Air date: 2-2-16
Today we look at the intersection and roots of systemic racism and institutional poverty in America and the ways in which each supports and bolsters the other
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:00:45 Ch. 2: Act 1: The Great Migration - @DecodeDC - Air Date 5-14-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: End of the World - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
00:08:32 Ch. 4: Act 2: Back to Baltimore Witness to History - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date 12-11-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Uprising - Muse
00:12:45 Ch. 6: Act 3: Richard Rothstein on the roots racial segregation in Baltimore - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 12-26-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: Segregation - Rankin Scroo
00:21:30 Ch. 8: Act 4: Phil Thompson on the Historical Fight for Civil and Economic Rights - @TheNextSystem Project - Air Date: 6-30-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: N/A
00:25:17 Ch. 10: Act 5: Black College Households Lost Half Their Wealth Despite Degrees - @blkagendareport - Air Date: 8-19-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Lesson Learned - Smooth Jazz All Stars
00:30:42 Ch. 12: Act 6: The legacy of racial, economic inequality - Economic Update w/ @profwolff - Air Date: 12-29-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Only a Pawn In Their Game - Bob Dylan
00:43:47 Ch. 14: Act 7: Working against the Racial Wealth Gap - The F Word with @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date: 12-8-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Forward - Northbound
00:47:02 Ch. 16: Act 8: Narrowing the Racial Wealth Gap w/@AECFNews (Annie E. Casey Fdn) - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - Shihan
00:52:14 Ch. 18: Act 9: Racism is a tool to keep poor white people blaming POC for their problems - The Benjamin Dixon Show (@TheBpDShow) - Air Date: 6-19-15
Voicemails
01:01:32 Ch. 19: We are a defacto segregated country - Erin from Philadelphia
01:03:47 Ch. 20: Pulling the Overton window back to the left - Colby from Portland, Oregon
01:07:12 Ch. 21: Thoughts on the effects of structures of business - Jordan from Salt Lake City
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
01:10:33 Ch. 22: Final comments on the lack of diversity in the voicemails
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism: Narrowing the Racial Wealth Gap w/@AECFNews (Annie E. Casey Fdn)
Take Action:
Get Involved with the Annie E. Casey Foundation: Who We Help: Communities
Contact your legislators through OpenStates.org about: ”Investing in Tomorrow”
Sources/further reading:
"Could These Four Policy Changes Close the Racial Wealth Gap?” at Colorlines.org
"UN Experts Catalog Seemingly Endless List of Racial Discrimination in US” at CommonDreams
"The U.S. Supreme Court Barely Saves the Fair Housing Act” at The Atlantic
"Ending the Cycle of Racial Isolation” at The New York Times
"Obama administration to unveil major new rules targeting segregation across U.S.” via The White House
"In Fair Housing Act Case, Supreme Court Backs 'Disparate Impact’ Claims”
“Segregation Now: Investigating America’s Racial Divide” at ProPublica
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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