“That Conversation about Race” category archive
All the History that Fits 0
Thom takes a look at the new Texas law designed to whitewash (you will pardon the expression) American history.
Rand Gestures 0
Sam and Emma discuss Rand Paul’s rejection of the concept of the common good.
They Can’t Handle the Truth . . . 0
. . . so they want to make it go away.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Sam and his guest, Dr. Michael Luo, discuss the roots and history of American bigotry against Asians in general and Chinese and Japanese in particular.
Suffer the Children 0
A sadistic shopper:
Aside:
Am I the only one to see a contradiction in the last two sentences of the excerpt.
Suffer the Children 0
There is a crisis at the southwestern border of the United States, but it’s not the one that right-wingers and Fox News portray.
The Money That Was Followed 0
In a follow-up relevant to the previous post, David and his guest, Jim Freeman, Director of the Social Movement Support Lab at the University of Denver and author of the book “Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit from Racial Injustice,” discuss how businesses and plutocrats (yes, I think that seemingly archaic term is appropriate) profit from maintaining racism.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Mother Jones follow the money.
American Taliban 0
Thom’s guest discusses the cultural similarities between American white supremacists and Muslim extremists.
Selective Breeding 0
Elizabeth Catte discusses the history and legacy of eugenics in the United States with Sam and his crew.
This is a longer video than I usually post, but it is well worth a listen. As the discussion points out, we have a way of covering up forgetting covering up the uncomfortable parts of our history.
You can see the dynamic today in the attempts by right-wingers to ban critical race theory.