#75: White Supremacy Is an American Value
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
After Charlottesville, many have said something along the lines of, "This is un-American," or "This isn't what this country is all about." But White Supremacy isn't just a fringe movement. It's a founding principle of the U.S. Host Julio Ricardo Varela leads a discussion with Jamilah King, race and justice reporter at Mother Jones, and Chenjerai Kumanyika, professor at the Rutgers department of journalism and media studies.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of In The Thick is brought to you by Amber Waves of Green. |
| 0:04.0 | The building, the construction of white supremacy, is something that we have to really hold right next to this idea that we're trying to build this magnificent project of democracy. |
| 0:14.6 | We have to look at the ways that it's failed. |
| 0:16.2 | Hey, welcome to In The Thicke a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:24.7 | I'm Julio Ricardo Guadalajelah, hosting solo this week while my co-hosts, Maria |
| 0:29.1 | in Ojosa is in the Dominican Republic, finishing up her book. |
| 0:32.8 | Today we've got in the thick regular Jamila King, |
| 0:36.4 | who's a race and justice reporter at Mother Jones now. |
| 0:39.5 | Congratulations. |
| 0:40.4 | Welcome back, Jamila. |
| 0:41.6 | Thank you, Julio. |
| 0:42.4 | Also joining me on the show is Chenjari Kumanika, |
| 0:46.0 | journalists and professor at the Rutgers Department of Journalism |
| 0:49.0 | and Media Studies. |
| 0:50.2 | Hey, Chenjari. |
| 0:51.0 | Hey, how you doing? |
| 0:52.2 | Yeah, we're very excited to have you. |
| 0:54.0 | There's so much to talk about. What a week. |
| 0:56.0 | This past Friday, we got the news that Steve Bannon is finally out of the White House. |
| 1:02.0 | But now that Bannon's out, are we actually |
| 1:04.0 | getting anything different here? |
| 1:05.9 | Absolutely not. I actually think that Steve Bannon is a lot more dangerous |
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