Black Post-Grad NOW WHAT?

We continue our conversation about the Jan. 6th failed coup and the perpetrators. What should  accountability look like for the planners and the political leaders that stoked all this hatred and violence? We also discuss the successful coup in 1898 Wilmington, NC. We have been here before in some aspects, how can we learn the right lessons this time around.

Sources: 

1. Rep. Cawthron's call for violence                    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-madison-cawthorn-says-there-will-be-bloodshed-if-us-elections-continue-to-be-rigged/2021/08/30/297a9fa2-09c8-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html
   
   
2. 1898 Wilmington Race Massacre  Commission      https://www.ncdcr.gov/learn/history-and-archives-education/1898-wilmington-race-riot-commission
    

Part II of January 6th - A Failed Coup is coming next week. We actually took the holiday weekend off. 

We take a look back at the events on January 6th, why and how it all happened. We also try to make sense of how so many people didn't see it coming and why the threat Trump always posed seem to be downplayed as entertainment. This was a long one so come back next week for Part II.

Buried Headline: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/capitol-rioters.html 

Sources:

1. https://www.vox.com/2021/7/27/22596347/january-6-committee-hearing-gonell-fanone-hodges-dull
2. https://www.npr.org/2021/01/15/956842958/what-we-know-so-far-a-timeline-of-security-at-the-capitol-on-january-6
3.  Timeline of the Siege   https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/01/16/video-timeline-capitol-siege/
4. https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/teaching-the-historical-context-of-january-6
5.  The Political fallout of the failed coup       https://www.politico.com/news/insurrection-fallout
   
   
   
   
   
   

We discuss Native American "boarding schools" and the renewed effort to investigate what  happened at these federally funded "schools." Our new Secretary of Interior has made this a priority and we talk about why is it important that all Americans know the history of these "schools" and the sit with what is owed to Indigenous people. We also walk some things into the wildfires raging in Europe LOL.

Buried Headline:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-administration-review-native-american-boarding-schools-dark-history-n1272082?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma 

Sources:

1. Florida's Dozier School For Boys: A True Horror Story  https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162941770/floridas-dozier-school-for-boys-a-true-horror-story
2. Indigenous Reform School https://daily.jstor.org/life-in-indigenous-boarding-schools/?utm_term=life-in-indigenous-boarding-schools&utm_campaign=jstordaily_08052021&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email
3. Colson Whitehead: The Nickel Boys
4. JSTOR Constructing Meaning to the Indian Boarding School Experience by Stephen Colmant, Lahoma Schultz, Rockey Robbins, Peter Ciali, Julie Dorton and Yvette Rivera-Colmant
5. Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 43, No. 3 (2004), pp. 22-40

We yell about the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the earthquake in Haiti!

WE ARE BACK! In this week's episode we discuss forgiveness. Who we have forgiven, who has forgiven us and why it is so important to unburden yourself from the weight of grudges. We also discuss some of the questions here - https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/forgiveness/art-20047692 

We will be back soon with NEW episodes, but while you wait check out an outtake from our Juneteenth episode.