Edition #934
Today we take a look at the history of race and white supremacy in America to understand the incredibly loud echoes of the past that continue to reverberate strongly in modern society
 
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: The Trick of Whiteness, Historically and Today - @timjacobwise - Air Date: 12-5-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Time to Go Home - Michael Franti & Spearhead

00:06:56 Ch. 4: Act 2: Black, White and Red All Over - @onthemedia - Air Date: 2-13-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Echo's (from the Past) - Al Huskey

00:12:27 Ch. 6: Act 3: The Story Of The Tulsa Race Riots Will Disgust You - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 05-01-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: Black Wall Street - Touchers

00:18:03 Ch. 8: Act 4: How Some Baltimore Neighborhoods Reflect Segregation's Legacy - @MorningEdition on @NPR - Air Date: 5-6-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Segregation - Rankin Scroo

00:23:58 Ch. 10: Act 5: LBJ and the racial divide, 50 years later - @DecodeDC - Air Date: 6-18-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Accountability - Sammy R. Hall

00:30:40 Ch. 12: Act 6: Conservative Pundits Say Removal Of Confederate Flag Will Destroy The South - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-26-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: Soul Vibrations Black History / Black Culture : Afro-Nicaraguan Music - Soul Vibrations

00:40:16 Ch. 14: Act 7: Will the South Finally be Deprogrammed - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 06-24-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Modern Day Slavery - Waun

00:50:14 Ch. 16: Act 8: Showing Up For Racial Justice @ShowUp4RJ - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 17: Song 8: Right to Complain - Trombone Shorty & Marc Broussard

00:54:06 Ch. 18: Act 9:  I'm a redneck and I love America - @TheDixonWhite - Air Date: 04-4-15

Voicemails
01:00:01 Ch. 19: Pushback on Rachel Dolezal segments - Adriana from Long Beach, CA
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

01:02:36 Ch. 20: Final comments on the fundamentals of socially constructed cultural norms
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Activism: Showing Up For Racial Justice @ShowUp4RJ
Take Action:
Volunteer and/or participate in actions around the country with Showing Up For Racial Justice
Follow SURJ on Twitter and like the on Facebook
Additional Activism/Resources:
#TakeDownTheFlag
AskAWhitePerson.com
Sources/further reading:
"12 Ways to Be a White Ally to Black People” by Janee Woods at The Root
"White Supremacy Culture: From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups” via SURJ
"Take Down the Confederate Flag—Now” by Ta-Nehisi Coates at The Atlantic
"Calls to Drop Confederate Emblems Spread Nationwide” via The New York Times
"Before Charleston, Not Many People Wanted To Take Down The Confederate Flag” via FiveThirtyEight.com
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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