Today I’m bringing you a wealth of knowledge on one of the most important, yet most difficult to discuss, topics plaguing the American dream - systematic racism. Until we not only learn from the past but learn to see the racism between the lines and just under the surface, we will never be able to succeed in banishing unfair and unjust treatment of Black people here in this county or in the rest of the world.
Perhaps you saw my post a few weeks ago about why I felt compelled to create this drawing of Duante Wright’s grandmother. Today while I demo this, and another easily recognizable fallen brother in the Black Lives Matter movement, I’m sharing a plethora of podcasts all about the Black experience both historically as well as contemporarily which you can enjoy enlightening yourself with while working in your own studio.
Here are the podcasts I mention in the video
‘Policing in America’ by Throughline
‘How Jacob Loud’s Land Was Lost’ by Planet Money
‘Rethinking Black Wealth’ by Planet Money
‘Reproducing Racism’ by Reveal
‘Tuskegee Syphilis Study’ by American Scandal
‘The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks’ by Rebecca Skloot (book)
‘Henrietta Lacks’ by Black History Club
’Henrietta Lacks’ by Babes of Science
‘The Real Black Panthers’ by Throughline
Nice White Parents by The New York Times
‘Black Parents Take Control, Teachers Strike Back’ by Codeswitch
Please let me know if you find this post useful and will be listening to a few of these recommendations. Also, if you have any great resources to add please do!!
5.11.2021