Amit Rai was interviewed by Anna Robinson-Sweet via Zoom audio conference on June 10, 2019. In this interview, Rai discusses his time as a professor at Eugene Lang College, The New School's undergraduate liberal arts division, in the 1990s, and his involvement in the Mobilization for Real Diversity, Democracy, and Economic Justice on campus. The interview begins with Rai describing his family’s migration to the United States when he was three years old, his early life in Southern California, and how he came to be a professor at The New School in the mid-1990s. He then discusses his family’s background of involvement in anti-colonial activism in India. Rai recounts his college years at Georgetown University, where he was exposed to community organizing and leftist ideologies. During this time, Rai tutored in prisons and was involved in student activism. Rai describes the evolution of his academic interests and decision to pursue a PhD at Stanford University in modern thought and literature. At Stanford, Rai was immersed in various critiques of identity and in intersectional politics. After finishing his degree, Rai was hired to teach at Eugene Lang College. He describes the environment of The New School when he arrived in the mid-1990s, and particularly the divide between a mostly-white, Eurocentric graduate faculty and the more diverse and intersectional Lang faculty. He mentions various professors who fell into these camps and describes how faculty of color felt marginalized by the university. Rai describes his relationship with other faculty, particularly Gary Lemons and M. Jacqui Alexander. He recounts his involvement in the protest movement known as the Mobilization, which focused on diversity and economic justice issues at The New School. Rai describes the politics of the Mobilization, how it began and ended, and the effect of the Mobilization on the climate at The New School during this time. He says that the Mobilization polarized the university and divided faculty along racial lines. At the end of the interview, Rai talks about his years at The New School after the Mobilization ended, his next job as a professor at Florida State University, and his current work as an academic and activist in London. He explains the conservative climate of his current university, Queen Mary, University of London, and the backlash he has faced from his students and the administration there. Rai ends the interview by reflecting on the impact of the Mobilization on his life.