My Racist Friend

Episode 2.23: Love Louder

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Lovecraft Country again serves as a catalyst for conversation, with a recent episode of the TV series touching on the dangers to Black residents when integrating white neighborhoods. Don and Amy talk about school districting and home purchases, sparking an eclectic conversation that includes cultivating community and the recurring trauma Black people experience during this cultural awakening to white supremacy.

Additional resources:

  • "Ossian Sweet (1895-1960)" (Black Past, by Susan Bragg, July 18, 2007)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/sweet-ossian-1895-1960/ 
  • "The 'Lovecraft Country' House Attack Sequence Evoked the 1951 Cicero Race Riots" (Men's Health, by Josh St. Clair, August 31, 2020)
    • https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a33809239/lovecraft-country-cicero-housing-riots-true-story/ 
  • "Bright Size Life" by Pat Metheny (Apple iTunes)
    • https://music.apple.com/us/album/bright-size-life/1523943125?i=1523943437 

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