(2014/03/01) Knowing our history and seeing it echo today (Racism)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 2 March 2014
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Edition #804
Knowing our history and seeing it echo today
Today we look at how history shapes the present, how we can shape the future and how change is inevitable.
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Oprah Claims President Faces Racism - This @WEEKinBLACKNESS - Air Date 11-19-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Black Wall Street - Touchers
Ch. 4: Act 2: Black Wall Street - Almas J. Sami'
Ch. 5: Song 2: Black Wall Street - The One JP
Ch. 6: Act 3: Professor reprimanded for teaching structural racism - @citizenradio - Air Date: 12-16-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Bury the past - Professional Victims
Ch. 8: Act 4: Black History One - @MumiaAbuJamal - Air Date: 2-19-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Know Your History (feat. 8 Ball & MJG) - Drumma Boy
Ch. 10: Act 5: Caller: I Never Realized I had Racist Tendencies - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-25-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Cleanse song - Bright Eyes
Ch. 12: Act 6: America on MLK’s Birthday: The Trifecta of Evils - @blkagendareport - Air Date: 1-22-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Silence must be heard - Enigma
Ch. 14: Act 7: Still fraught: The idea of a black president - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-21-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's the Fight?) - Sahara Hotnights
Ch. 16: Act 8: President Obama Isn't 'Playing The Race Card' - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-22-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: Racism - Mighty Sparrow
Ch. 18: Act 9: Generation Justice (@genjustice) - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 19: Song 9: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 20: Act 10: CFC Keynote: Pain, Passion and Possibility - @ProfTriciaRose - Air Date: 10-29-2013
Voicemails:
Ch. 21: The proper way of educating an audience about trans issues - Erin from Philadelphia
Ch. 22: Trans people are treated as objects of curiosity - queer theory - Matt in Negaunee, Mi
Ch. 23: A few problems with the trans discussion - Jacob from Indianapolis
Leave a message at 202-999-3991
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 24: My conversation with Jacob
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM:
Generation Justice
Sources/further reading:
Colorlines: Race Forward
"Infographic Illustrates the Structural Racism of the Oscars” or “Old, White Men Will Mostly Decide This Weekend’s Oscars” by Jamilah King
"White, Conservative Men Dominate Sunday Morning Political Talk Shows” by Breanna Edwards at The Root
”How Well Does The Media Cover Race?” by Dominique Apollon
”White Guys Doing It By Themselves” Tumblr curated by Erin Matson
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.8 | For details, visit the membership tab at bestoflf.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, looking to the award-winning Best of the Left podcast with clips today from this |
| 0:11.8 | week in Blackness, Almas J. Sammy, Citizen Radio, Mumiya Lujamal, the Tom Hartman program, |
| 0:16.4 | Black Agenda Report, all in with Chris Hayes, The Young Turks, and Dr. Trisha Rose. |
| 0:20.8 | And good news for white people by the end of this episode, you should learn to not feel |
| 0:24.1 | guilty about racism anymore. |
| 0:25.9 | Congratulations. |
| 0:30.0 | So, in a BBC interview, Oprah Winfrey was talking about racism and President Obama. |
| 0:38.6 | So she was saying that the president is disrespected because of his race. |
| 0:46.4 | And the host, the BBC host, was like, well, I mean, that's crazy. |
| 0:53.7 | And then Rush Limbaugh got wind of it and said, well, Oprah, my retort to you is, |
| 0:59.7 | hold on. |
| 1:00.7 | If you're doing this, let's just forget what was said and why was said and I'll get |
| 1:08.0 | stuff. |
| 1:09.0 | All right. |
| 1:10.0 | Here we go. |
| 1:11.0 | Bring it back to the theme of the movie. |
| 1:12.0 | Do you think there's ever crossed your mind that some of the treatment of Obama and the |
| 1:17.2 | challenge he's faced and some of the reporting he's received is because he's an African-American |
| 1:22.3 | and if he wasn't an African-American, if there's a white guy, those would never happen. |
| 1:25.0 | He wouldn't have been treating quite the same way. |
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