(2015/03/24) Unfair housing, unfair society (Racism) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com

from 2015-03-24T23:00

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Edition #908


Today we take a look at the history of housing discrimination in the US and the connection of those polices to the systemic racism and social unrest in places like Ferguson, MO

 

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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. 6: Act 3: Nikole-Hannah Jones (@nhannahjones) & Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) on the Housing Crisis- What's Changed? - @grittv - Air Date: 9-3-14


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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