Ayana Explains It All

Ayana Explains It All

By Ayana R. FakhirSociety & Culture
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  • Ayana Explains Why Child Labor is Not Making a Comeback

    It never left.  We have never been without an exploitative child labor class, those cute round eyes and rosy cheeks are hard to resist.  Well, turns out, that rosy hue is from chemical burns.


    Sources used in the making of this episode:

    1. "Arkansas Governor Sanders signs measure rolling back child labor protections." NBCNews.com. Rose Horowitch. 03/8/2023.
    2. Hannah Dreier, Twitter.  
    3. "Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S." NYTimes.com. Hannah Dreier. 02/25/2023. 
    4. "Feds Expand Probe Into Migrant Child Labor In Slaughterhouses."  NBCNews.com. Julia Ainsley and Laura Strickler. 03/01/2023.
    5. "Child Labor Making a Comeback." TimesFreePress.com, Deborah Levine. 02/23/2023.
    6. "Over 100 Children Illegally Employed by US Slaughterhouse Cleaning Firm." Guardian.com, Maya Yang. 02/17/2023.
    7. "Child Workers Found Throughout Hyundai-Kia Supply Chain in Alabama." Reuters.com. Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Joshua Schneyer. 12/16/2022.
      8. 1 hr 10 min
    8. Ayana Explains the Train Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and What it Means for the Future of The US Railway System
      TRAINGER-DANGER! Trains are longer, heavier, slower, and dumber.  Like your dad on his 60th birthday.  
      The following sources were used in the making of this episode:
      1. “How often do train wrecks spill hazardous chemicals into neighborhoods? Here's what data shows.” By Jayme Fraser and Tami Abdollah. USA Today. 02/09/2023. Available at: usatoday.com
      2. “The Largest and Most Profitable Railroads in the US.” 04/28/2019. Available at: soundingmaps.com.
      3. “6 key things to know after the toxic train derailment in Ohio.” By Ella Nilsen, CNN. 02/15/2023. Available at: CNN.com.
      4. “East Palestine train wasn’t considered a ‘high hazard.’ could stricter rules make hazardous material transport safer?” By Reid Frazier, Allegheny Front. 02/17/2023. Available at: AlleghenyFront.org.
      5. “New Oil Train Rules are Hit from All Sides.” By Jad Mouwad, New York Times. 05/01/2015. Available at: NYTimes.com.
      6. “In the after math of the Ohio train derailment, what is NS safety record?” By Kelli Weir, Canton Repository. 02/21/2023. Available at: CantonRep.com.
      7. “Profit motive behind fiery, toxic train wreck in Ohi0.” By Otis Grotewohl, Workers World. 02/13/2013. Available at: Workers.0rg.
      1 hr 8 min
    9. Ayana Explains The Gutting of Public Education in the US

      Gather round for this here read of US public education, from the States to the governors to the Speaker of the House. The governmental bodies are gutting public education with no condom and leaving narrow views for children to peer out of--I'm looking at you Sarah Huckabee DeSantis. 


      Works Cited:

      1. "Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the dividing line in America is between normal and crazy. Full text of Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union."  Marketwatch.com.  02/08/2023.  Available at: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sarah-huckabee-sanders-gives-republican-response-to-biden-full-text-11675829909.
      2. "Kevin McCarthy’s Troubling Focus On Our Public Schools."  Raymond Pierce, Forbes Magazine.  01/23/2023.  Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/raymondpierce/2023/01/31/kevin-mccarthys-troubling-focus-on-our-public-schools/?sh=4f5923755b53. 
      3. "DeSantis’ attack on AP, SAT and College Board creates an uncertain future for FL high schoolers. Civil rights activists, religious leaders, students, parents to rally Wednesday over AP African American studies course."  Danielle Brown, Florida Phoenix.  02/14/2023.  Available at: https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/02/14/desantis-attack-on-ap-sat-and-college-board-creates-an-uncertain-future-for-fl-high-schoolers/.  
      4. "George M. Johnson: America Banned My Book, But I Refuse to Stay Silent."  George M. Johnson, Refinery29.com. 02/01/2023. Available at: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2023/02/11253589/george-m-johnson-all-boys-arent-blue-banned.


        5. 1 hr 29 min
      5. Ayana Explains Pathological Lying and the Deceptions of George Santos
        We all lie, but, we don't all lie as well as a character in a Matt Damon movie.  
        Works Cited: 
        "The Talented Mr. Ripley." Wikipedia entry available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Talented_Mr._Ripley
        "George Santos Reportedly Claimed to Be a Broadway Musical Producer: Here's Everything The Embattled Congressman Has Lied About." Sara Dorn. Forbes Magazine.com. 02/03/2023. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/02/03/george-santos-reportedly-claimed-to-be-a-broadway-musical-producer-heres-everything-the-embattled-congressman-has-lied-about/?sh=392ff4831be2
        1 hr 1 min
      10. Ayana Explains the Dangers of Hate Speech

        Freedom of speech is a fine concept, in a democratic republic, it is guaranteed.  However, some speech is loud and wrong and dangerous. and the consequences of allowing it to flourish, history shows, are not favorable.  

        Warning: This episode describes first-hand accounts of views from inside WWII-era concentration camps.


        Works used in this podcast:

        1. Atlanta Daily World "WWII Veteran Remembers The Horror of the Holocaust."  April 22, 2013.  Available at: https://atlantadailyworld.com/2013/04/22/wwii-veteran-remembers-the-horror-of-the-holocaust-william-alexander-scott-iii-1923-1992/
        2. "An American Soldier's Two Fronts: 12 Years that Shook the World Podcast." Hosted by Erin Harper. Released September 15, 2022. Available at: https://www.ushmm.org/learn/podcasts-and-audio/12-years-that-shook-the-world/an-american-soldiers-two-fronts
        3. "He Documented Atrocities," by Bluesy Day.  December 13, 2016.  Available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/147039490@N04/31463273732
        4. https://www.ushmm.org/collections/bibliography/black-people
          5. 1 hr 2 min

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