The Amistad
History Is Dank
All Things Comedy
5.0 • 584 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
February is Black History Month. The annual observance originated in the United States, and is spreading to other countries as well. As part of the observance Strider chose to share the story of the Amistad Case. The Supreme Court's ruling was not only monumental to the fate those tragically involved, but that of the entire United States.
The protagonist Sengbe Pieh, otherwise known as Joesph Cinque sums up why it is important to look back at even the most tragic chapters of humanity's past, "I meant my ancestors. I will call into the past. Far back to the beginning of time and beg them to come and help me at the judgment. I will reach back and draw them into me and they must come. For at this moment I am the whole reason they have existed at all."
We have the ingredients to be good to our fellow man.
Sources: History.com Amistad Case, Wikipedia.org, imdb.com, Reuters.com, Thoughtco.com “Events and Legacy of the Amistad Case of 1840” by Robert Longley 'Amistad' Film. Steven Spielberg 1997
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| 0:00.0 | Friggin' what up, dude. |
| 0:04.6 | Strider Wilson, I'm the host of this podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | That's mine. |
| 0:07.2 | It's going to be called History is Night. |
| 0:10.5 | History is dead. |
| 0:13.9 | We're Strider Wilson. |
| 0:18.1 | Dang it from the bomb. Friggis. Frigin' what up, dude. |
| 0:27.2 | Welcome back to another epic-frican history is dank, dude. |
| 0:31.9 | Fired up right now. |
| 0:34.2 | If you're watching on the YouTube, my hair's a little dishevel. |
| 0:37.4 | We're recording a little earlier right now. |
| 0:39.3 | Got to wake up, dude. |
| 0:40.7 | Got to get myself a nice cold brew, a little jet fuel. |
| 0:42.9 | Let's go. |
| 0:44.8 | I've been thinking about, you know, I've been thinking lately, you know, during this COVID era. |
| 0:49.8 | You know, we all, it's a time for reflection, you know, introspection. |
| 0:54.0 | And you think about careers. You think about freaking relationships, although I'm sad. I got my freaking rock, my freaking coral, dude. My dang, GF, dude. You know, you think about the meaning of life, dude. You know, what's, you know, you look up the sky and you just go, what up? What's the deal? |
| 1:11.6 | You know? |
| 1:16.9 | And I've been thinking, and Aaron, this is, I'm going to take a step in my life. |
| 1:22.0 | And, you know, as you well know, it's well documented, you know, the going deep pod. |
| 1:24.2 | And on here, I've probably mentioned it. Like, you know, when it comes to blazing nugs, smoking weed, dude, you know, charing up doinks. |
| 1:31.3 | Freaking, I never really partake, you know. |
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