Wake-Up Call: Part I

Sounds Like Hate

Southern Poverty Law Center

Documentary, Society & Culture, News, True Crime, News Commentary

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🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington is a college embedded in Southern military tradition – which includes an unquestioning respect for the Confederacy. But in the spring of 2020, a racial reckoning came to VMI after students of color and some alumni began to air their frustrations and demand change. In this episode, you’ll discover how those students and alumni exposed racism and false historical narratives. This state school with intimate ties to Virginia politics provides insight into how our country grapples with the legacy of the Confederacy.

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0:00.0	Let's be
0:03.0	Go!
0:10.0	In the spring of 2020,
0:12.0	the Virginia Military Institute, or VMI,
0:16.0	located in the remote college town of Lexington, Virginia,
0:20.0	was unprepared for the racial reckoning
0:23.8	it was about to face concerning its past and its future.
0:29.8	Let's go.
0:29.8	Motivated.
0:31.3	Psycho!
0:32.6	Baby!
0:33.6	I'm not comfortable of saluting someone who fought against people of my color.
0:38.3	For any of them to turn a blonde eye to racism in barracks.
0:48.3	A perfect cadet here would be a white male cadet.
0:55.0	My whole argument is we can replace those people.
1:00.0	If they want to be dinosaurs and refuse to change, they can go extinct and it can happen real quick.
1:05.0	Corporal Edwell, died in the field of honor, sir. Army James, died in the field of honor, sir! Romitaine's, died in the field of honor, sir.
1:12.6	Bramie Jepson.
1:13.6	VMI is a college embedded in southern military tradition.
1:18.6	Founded in 1839, its roots are Confederate gray.
1:23.6	And despite a civil rights revolution, those traditions are at the core of the military
1:30.3	college experience. Honor, discipline, and respect for the Confederacy has made it a traumatic
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