The second industrial revolution brought about an increase in child labor due to the rise of the steel industry, coal mining and railroads, where four to ten-year-olds worked 12 to 25 cents a day for long hours. Unregulated capitalism enabled the economy to take advantage of child labor before it eventually diminished.
The speaker discusses the impact of environment and upbringing on individuals and the importance of education in society, expressing concerns about the current state of education in civilization.
Napoleon Hill grew up in rural Virginia and his family was not impoverished as he claimed in his later writing. His grandfather was a printer and his father was a self-taught dentist who enrolled in dental school after state licensing authorities discovered his unlicensed practice.
In this episode, we learn about some of the lesser-known figures and fringe groups of the civil rights movement, and how they diverged from the mainstream. They were critical of mainstream civil rights methods and focused on economic inequality as well as racial injustice.
The Willie Lynch Speech outlines a method for controlling slaves, advising slaveholders to pit young vs. old and dark-skinned vs. light-skinned slaves against each other.
The frequent use of the term "inner cities" by certain individuals is perceived as a coded way of referring to black and brown people and their associated problems. The issue of education and poverty is not exclusive to urban areas only.