The history of fried chicken is steeped in racism and exploitation of black culture, from assigning negative stereotypes to black people loving fried chicken, to white restaurateurs profiting off of the ideas and recipes of black women who originally sold the dish.
A black person has to think twice when they might be blamed for something, unlike a white person, because society demands change from all races in this time when unjust situations persist.
The speaker discusses the irony in his racist experiences growing up as Greek people consider themselves better than Albanians even though they are not genetically white due to their roots in the Ottoman Empire.
The murder and subsequent cover-up of Timothy Coggins sheds light on the long history of racial violence and systemic racism in America.
The prevalence of racism in America remains an unresolved issue, with disruption to educating children and the lack of support from political parties to tackle critical race theory.
The speaker contemplates the idea of telling racist people to keep doing what makes them feel good and suggests it as a possible angle for a commencement speech.
Two individuals get into an altercation on the NYC subway, resulting in racist comments being made towards a white man.
The theory of ambiguous loss, developed by family therapist and psychologist Pauline Boss, is being applied to explain how racism can cause loss and trauma in black families and communities, with its effects still felt in present-day systems of oppression. Boss has received recent inquiries about the theory's application to racism as a form of ambiguous loss.
A son discusses how his parents navigated racism and the impact it had on their relationship, as well as the lasting effects it had on his own upbringing.
San Domingue was one of the birthplaces of modern pseudo-scientific racism, with authors like the Baron de Beauvoir asserting that blacks were an inherently inferior species of humanity. This view was commonplace during this era and served as the primary lens through which the world was viewed, leading to changes in law and societal structures.
The speaker challenges the idea that an individual's race dictates their ability to speak on specific issues, emphasizing the importance of allowing differing perspectives to be heard.
In this podcast, the speaker talks about his experience of being falsely accused of racism in a hit piece by a media outlet and how he responded to it.
A book critical of racism won't work without depicting racism in it. However, the use of racial slurs should not be tolerated from a place of racial hatred.
The speaker shares a childhood memory of unintentional racism from an adult and how it affected them.
A listener shares her concern about the racist undertone and cultural appropriation present in certain themed parties. She highlights the lack of response and action from the person she spoke to about the issue, and discusses the prevalence of these types of parties among young people.
A man recounts his childhood experiences growing up as a black kid in Libertyville, highlighting the importance of supportive surroundings in achieving self-worth and overcoming racism.
Laverne Cox discusses how the racist culture and ideology in America have affected her and the black community. She also expresses her perspective on cancel culture and the lack of transformation it allows for individuals.
The existence of racially fueled incidents and biases in medical care is still a prevalent issue. Some individuals use the excuse of being unable to connect with people of different races, but this is often just a lazy justification for hate.
A man describes a frightening encounter where he and two others were threatened with guns after a racial slur was uttered.
The speaker does not believe that taking money from white donors makes someone a pawn in the white man’s master plan, while also discussing a speech given by Willie Lynch to slave owners in the 1700s, and how it relates to issues of control and manipulation today.
The fear of white people becoming a minority in the future causes an underlying discomfort and insecurity, as they worry about being treated the same way they treated minorities. This fear is accentuated due to the lack of representation of black heroes and successes in the media.
The speaker believes that racism is frequently viewed as an active prejudice, but it is often a passive action that is taken by individuals in their everyday lives. The act of not caring or not considering the impact of one's actions can be seen as a form of racism.
Little kids are already practicing racism on other little kids and internalizing self-hate, which necessitates the need to teach race relations in primary school in a way that's very picture-driven and image-driven to bring about diversity-equity inclusion.
The design of infrastructure like highways and overpasses can reflect racism, such as when an underpass is constructed too low for a bus carrying mostly black and Puerto Rican kids to pass through, or when a highway is built to divide a white and black neighborhood. The low overpasses on parkways in New York, which were designed to look scenic, also became a conspiracy theory that they were deliberately built to prevent buses from Manhattan from reaching the beaches in Long Island.
The episode discusses the challenge of finding solutions to racism and how various thinkers acknowledge the difficulty of the issue while recognizing that defeating racism with racism is not a viable solution.
The speaker discusses the relationship between racism and noise pollution, recounting a conversation where others were unaware of the illegality of leaf blowers in Southern California despite the excessive noise pollution they cause.
The transcript covers testimonies from Ms. Pamela and other locals, about how racism has impacted their county's growth, education, and wealth. They discuss how feelings towards the defendants and overall legal proceedings are influenced by the region's history of systemic racism.
In this podcast episode, the hosts discuss how Rachel Hollis uses an inappropriate comparison of Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule to the legacy of racism in America.
This episode discusses the societal biases against people with "black-sounding" names and explores the history and trends of black names in the United States, including how they have become more unique to black culture and less popular among whites. The hosts also touch on the inappropriate and humorous ways people may make fun of these names, often ignoring the underlying issues of racism and socioeconomic inequality.
The host describes an encounter a friend had with young Germans where their lack of knowledge about the Holocaust was exposed and how an attempt was made to educate them.
