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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

(2015/06/26) Heritage (Rachel Dolezal and the Charleston Shooting)

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2015

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Edition #933

Today we examine the complicated dynamics of the race of Rachel Dolezal and the simple dynamics of the white supremacist terrorist attack on a historical black church on Charleston, SC
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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Rachel Dolezal, Guilty or Not Guilty? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-16-15

Ch. 3: Song 1: Can't Pretend - Tom Odell


Ch. 4: Act 2: Linda Martín Alcoff on Rachel Dolezal: Race Not an Individual Construct - @democracynow - Air Date: 06-17-15

Ch. 5: Song 2: Chameleon - Ryan Beatty


Ch. 6: Act 3: Tamara Winfrey Harris (@whattamisaid): Black Like Who? Rachel Dolezal’s Harmful Masquerade - Backtalk (@BitchMedia) - Air Date: 6-25-15

Ch. 7: Song 3: Accept Yourself (David Jensen session 8/25/83) - The Smiths


Ch. 8: Act 4: Rachel Dolezal has nothing to do with trans people - @Radio_Dispatch - Air Date: 6-16-15

Ch. 9: Song 4: Big Winter Jacket - Cayucas


Ch. 10: Act 5: A Hate Crime in Charleston - @onthemedia - Air Date: 6-19-15

Ch. 11: Song 5: Dust In the Wind - Kansas


Ch. 12: Act 6: The process of trauma in black America - This Week in Blackness (@TWiBprime) - Air Date: 6-18-15

Ch. 13: Song 6: A Dose of White Supremacy - Neffe Odom Kragh-Muller


Ch. 14: Act 7: The Charleston shooting is part of a long history of anti-black terrorism - @voxdotcom - Air Date: 6-20-15

Ch. 15: Song 7: So Terrible It's Terrifying - Earmint


Ch. 16: Act 8: FBI Director Denies Charleston Shooting Was Terrorism - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-23-15

Ch. 17: Song 8: Coward - Vic Chesnutt


Ch. 18: Act 9: Why Charleston Shooter Dylan Roof Isn't a “Terrorist” But Maybe Some of Us Are - @blkagendareport - Air Date: 6-24-15

Ch. 19: Song 9: Turtle (Bonobo Mix) - Pilote


Ch. 20: Act 10: John Oliver on The Charleston Shooting - @LastWeekTonight w/ @iamjohnoliver - Air Date: 06-22-15

Ch. 21: Song 10: The losing kind - Harry Shearer


Ch. 22: Act 11: The real history of the Confederate flag - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date 6-23-15

Ch. 23: Song 11: Know Your History - Drumma Boy


Ch. 24: Act 13: Tim Wise: Black Deaths and White Culture: Challenging Racism After Charleston - @ToThePoint_KCRW - Air Date: 6-24-15


Voicemails

Ch. 25: We need a real conversation on race, not the distractions - Marcus from Wichita Falls, TX

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 26: Final comments on what's still missing from this episode

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


Bonus Clips!

You can't have your identity anymore, just oppression - This Week in Blackness - Air Date: 6-17-15

You almost had me fooled, Rachel - The Read - Air Date: 6-16-15


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0:00.0

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0:06.1

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0:08.8

Now, welcome to the award-winning BESTUPLEFED PODCAST with Cups Today from the Young Turks,

0:13.4

Democracy Now, Back Talk from Bitch Media, Radio Dispatch, On The Media, This Week in Blackness,

0:19.6

Vox, The Black Agenda Report, Last Week Tonight, All in With Chris Hayes, and To The Point.

0:29.8

On Friday's show, we talked about Richard Dolegel and how she had figured her identity.

0:34.0

She apparently was white, but she went around basically the time he had to be African-American.

0:39.0

We declared her not guilty because we thought her intent was overall good, she was trying

0:43.1

to do right by the African-American community.

0:45.2

She worked at NAACP in Spokane, Washington, and they were happy with her and they stood

0:50.2

by her and they still stand by her, although she has now resigned.

0:53.4

I am here to tell you that I am switching my vote to guilty and I want to explain why.

0:58.4

First of all, something we already knew from Friday in explaining why she was calling

1:03.4

herself black, basically, she said, quote, we're all from the African continent.

1:08.6

Okay, that's incredible weak sauce.

1:10.9

I let it slide on Friday, but that is ridiculous.

1:14.1

It gives you a sense of the different lies of this woman as we.

1:17.2

Okay, but now let's talk about the substance of it and why it does matter that she was going

1:22.0

around pretending to be black.

1:23.9

So first of all, she apparently represented herself as black when applying to Howard University,

1:30.4

traditionally black university.

1:32.4

Wait, now that's serious, right?

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