Moore there is a Doug Jones or a Randall Woodfin, the progressive mayor of Birmingham. While much can be said about the South’s shortcomings, Perry also argues that "the South is disaster and it is also miracle."</p> <p><em>This segment is guest hosted by DW Gibson. </em></p> <p> </p>
