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The Daily Stoic

Edward Ball, Southern Writer, on the Ghosts of Our Collective Past

The Daily Stoic

Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures

Society & Culture, 694393, Stoicism, Ryan Holiday, Business, Self-improvement, Philosophy, Stoic, Stoic Philosophy, Education, Daily Stoic

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ryan talks with writer Edward Ball about what has animated the racism of the past and present, the distinction between responsibility and accountability for horrific deeds, and how to reckon with the darkest parts of American history.

Edward Ball is an author who writes about history and race. His most recent book, Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy, discusses Ball’s great-grandfather, a white supremacist in New Orleans during Reconstruction. Ball has written for The Village Voice and other publications and has taught at Yale and SUNY.

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Stoic virtues of courage, justice, wisdom, and temperance. And here on the weekend we take a deeper dive into those same topics. We interview Stoic philosophers, we reflect, we prepare, we think deeply about the challenging issues of our time. And we work through this philosophy in a way that's more possible here when we're not rushing to work or to get the kids to school.

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We have the time to think, to go for a walk, to sit with our journals, and to prepare for what the future will bring.

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1:41.0

Now I've held so many occupations over the years that my fans lovingly nicknamed me Kiki Keep a Bag Palmer. And trust me, I keep a Bag Love.

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But if you ask me, I'm just getting started and there's so much I still want to do. So I decided I want to be a podcast host. I'm proud to introduce you to the Baby Mrs. Kiki Palmer Podcast.

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I'm putting my friends, family, and some of the dopest experts in the hot seat to ask them the questions that have been burning in my mind.

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What will former child stars be if they weren't actors? What happened to sitcoms? It's only fans, only bad. I want to know. So I asked my mom about it.

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These are the questions that keep me up at night. But I'm taking these questions out of my head and I'm bringing them to you. Because on Baby Mrs. Kiki Palmer, no topic is off limits.

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2:32.0

Hey, this is Ryan Holiday. Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stove Podcast.

2:39.0

I mentioned it a couple of times recently. I was talking about a Confederate statue that you pass on the way into my office where I write my books.

2:46.0

And I record this podcast. And I don't know if I mentioned this. But I saw all sort of both sides jostling about it.

2:52.0

And I had it at one side, wanted it down because they found it to be deeply offensive that if the walk passed a monument to the people who enslaved their ancestors on your way into court or to see your local representatives to sit in the city council and all that.

3:07.0

And then on the other hand, there was people who had grown up in this town their whole life and they didn't want to see something that had always been there just disappear.

3:15.0

And so I ended up approaching some of the activists and I said, look, how much do you think this is going to cost to move this thing? Not destroy it, but move it.

3:22.0

And the number was, you know, they weren't sure, but it was between 10 and 20,000 dollars. And I said, you know what, I can afford that.

3:28.0

And I offered to put in 10,000 dollars to move this statue. And anyways, there's a couple city council meetings about it and some protests and there for all of them.

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