Introducing: Reparations: The Big Payback

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4.4 • 13.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Reparations: The Big Payback is an immersive, narrative podcast, hosted by social justice filmmakers Erika Alexander (Living Single, Get Out) and Whitney Dow (Two Towns of Jasper, Whiteness Project). Erika, a black woman, and Whitney, a white man use their unique storytelling skills and experiences to explore the argument for and against reparations for Black Americans.

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:05.4	Reparations is what is needed for our people!
0:08.7	Hi, I'm Eric Alexander.
0:10.0	And I'm Whitney Dow.
0:11.2	No, I'm Whitney Dow.
0:12.6	Oh, sorry, I'm Eric Alexander.
0:14.9	And we want to tell you about our new podcast,
0:16.8	Reparations, The Big Payback.
0:18.5	You might know Erica from Living Single or Get Out.
0:20.9	Or scene one of Whitney's documentaries on race
0:23.0	such as Two Towns of Jasper or Whiteness Project.
0:26.2	Race is the most volatile topic in the United States.
0:30.4	The legacy of slavery is all around us shaping every aspect
0:33.4	of the way we live our lives in this country.
0:35.5	No peace!
0:37.4	Let one share!
0:39.0	Let one share!
0:42.6	Black Americans have been systematically excluded
0:44.7	from reaping the benefits of their citizenship
0:46.6	and subject to persecution, discrimination, and worse.
0:49.4	When I see these photographs of these mobs of white people
0:54.0	and children at the scene of lynchings,
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