#827 Perspective Taking (Racism)

Today we look at a bit of the history of racism in America. Turns out nothing is new. The good news is that we appear to be headed in the right direction if we can maintain the momentum.

Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: A Brief History of White Privilege, Racism and Oppression in America - Acronym TV (@dennistrainorjr) - Air Date: 04-29-14

Ch. 3: Song 1: Know Your History - Our Darkest Days


Ch. 4: Act 2: Jim Demint's Delusional Slave History - @twibnation - Air Date 4-9-14

Ch. 5: Song 2: Can't Keep Up - Can't Keep Up - Single


Ch. 6: Act 3: How Whites Have Benefited From Affirmative Action Throughout American History - @majorityfm - Air Date: 04-23-14

Ch. 7: Song 3: North By North - Dynamo


Ch. 8: Act 4: Three Things About the Donald Sterling Tape - illdoc1more (@jsmooth995) - Air Date: 4-28-14

Ch. 9: Song 4: Tobacco Road - Tobacco Road


Ch. 10: Act 5: Race in the Obama era - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 04-10-14

Ch. 11: Song 5: No Guarantee - Best of !Akimbo


Ch. 12: Act 6: The 'My Brother's Keeper' Initiative Part 1 - @historicalTWiB - Air Date 3-5-14

Ch. 13: Song 6: Truth - Supply and Demand


Ch. 14: Act 7: NBC Illustrates Its Concept Of Diversity - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 5-2-14

Ch. 15: Song 7: Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event (Bonus Track Edition)


Ch. 16: Act 8: The 'My Brother's Keeper' Initiative Part 2 - @historicalTWiB - Air Date 3-5-14

Ch. 17: Song 8: Meaningless - Dimples - EP


Ch. 18: Act 9: Conservatives The ONLY Group Opposing Racial Equality [POLL] - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-05-14


Voicemails

Ch. 19: Banning polygmany is not discrimination - Raul from Hawaii

Ch. 20: Polygamy vs polyamory and questioning monogomy as natural - Matt from Michigan

Ch. 21: A poly perspective - Katie Klabusich from New York

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 22: Final comments on the American paradigm of restrictions on freedom

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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