Princeton Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor was awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship Award, also known as the “Genius Grant” for analyzing the political and economic forces underlying racial inequality and the role of social movements in transforming society.
The MacArthur Foundation writes, “Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is a historian and writer presenting powerful critiques of the political and economic forces underlying racial inequality. Taylor brings her experiences as an activist and organizer for housing rights to her scholarship, combining deep understanding of the concrete manifestations of inequality—such as substandard housing, over-policing, and high unemployment—with fine-grained analysis and historical research…”