The Original Rainbow Coalition

Code Switch

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In this episode we turn to late 1960s Chicago, when three unlikely groups came together to form a coalition based on interracial solidarity. It's hard to imagine this kind of collaboration today, but we dove into how a group of Black radicals, Confederate flag-waving white Southerners, and street-gang-turned-activist Puerto Ricans found common ground.

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0:00.0	What's good, Coach Wichlas and us?
0:01.6	First, we want to wish you all a happy new year
0:03.6	and good health in this year of the rabbit.
0:06.2	We know that lots of folks, like nearly two billion people
0:09.0	around the world, are celebrating the lunar new year right now.
0:12.8	But for a lot of folks here in the States,
0:14.6	this is also a time of mourning.
0:18.0	The tragic shooting in Monterey Park, California,
0:19.8	so terror in a community that was supposed to be celebrating,
0:23.7	instead that city's lunar new year celebrations were canceled
0:28.1	after a gunman attacked celebrants at a local dance studio.
0:32.7	Eleven people were killed, nine people were injured.
0:36.3	And we want to hear from you all,
0:38.8	like what does lunar new year mean to you?
0:41.9	And what are some of your favorite memories of it?
0:44.0	How do you celebrate?
0:45.8	And has that changed after the shooting in Monterey Park?
0:49.4	Does living in the United States change the way you think
0:52.8	about big celebrations in general?
0:55.9	Send us a voice memo to codeswitch at mpr.org.
0:59.9	And don't forget to include your name and a way to reach you.
1:02.4	We might include your voice in a new episode.
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