KQED Forum features IGS Co-Director G. Cristina Mora in radio conversation on why Californians tolerate the state's extreme income inequality

KQED Forum host Alexis Madrigal invited IGS Co-Director and UC Berkeley sociology professor G. Cristina Mora and co-author Tianna Paschel to discuss their new book, Normalizing Inequality: How Californians Make Sense of the Growing Divide, in a July 14 broadcast. Mora and Paschel explain how their research found that most Californians can articulate the structural roots of inequality but quickly fall back on individualist frameworks, such as the value of hard work and the promise of upward mobility, rather than demanding systemic change. The conversation also touches on how California's reputation as a progressive, multiracial haven functions as a powerful barrier to confronting the depth of its economic divides. Click here to listen to the full segment.