Sophie Bjork-James

Sophie Bjork-James an Assistant Professor of the Practice in Anthropology at Vanderbilt University. She has over ten years experience researching both the US based Religious Right and the white nationalist movements. She is working on a book manuscript on race, the family, and evangelical politics. Her work has appeared on the NBC Nightly News,NPR’s All Things Considered and BBC Radio 4’s Today.

Politics/LawJuly 12, 2018

The ‘Pro-Family’ Movement Has Little to Say About Family Separation

By Sophie Bjork-James

Unlike the vast majority of the pro-family movement, which is almost exclusively white and middle-class, these separations have largely affected people of color.