In which Laura says good bye to this project, thanks you all for your support and conversations, and walks to the back of the bus.

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In which Laura takes a cicada walk and considers the underground railroad of shared memory.

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The Auldton Laughing Club anti-racism action of the episode is this: learn about Greenwood, and Juneteenth. 

1. Chapter 37: Five
2. Chapter 38: Maxwell
3. Chapter 39: Bedfellows
4. Chapter 40: Signage
5. Chapter 41: Jemima

In which Laura smiles at strangers, personalizes her emojis, and describes the last time she played the "who am I" game.

Anti-racism action for the episode: play with your emojis, and read The Sneeches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLPe7XjdKc 

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This episode's chapters from the book:

• 1. Chapter 32: Decoration Day
  2. Chapter 33: Squarely
  3. Chapter 34: Church and State
  4. Chapter 35: Passing Through
  5. Chapter 36: The Greater Good

In which Laura looks at the Chauvin conviction from both sides of the color line.

Anti-racism action for the episode: lobby for George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 with your representatives. Unless you are a DC resident and have no voting representation.

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This episode's chapters from the book:

• Chapter 27: Gene Pool
• Chapter 28: There will be no tone
• Chapter 29: Places
• Chapter 30: Front and Center
• Chapter 31: Lineage

In which we learn about hypodescent, meet one of Laura's aunties, and consider what being Black means.

Special guest: Dr Irma McClaurin

Anti-racism action for the episode: donate to the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive

Links of note:

http://irmamcclaurin.com

http://irmamcclaurin.com/works/black-feminist-archive/

http://irmamcclaurin.com/works/black-feminist-anthropology/

Black Feminist Archive: Whaddaya Gonna Do With Your Stuff?: YouTube

Zora Neale Hurston: Wikipedia

Mules and Men: Wikipedia

Hypodescent: Wikipedia

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This episode's chapters from the book:

1. Chapter 24: Plots
2. Chapter 25: Here and there
3. Chapter 26: Cables

In which we consider the absence of Carl Collins.

Special guest: Dr. Carlie Tartakov

Anti-racism deed of the week: Support ScholarCHIPS

ScholarCHIPS provides college scholarships, mentoring and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents, inspiring them to complete their college education.

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In which we consider the absence of Carl Collins.

Special guest: Dr. Carlie Tartakov

Anti-racism deed of the week: Support ScholarCHIPS

ScholarCHIPS provides college scholarships, mentoring and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents, inspiring them to complete their college education.

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In which Laura becomes a Fearless Girl, we learn a lot about the importance of good glue, and Nadine drops by again.

Anti-racism deed of the week: Learn about Mutual Aid

 Fearless Girls

• Map of Fearless Girls 2020 sightings
• Capitol Hill Corner "Guerilla Protest Sculpture" December 7, 2020
• Popvillle "DC Protest Art Capitol Hill Signed Fearless Girls"
• More protest art from fearless girls 2020

BLM Plaza Memorial Wall/Nadine Seiler update

• Everyone Needs a Nadine Episode of Auldton Laughing Club Podcast
• Black Lives Matter Art
• BLM Plaza Signs Removed

Mutual Aid:

• What exactly is Mutual Aid
• Wikipedia: Mutual Aid
• How DC mutual aid groups are braving coronavirus

Emancipation Statue:

• Emancipation Monument in Washington DC Targeted by Protests
• What Frederick Douglass Had to Say About Monuments

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In which Laura and Mark choose to stay in Capitol Hill for the inauguration, Laura searches for the Fearless Girls, and finds them.

Anti-racism deed of the week: Protect the Fence at BLM Plaza

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Map of Fearless Girls 2020 sightings

https://capitolhillcorner.org/2020/12/07/guerilla-protest-sculpture-at-the-adams-building-library-of-congress/

https://www.popville.com/2020/12/dc-protest-art-capitol-hill-signed-fearless-girls/

https://capitolhillcorner.org/2020/12/27/the-week-ahead-and-more-protest-art-from-fearless-girls-2020/

https://twitter.com/VeganSkaterDC/status/1336423207562321923

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/callboxart/

https://www.popville.com/2020/12/dc-protest-art-capitol-hill-signed-fearless-girls/

https://www.popville.com/2020/12/dc-protest-art-capitol-hill-signed-fearless-girls/

In which Mark and Laura venture to the Capitol on the morning of and the day after the failed coup.

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