(2015/06/26) Heritage (Rachel Dolezal and the Charleston Shooting) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com

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Edition #933


Today we examine the complicated dynamics of the race of Rachel Dolezal and the simple dynamics of the white supremacist terrorist attack on a historical black church on Charleston, SC

 

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Show Notes


Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill


Ch. 2: Act 1: Rachel Dolezal, Guilty or Not Guilty? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-16-15


Ch. 3: Song 1: Can't Pretend - Tom Odell




Ch. 4: Act 2: Linda Martín Alcoff on Rachel Dolezal: Race Not an Individual Construct - @democracynow - Air Date: 06-17-15


Ch. 5: Song 2: Chameleon - Ryan Beatty




Ch. 6: Act 3: Tamara Winfrey Harris (@whattamisaid): Black Like Who? Rachel Dolezal’s Harmful Masquerade - Backtalk (@BitchMedia) - Air Date: 6-25-15


Ch. 7: Song 3: Accept Yourself (David Jensen session 8/25/83) - The Smiths




Ch. 8: Act 4: Rachel Dolezal has nothing to do with trans people - @Radio_Dispatch - Air Date: 6-16-15


Ch. 9: Song 4: Big Winter Jacket - Cayucas




Ch. 10: Act 5: A Hate Crime in Charleston - @onthemedia - Air Date: 6-19-15


Ch. 11: Song 5: Dust In the Wind - Kansas




Ch. 12: Act 6: The process of trauma in black America - This Week in Blackness (@TWiBprime) - Air Date: 6-18-15


Ch. 13: Song 6: A Dose of White Supremacy - Neffe Odom Kragh-Muller




Ch. 14: Act 7: The Charleston shooting is part of a long history of anti-black terrorism - @voxdotcom - Air Date: 6-20-15


Ch. 15: Song 7: So Terrible It's Terrifying - Earmint




Ch. 16: Act 8:  FBI Director Denies Charleston Shooting Was Terrorism - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-23-15


Ch. 17: Song 8: Coward - Vic Chesnutt




Ch. 18: Act 9: Why Charleston Shooter Dylan Roof Isn't a “Terrorist” But Maybe Some of Us Are - @blkagendareport - Air Date: 6-24-15


Ch. 19: Song 9: Turtle (Bonobo Mix) - Pilote




Ch. 20: Act 10: John Oliver on The Charleston Shooting - @LastWeekTonight w/ @iamjohnoliver - Air Date: 06-22-15


Ch. 21: Song 10: The losing kind - Harry Shearer




Ch. 22: Act 11: The real history of the Confederate flag - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date 6-23-15


Ch. 23: Song 11: Know Your History - Drumma Boy




Ch. 24: Act 13: Tim Wise: Black Deaths and White Culture: Challenging Racism After Charleston - @ToThePoint_KCRW - Air Date: 6-24-15




Voicemails


Ch. 25: We need a real conversation on race, not the distractions - Marcus from Wichita Falls, TX


Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics




Ch. 26: Final comments on what's still missing from this episode


Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone




Bonus Clips!


You can't have your identity anymore, just oppression - This Week in Blackness - Air Date: 6-17-15


You almost had me fooled, Rachel - The Read - Air Date: 6-16-15




Produced by Jay! Tomlinson


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