Find more Left of Black here: https://fhi.duke.edu/programs/left-black

What does it mean to "become human"? Or to humanize one another instead of racializing one another, which has become so entwined with how we perceive and engage with other people in this American society? In this special holiday episode of Left of Black, host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal is joined by the Duke University Chapel's first Black dean, the preeminent Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery as he discusses his latest book, "Becoming Human: The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race," published by Westminster John Knox Press.

Learn more about Dr. Powery here: https://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/luke-powery

Find his new book here: https://www.wjkbooks.com/Products/066426722X/becoming-human.aspx

Left of Black is a web series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars produced by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University. Directed and edited by Eric Barstow.

Camera: Shiraz Ahmed (MFAEDA at Duke); Lukas Sanchez (Duke Class of 2025)

Sound: Yasaman Baghban (MFAEDA at Duke)

Production Assistant: Tessa Delgo (Duke Class of 2023)

Special Thanks to James Todd, Communications Manager at Duke Chapel