Will the World Ever Change or it Will it Continue to White?

Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast

iHartEricka

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Is the World Cruel or is it just White? Will it ever change? How is changed defined? Who gets to decide? Greater good or creating change---are they real or some veiled gospel of prosperity that’s mostly self interested and leaves us, the “change makers” at the center of it? Examples Jeff bezos Anne Hathaway HRC Non profits—origin of non profits, where did they come from? Why do we need them? A way to pacify activists and neutralize grassroots movements and embed them into the same oppressive institutions they were formed to absolve? Are we a less radical generation than before us? Do we just have more words to describe fucked up shit? Maybe we just gotta call shit what it is, be clear and explicit by what we mean dismantle white supremacy Join us in our attempt to make sense of the swirl. Recommended and Referenced Reading: Winners Take All by Anand Giriharadas: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/anand-giridharadas-on-winners-take-all.html Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex: https://incite-national.org/beyond-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/ Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton's Thoughts on Reparations for Slavery: https://splinternews.com/bernie-sanders-and-hillary-clinton-both-supported-repar-1793854216 HRC Executive Resigns After Using N-Word https://www.advocate.com/politics/2018/8/24/hrc-executive-resigns-after-using-n-word Episode Sponsored by The Pleasure Chest: https://thepleasurechest.com/new-york-ues-location

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0:00.0	Wow. All right. Here we are.
0:04.0	Are you waiting for me?
0:06.0	Yeah, you ain't even got no seat pulled up.
0:08.0	Isn't that an interesting dialogue?
0:12.0	A lot of African Americans are starting to call for
0:16.0	reparations for the many years of stolen labor through slavery.
0:20.0	Is that something that you would support as president?
0:21.6	No, I don't think so. I mean, I think it would be, first of all, it's likelihood of getting through a Congress as nil.
0:26.6	Second of all, I think it would be, you know, very divisive. I think the real issue is when we look at the poverty rate among the African American community,
0:35.6	when we look at the high unemployment rate within the African American community,
0:39.3	the incarceration rate within the African American community,
0:42.3	we have a lot of work to do.
0:44.3	So I think what we should be talking about is making massive investments
0:48.3	in rebuilding our cities, in creating millions of decent paying jobs,
0:53.3	in making public colleges, universities,
0:55.0	tuition-free, and working on childcare,
0:57.0	basically targeting our federal resources to the areas
1:01.0	that it is needed the most,
1:03.0	and where it is needed the most are in impoverished communities,
1:06.0	often African-American and Latino.
1:08.0	Step back.
1:10.0	Refocus. Step back. in African American Latino. step back refold
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