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Corey Fields

Corey Fields

Sociologist and Associate Professor (Idol Family Term Chair) at Georgetown University, author of "Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African-American Republicans."

Sep 28, 2026

Civic Lens

Civic Lens

Black Republicans, Political Identity & the Myth of a Monolithic Black Vote | Prof. Corey Fields – Georgetown (Ep. 30)

Sep 28 · 41m

Marvin King
Marvin KingHOST
1:01
What first drew you to studying race, identity and political behavior?
Corey Fields
Corey FieldsGUEST
1:05
I was always interested in identity for very broadly.
Corey Fields
Corey FieldsGUEST
1:09
Right.
Corey Fields
Corey FieldsGUEST
1:09
You know, sociologists do.
Corey Fields
Corey FieldsGUEST
1:11
I mean, in some ways I'll get categorized as a social psychologist because sociological social psychologist.
Corey Fields
Corey FieldsGUEST
1:17
I'm interested in sort of identity and how people understand themselves, shape how they move through the world.
Corey Fields
Corey FieldsGUEST
1:24
But to be completely honest.

18 MINS LATER

Marvin King
Marvin KingHOST
19:36
Can you help us understand how race and religion and class and family background, ideology, all interact? Black Republicans are an interesting

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