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Episode 89: Do you suffer from historical amnesia?

07.29.2021 - By Our Opinions Are CorrectPlay

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Have you noticed how hard it is to remember the past 18 months? You might be dealing with historical amnesia, the process by which we collectively forget traumatic events in the past. Storytelling is a major driver of historical amnesia -- in science fiction, and in political rhetoric too. We also talk to Ayanna Thompson, author of a new book called Blackface, about how people have forgotten the history of minstrelsy in the US -- and why that's a problem. Show notes: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes

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