A Word: Racial Reckoning on Campus

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🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The murder of George Floyd prompted a number of American colleges and universities to reckon with their historic roles in slavery. Three years later, many institutions have abandoned those efforts. One that’s still going strong is the Hard Histories Project at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by historian Martha Jones, the director of that effort. The scholars associated with the project have uncovered many challenging truths, including evidence that the founder of Johns Hopkins—widely hailed as an abolitionist—owned slaves. Guest: Historian Martha Jones, Director of the Hard Histories Project at Johns Hopkins University Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for $15 for your first three months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate. I'm your host, Jason Johnson. This month marks
0:06.2	the third anniversary of George Floyd's murder, and the third year of America's so-called
0:11.8	racial reckoning. And while the backlash in politics and academia has been strong, some
0:16.8	say the fight to tell the true history of America and race is just beginning.
0:21.3	Yes, they are difficult stories, but they are filled with extraordinary, visionary,
0:29.9	outrageous individuals who we carry with us.
0:34.0	Teaching the hard history of slavery and racism, coming up on a word with me, Jason Johnson,
0:39.3	stay with us.
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1:14.9	Welcome to a word, a podcast about race, impolitex, and everything else. I'm your host, Jason
1:18.8	Johnson. The murder of George Floyd three years ago sparked what has been called the
1:24.8	reckoning, a reexamination of how institutional racism has shaped American history and our
1:30.0	society today. Well, we all see how that turned out. The backlash began almost immediately,
1:35.3	with mostly Republican political leaders labeling the accurate teaching of racial history
1:39.8	as dangerous and anti-patriotic. Books that acknowledge slavery, segregation, and Jim
1:45.1	Crow are being targeted and removed from school libraries. An educators who try to teach about
1:50.4	this history are having their jobs, and sometimes they're very safety threatened. Beyond that,
1:57.4	many of the racial reckoning efforts at major institutions have seemed their funding and
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