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Show Me The Money

Code Switch

NPR

Society & Culture

4.6 β€’ 14.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Two friends living in Vermont decided to try a radical experiment: They asked White people in their community to give money directly to their Black neighbors β€” a DIY, hyper-local "reparations" program, of sorts. Our friends at the Invisibilia podcast took a look at how the community reacted, for better and for worse.

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0:00.0

We told you we were gonna dig into what it means to be Latino.

0:05.0

Oh yeah, I'll tell you right now.

0:07.0

Mexican, period, full style.

0:09.0

Hold up, sorry.

0:10.0

I meant to say what it means to be Latinx.

0:13.0

If you say in Spanish it's like Latinx, Latinx, Latinx, Latinx, Latinx, Latinx,

0:18.4

like that's also like a demo group.

0:21.0

Latinx, Latinx, and bivo, and super caral, Latinx, Latinx.

0:26.0

The kid Merrill prefers Latinx.

0:28.0

Because you can say in Spanish.

0:30.0

I think that's all it matters.

0:32.0

Anyway, we're talking about Latinx with some very interesting people, including you, our

0:40.0

listeners, because you had thoughts.

0:44.0

First up though, my conversation with the kid Merrill of Jesus and Merrill fame.

0:48.0

I just want to place the disclaimer that I have not done any type of collegiate studies of

0:54.0

racial identity or anything like that, so I'm sure from the hip.

0:57.0

Merrill talks to me about his Dominican pride.

1:00.0

There's Dominican flags all over the house.

1:01.0

And how having kids with his wife, whose wife, has made him think even more about race.

1:07.0

My kids, they are black Latinos.

1:11.0

But half of them look exactly like their mom.

1:13.0

Can you go in a room and say I'm black?

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