History Matters

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. 

College and university applications are on the rise, but the acceptance rate is on the decline. For some reason, students are not choosing to enroll in local community colleges... make it make sense?

I forgot to add that a big issue I take with the Offred leading the charge against everyone hating Ofmatthew, the Black handmaid, is because at no point does anyone call Offred out for her treatment of Ofmatthew. Nobody challenges Offred for this mistreatment, nor call out that she clearly does the opposite for the white handmaid, Ofwarren/Janine. Many of us have been treated like that in real life, so that is another triggering aspect to it. Maybe I won't watch season 4 after all...

Plastic's effect on infertility: https://www.salon.com/2021/04/04/plastic-pollution-infertility-extinction/ 

Let's continue last week's podcast with this week's exploration into the History of Masculinity! 

Things to check out:

Have you ever heard of a 'sundown' town? They hold a dark place in American history. I also discuss my visit to the historic site of the Claremont Hotel, which is on the corner of 7th Ave. and Island in downtown San Diego. The footage of that is on my Instagram, @natalyehistory.

Rightfully so, people are questioning the paper trail of national groups that receive donations for families whose loved ones are victims of things like police brutality. Why is the money not going to the victim's families, despite tens of millions made from these people's murder? 

Check out your local grassroots organizations, and accounts that share that information with the general public. In San Diego, I like to follow @polititexts; they share a wealth of information regarding where items/funds can be donated to assist local organizing and community members, as well as keeping these organizations honest about who is on their team. 

We all have a role to play, no way is more necessary than the other. We all just have to do what we can, and feel a call for. 

While cultural mixing has happened since the beginning of time, there was a large push to stop these unions' potential to produce mixed-race populations. These anti-miscegenation laws in the Americas continued from the 17th century through the 20th century, but still perpetuate today. Race was created in the 17th century as a way to control movement of individuals in a caste-system that positions Indigenous and Black people as the bottom caste (meaning they receive the worst jobs, little to no legal protection, etc.). 

The title speaks for itself, but this episode covers what is in the COVID Relief Bill, the George Floyd Justice in Policing (JIPA) Bill (HR 7120), as well as information surrounding the coming trial of Derek Chauvin for the 2nd degree murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. 

Justice for Angelo Quinto, of Antioch, CA.