(2012/04/25) Fear of the other (Racism)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 25 April 2012
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Edition #599
Fear of the other
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Supreme court revisiting affirmative action - Blacking It Up - Air Date: 2-21-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Someday - Anya Marina
Ch. 4: Act 2: Supreme court will review affirmative action - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 2-24-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Pachelbel's Canon In D Major (Pano) Cannon In D, Kanon In - Johann Pachelbel
Ch. 6: Act 3: Race-Baiting Off Of Native American Sovereignty - Media Matters Air Date: 3-14-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Pachelbel's Canon In D Major (Pano) Cannon In D, Kanon In - Johann Pachelbel
Ch. 8: Act 4: Muslims Taking Over Tennessee Schools - Young Turks - Air Date: 4-1-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Fear is a villain - Theo Bard
Ch. 10: Act 5: Racial insensitivity regarding Jeremy Lin from Stephen A Smith - Blacking It Up - Air Date: 2-22-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Little talk - Of Monsters and Men
Ch. 12: Act 6: Affable Anti-Semite Thinks Jews Are Doing Super Job With The Media - The Onion
Ch. 13: Song 6: Perfect Timing (This Morning) - Orba Squara
Ch. 14: Act 7: Obama Black Panther Smear By Sean Hannity Panel - Young Turks - Air Date: 4-11-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Survivor Theme Song
Ch. 16: Act 8: Bill O'Reilly's Twisted Race Math - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 4-6-12
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Ch. 17: Final comments: Part 2 of 3 on the blindness of exuberance: Kony 2012 and the fallout
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show for details and |
| 0:06.1 | visit the membership tab at Best of the Left.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left podcast with Cups Today from Black |
| 0:12.4 | In It Up, Citizen Radio, Media Matters, The Young Turks, The Onion Radio News, and |
| 0:17.2 | The Jimmy Dores Show. |
| 0:18.5 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode contains math, so don't go saying |
| 0:22.9 | that no one ever told you it would be there. |
| 0:30.5 | I'm scared. |
| 0:32.5 | The Supreme Court is supposed to revisit affirmative action. |
| 0:40.8 | Really? |
| 0:42.8 | Not boring. |
| 0:46.2 | The Court announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to hear a challenge to the University of |
| 0:51.2 | Texas Affirmative Action Program. |
| 0:56.0 | And so it's an interesting thing, this cause, because this particular case comes down |
| 1:06.4 | because of Texas, and by the way, yeah, we're blaming you, Texas. |
| 1:12.2 | The discussion comes down because there was a student claim that she was not accepted |
| 1:18.3 | into the University of Texas, which is a state school, and because she's white. |
| 1:25.6 | And so the school currently has a rule that 10%, if you're in a top 10% of your school |
| 1:34.7 | and you live in the state of Texas, you are accepted into, which one, the program? |
| 1:42.0 | And then outside of that, outside of the top 10%, then races allowed to play a role in |
| 1:50.1 | admissions. |
| 1:51.1 | Race, grades, all that other stuff can play a role, but the top 10%, you get in, right? |
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