2.24: Cancel Culture Part 3: Removing Statues
First Name Basis Podcast - Un pódcast de Jasmine Bradshaw
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Our country is in the midst of a social revolution. People everywhere are standing up and fighting for racial equity and part of the protesting has included taking down statues of people who have had a hand in the oppression of marginalized communities. In this episode we discuss the founding of our country, the violence that accompanied that founding, and why we have to take that violence seriously. Listen to hear a perspective you may not have considered about what these statues represent and how we can change them to better reflect our community as a whole. How Slavery Affected African-American Families Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the Ameican Revolution How the Constitution was Indeed Pro-Slavery GOP Senator Under Fire For Comment that Slavery was ‘Necessary Evil’ 1619 Project Whose Heritage? 153 Years of Confederate Iconography Princeton & Slavery: James Madison The Founding Fathers and Slavery Why Thomas Jefferson’s Anti-Slavery Passage was Removed from the Declaration of Independence George Washington, Slavery, ‘The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret’ Advertisement for the Capture of Ona Judge Song Credit: “Away” by Geographer and “Beach Disco” by Dougie Wood
