Michael Harriot is the author of BLACK AF HISTORY: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America, the host of the podcast Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History, and is a columnist at theGrio.com where he covers the intersection of race, politics, and culture. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, The Atlantic, NBC, BET, and on his mother’s refrigerator. He is a political commentator on MSNBC and CNN and has been honored by the National Association of Black Journalists for commentary, digital commentary, and TV news writing. His college course “Race: An Economic Construct” was adapted by university economics departments across the country as a model for teaching the combination of history, economics, politics, and class structures. You can visit Michael at: https://www.michaelharriot.com/