Two hundred and forty-five years, fifty states, twenty seven constitutional amendments, and fourteen territories later...

Have you ever wanted to travel to Cuba? DUH! In this episode of Happy Hour History, I detail how to get in, and things you should know when you are planning and when you are there! !Hasta la victoria siempre!

Did you know that my intro music is from a courtyard in Havana during my trip? I was walking by and recording a video, so I got it in the background. 

Today we discuss the differences between nationality, ethnicity, and race. They are often conflated, but are not the same thing. 

Today is the Centennial of the Tulsa Massacre. Today we are talking Black Wall Street, what it meant then, and what it means now. 

Power to the ancestors who were murdered on that day. May their souls rest in paradise and their strength guide those of us left to mourn them. 

This week, my dad joins me again to discuss redlining and housing covenants in the country, as well as the history of the practice in San Diego. California has a long history of racist housing practices, continuing into the 1980s, in "diverse" areas like the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. 

As it relates to PPP loan fraud, government crack down and pursuit, and celebreality personalities.

The history of racial caricatures and negative promotion of Black imagery is global, but we are primarily focusing on the United States. Caricatures are stereotype tropes that are perpetuated in media (cartoons, advertising, films, music, etc.) that are meant to demean a group of people. 

Children were stolen from China to be enslaved in the Americas, children are used today in fields as agricultural labor. This is about the history of childhood as a social and state construct, and where our society still fails children (particular children of color); historically and presently. 

Reminder that children are still locked up in substandard immigration jails. 

Clean episode, but adult content.