Today we take a look at the history of housing discrimination in the US and the connection of those policies to the systemic racism and social unrest in places like Ferguson, MO
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: LBJ signs Fair Housing Act 1968
Ch. 3: Song 1: Going Home - The Talks
Ch. 4: Act 2: Fight for fair housing goes to Supreme Court - Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHPshow) - Air Date 1-25-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Discrimination - Meet Me In the Park
Ch. 7: Song 3: Zebra - Teen Dream
Ch. 8: Act 4: A short history of racist housing policy - Economic Update with @profwolff - Air Date: 3-15-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Modern Day Slavery - Exploring All Avenues
Ch. 10: Act 5: The economics of systemic racism - Disorderly Conduct (@Dis_Con) - Air Date: 1-18-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Something Good Can Work - Tourist History
Ch. 12: Act 6: Ferguson USA - @MumiaAbuJamal - Air Date: 3-9-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: "Middle America" - Chris Priest
Ch. 14: Act 7: The return of debtors prisons in Ferguson - @TWiBnation - Air Date: 2-10-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Powerless - The Big Picture
Ch. 16: Act 8: #KeepHousingFair via @natfairhouse - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - The Poet
Ch. 18: Act 9: Racist Ferguson Police Department Financially Motivated Against Blacks - @The Young Turks - Air Date: 03-07-15
Voicemails
Ch. 20: Racism and employment - Ruben from San Jose
Ch. 21: The corrective mechanism in libertarianism - Patrick from Dallas
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 22: Final comments on libertarians as snowflakes and my recent bonus episode about being a character in a dystopian future
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism: #KeepHousingFair via @natfairhouse
Take Action:
Follow #KeepHousingFair through The National Fair Housing Alliance on Facebook and Twitter
Additional Activism/Resources:
CHICAGO VOTERS: the mayoral runoff election is APRIL 7. Rahm has continued harmful Daley policies, so Find Your Polling Place
READ: "Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law” — a $1.99 Kindle Single by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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