Olivia honors educator and blacktivist, Opal Lee, who's worked to preserve Black-American history, was instrumental in efforts toward Juneteenth's recognition as a federal holiday, and supports under-resourced families through her service at a food bank.

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OPAL LEE (1926- )

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/opal-lee-1926/

Ms. Opal Lee The Legend

https://www.juneteenthlegacyproject.com/activist-mrs-opal-lee

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Olivia and Raven discuss the controversial practice of reclaiming slurs, or marginalized communities giving certain slurs positive meanings. They get into why the “n-word” can be used in a positive way by Black people, why reclamation of “queer” wasn’t limited to the LGBTQ+ community, and what is gained by redefining and reclaiming slurs.

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Discussion Summary:

01:10: Topic intro, and what does it mean to reclaim slurs?

02:25: Discussing excerpts from the paper “Reclamation: Taking Back Control of Words”, detailing how slurs are weaponized and reclaimed, and how specific slurs have been reclaimed in different ways.

11:53: Discussing the article “Reclaiming Words Is Pointless If It Is Exclusive”, and why different slurs are redefined and reclaimed.

15:30: Objections to changing a slur’s definition according to which group uses it, the importance of context in understanding a word’s meaning, and determining who can use repurposed slurs without consequence.

35:16: Outro.

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Reclamation: Taking Back Control of Words

https://philarchive.org/archive/POPRTB

Reclaiming words is pointless if it is exclusive

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2022/03/tolliver-reclaiming-words-is-pointless-if-it-is-exclusive

Ta-Nehisi Coates on words that don't belong to everyone

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QO15S3WC9pg

Raven talks about the numerous achievements of this civil rights advocate, who was an educator, lawyer, and worked to advance rights for Black people and impoverished Americans.

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Patricia Roberts Harris

https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/patricia-roberts-harris/

A Woman of Many Firsts: Patricia Roberts Harris

https://www.historicamerica.org/journal/2021/3/1/a-woman-of-firsts-patricia-roberts-harris

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Olivia and Raven dive into the controversial discussion of transabled identity, also called transableism, and dig into medical research surrounding it, as well as objections to accepting and treating transabled people with disabling procedures.

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Discussion Summary:

01:10: Views on transabled identity before and after researching it, and explaining what transabled identity is.

06:04: Difficulties relating to transabled identity, and debating if someone is still transabled or simply disabled after attaining their desired disability.

12:53: One of the first known cases of a transabled individual, and medical findings surrounding transabled identity.

17:57: Uninformed objections to accepting and treating transabled people with surgery.

33:51: Society’s reluctance to accommodate and support people who aren’t the norm.

35:56: Outro.

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The Complicated Issue of Transableism

https://daily.jstor.org/the-complicated-issue-of-transableism/

Body Integrity Identity Disorder

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326051/

Understanding transableism: Why do some people want to be physically disabled?

https://kinesismagazine.com/2020/01/20/understanding-transableism-why-do-some-people-want-to-be-physically-disabled/

What A Disabled Person Thinks About ‘Transableism’

https://thefederalist.com/2015/06/08/what-a-disabled-person-thinks-about-transableism/

Olivia honors talented musician, vocalist, and record producer, Sylvia Robinson, who was the first Black female independent record producer to have a Top-10 hit, and is known for putting hip-hop on the map through her record label, Sugar Hill Records.

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The Rise and Fall of Hip-Hop’s First Godmother: Sugar Hill Records’ Sylvia Robinson

https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/sugar-hill-records-sylvia-robinson-hip-hop-godmother-8533108/

SYLVIA ROBINSON (1936-2011)

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/robinson-sylvia-1936-2011/

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Raven closes out the series with the Stono uprising, set in September 1739 in South Carolina.

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Stono rebellion

https://www.britannica.com/event/Stono-rebellion

STONO REBELLION (1739)

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/stono-rebellion-1739/

Did African-American Slaves Rebel?

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/did-african-american-slaves-rebel/

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Olivia covers Andry's Rebellion, which took place in Louisiana during January of 1811.

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America’s Largest Slave Revolt: The German Coast Uprising of 1811

https://ushistoryscene.com/article/german-coast-uprising/

ANDRY’S REBELLION (1811)

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/andry-s-rebellion-1811/

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Raven highlights this uprising, which resulted in greater restrictions on enslaved people in the colony of New York.

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New York slave rebellion of 1712

https://www.britannica.com/event/New-York-slave-rebellion-of-1712

The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 Was a Bloody Prelude to Decades of Hardship

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-york-slave-revolt-1712-was-bloody-prelude-decades-hardship-180958665/

Dating the Start and End of Slavery in New York

https://nyslavery.commons.gc.cuny.edu/dating-the-start-and-end-of-slavery-in-new-york/

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uprising, which resulted in greater restrictions on enslaved people in the colony of New York.

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New York slave rebellion of 1712

https://www.britannica.com/event/New-York-slave-rebellion-of-1712

The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 Was a Bloody Prelude to Decades of Hardship

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-york-slave-revolt-1712-was-bloody-prelude-decades-hardship-180958665/

Dating the Start and End of Slavery in New York

https://nyslavery.commons.gc.cuny.edu/dating-the-start-and-end-of-slavery-in-new-york/

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Olivia gives us the backstory of Black free people and runaway slaves, who intermingled with the Seminole Nation, and helped them battle colonists aiming to rob them of their land in Florida from 1812-1855.

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Black Seminoles

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Seminoles

THE BLACK MAROONS OF FLORIDA (1693-1850)

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/concepts-african-american-history/the-black-maroons-of-florida-1693-1850/

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Raven talks about the first recorded slave revolt in the Americas, which occurred in 1521 in present-day Dominican Republic.

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'Spirit of resistance': Marking 500 years since the first slave revolt in the Americas

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/spirit-resistance-marking-500-years-first-slave-revolt-americas-rcna7455

Dominicans mark 500 years since 1st African slave uprising in the Americas

https://www.laprensalatina.com/dominicans-mark-500-years-since-1st-african-slave-uprising-in-the-americas/

America’s first black slave rebellion turns 500 years today

https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2021/12/26/americas-first-black-slave-rebellion-turns-500-years-today/

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