Contributor

Algernon Austin, Ph.D.

Economist at Dēmos, and author of 'American Is Not Post-Racial: Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Racism and the 44th President'

Dr. Algernon Austin conducts economic policy research for the Dēmos think tank. He has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Global Policy Solutions, and he was the first Director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy. Prior to his shift to the “think tank world”, he served on the faculty of Wesleyan University. He has discussed racial inequality on PBS, CNN, NPR, and on other national television and radio networks. www.algernonaustin.com