Justice might be blind, as the saying goes, but according to the saucy boys, the laws too often see color. Join us this week for the second of our two-part discussion of power, and how historically those in power have designed the laws to protect the privileges of the governing and propertied elites. Claims of impartial justice and equal rights under the law represent just two of the high-sounding “imaginaries of power” that lie at the heart of oppressive systems. Our special guest is the lawyer extraordinaire Asha Wilkerson, who shares from her work as an attorney, professor, and world traveler dedicated to social justice. Asha describes how she uses a legal system designed historically for privilege to empower underserved communities, Black people, and people of color. Josh then follows with a discussion of colonial India, and explains how British attempts to impose their authority through oppressive laws and shocking violence ended by delegitimizing the very system they were trying to uphold. With History Against the Grain, you know we’re fightin’ the law, and the law doesn’t win.

This week's music: Run the Jewels, "Talk to Me"; Charles Bradley and the Manahan Street Players, "Heart of Gold"; Jay Electronica, "The Neverending Story"