(2012/04/28) It shouldn't matter but it does (Racism)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 28 April 2012
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Edition #600
It shouldn't matter but it does
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Racist Rant Gets John Derbyshire Fired From National Review - Young Turks - Air Date: 4-9-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Enzymes - Freelance Whales
Ch. 4: Act 2: If you're black, put your hands in the air - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 4-2-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Teenage Dirtbag - Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Ch. 6: Act 3: Bill O'Reilly's Race Relation Management - Jimmy Dore - Air Date: 4-6-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) - Fun.
Ch. 8: Act 4: Racism Without Racists - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 3-5-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: To Kill A Mockingbird Theme: Scout's Song - YouTube - BJAMDTCJWJF
Ch. 10: Act 5: Consumer brand racism - Blacking it up - Air Date: 3-6-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Fix yourself - The Innocent Bystanders
Ch. 12: Act 6: Landlord Posts Whites Only Sign at Pool, Won't Apologize - David Pakman - Air Date: 12-21-11
Ch. 13: Song 6: Mondo '77 - Film Dialogue
Ch. 14: Act 7: Don't Re-Nig 2012 Anti-Obama Bumper Sticker Seller Defends N-Word - Young Turks - Air Date: 3-21-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Think about it - Flight of the Conchords
Ch. 16: Act 8: Race shouldn't matter but it does - Blacking It Up - Air Date: 3-14-12
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Ch. 17: Final comments: Part 3 of 3 on the blindness of exuberance: "Bully" and it's producer's distrust of his own audience
Articles referenced:
The Problem With Bully by Emily Bazelon - Slate.com
"Bully" Movie Betrays Dead Boy with Asperger's Syndrome by Landon Bryce - thAutcast.com
Bully Movie Update: Responses from Producer Lee Hirsch and Alex's Mom by Landon Bryce - thAutcast.com
'Bully' producer responds to allegations that the doc ignored key information by Hillary Busis - EW.com
"Bully" Movie Is Mostly a Missed Opportunity by Landon Bryce - thAutcast.com
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.4 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfLeft podcast with Kupstay from the young Turks, Tom |
| 0:13.6 | Hartman, the Jimmy Dorshow, Mumi Abu Jamal, lacking it up, and the David Pakman show. |
| 0:19.1 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode poses the risk of making you feel |
| 0:22.9 | guilty of up to three privileges you may have, one of which you may never have heard of. |
| 0:30.1 | John Durmishar is apparently a well-known conservative. |
| 0:33.0 | He has written for the National Review for a long time, and he is well respected by other |
| 0:38.3 | conservatives. |
| 0:39.3 | Now in 2003, he really basically hinted that he didn't hint. |
| 0:44.2 | He said that he was homophobic and racist, but that he was a tolerant one. |
| 0:48.7 | We'll get back to that. |
| 0:50.7 | So, and he never retracted that, but people that aren't really racist, are you? |
| 0:56.3 | Well, it turns out he is. |
| 0:58.0 | Because when writing, not for the National Review, but for a magazine called Taki, I guess, |
| 1:03.2 | he decided to write his version of the talk, but this time for white people. |
| 1:08.1 | Now, African-Americans have the talk, as people have been writing about recently, because |
| 1:11.9 | of the Trayvon Martin case, with their kids, and the talk is, hey, listen, be careful when |
| 1:16.4 | you're out there, don't talk back to the cops, et cetera. |
| 1:19.4 | All these different things that you got to watch out for, because there's some chance |
| 1:22.7 | that you might be faced with discrimination out there. |
| 1:27.0 | And that discrimination might literally be dangerous, it might be a danger to your life. |
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