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Crystal Fleming

Critical Race Theory Scholar, Author, Professor of Sociology & Africana Studies

Crystal Marie Fleming is Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies and Associate Faculty in the Department of Women’s.

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Crystal Marie Fleming is Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies and Associate Faculty in the Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at SUNY Stony Brook. She is an author, public intellectual and expert on global racism and white supremacy.

Fleming holds a Ph.D. and a masters degree in sociology from Harvard University and graduated with honors in sociology and French from Wellesley College. Her scholarship appears in journals such as The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Poetics, Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race and Mindfulness.

Fleming has conducted research on racism and anti-racism in multiple national contexts and collaborated on empirical projects in the United States, France, Brazil and Israel. Her first book, “Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France” (Temple University Press, 2017), uses critical race theory to significantly advance scholarship on racism in France and Europe. Based on her award-winning dissertation, the book marshals ethnographic data, archival research and in-depth interviews with French activists and descendants of slaves to examine how commemorations of enslavement and abolition both challenge and reproduce the racial order.

Her book, “How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide” (Beacon Press), is a critically acclaimed primer on systemic racism that combines memoir, critical race theory, social commentary and satire to debunk common misconceptions about race.

And her latest book, “RISE UP! How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy,” is a YA nonfiction work that explores the roots of racism and its modern day legacies while empowering young people with actionable ways to create a more just and equitable world. It was published in October 2021 by Henry Holt for Young Readers. She is currently co-editing a fourth book, “Beyond White Mindfulness: Critical Perspectives on Racism, Health and Wellbeing,” forthcoming with Routledge and completing a fifth project, “Words to Remake the World: A People’s Dictionary for Social Change,” under contract with Beacon Press.

A public intellectual known for her frank talk and insouciant humor, Fleming’s provocative writing and speaking engage a broad range of scholarly and personal topics, from racism and white supremacy to politics, spirituality, feminism, (bi)sexuality and philosophy. Her essays and op-eds can be found in popular venues like Newsweek, Vox, The Root, Everyday Feminism, Black Agenda Report, Black Perspectives and Huffington Post. Additionally, her writing on race and politics has been cited in media outlets such as The Nation, Hip Hop Wired, The New Republic, Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Blavity, USA Today, BET and Buzzfeed.

Fleming is a powerful speaker and workshop facilitator as well as a bold and influential voice on Twitter with almost 70,000 followers and millions of readers.

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