Why Are They So Angry?

Mothers seem to get all the play, but fathers need love too! Join Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square as they pay homage to the often unsung hero—the Black father. The team will debunk the myth of the absentee father, share some fatherly pearls of wisdom, and count down their list of best Black TV dads.

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A Definitive Ranking Of Black TV Dads

Black Dads Matter | Institute for Family Studies

Black Fatherhood in the Long Nineteenth Century | AAIHS

Breaking myths about black fatherhood this Father's Day - The Chicago Reporter

Debunking the most pervasive myth about black fatherhood - Vox

How Anti-Poverty Programs Marginalize Fathers - The Atlantic

e joy was there, but also that fear': Milwaukee's Black men discuss fatherhood ahead of Father's Day'Th

(1965) The Moynihan Report: The Negro Family, the Case for National Action •

The Pain and Joy of Black Fatherhood

These dads are changing the narrative around Black fatherhood | GMA

They're Dragging Out the 'Absent Black Fathers' Myth Again. Can We Give it a Rest? | Opinion

Uplifting Black Fathers In America

White tennis player suspended after saying, 'At least I know my dad' to his NC A&T opponent

Taxes and slavery are intertwined in ways most people can't imagine. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square as they trace how taxing plantation owners on the enslaved people they held in bondage lead to economic shortcomings in the South that still resonate today. Want more? Go to https://www.podpage.com/why-are-they-so-angry/ for more unknown and untold history. 

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A permanent wound: How the slave tax warped Alabama finances 

#BlackTaxpayersMatter: Anti-Racist Restructuring of US Tax Systems 

Dorothy Brown: Tax Code Is 'Designed to Build White Wealth' 

Property Taxes on Slaves | Encyclopedia.com 

Opinion: America's tax system is rigged to protect the rich and powerful - CNN 

“The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax,” Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel, Pro Publica, June 8, 2021 https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax?fbclid=IwAR2sisB2eQBU5Bf28-uaBG_6toFofV063r28CgreD5dKtz0JMv4LOt3jDws

Few can fathom what was lost in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The prosperous, all-Black district of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “Black Wall Street" was 35 bustling city blocks that included two newspapers, pool halls, auto repair shops, beauty parlors, grocers, barber shops, funeral homes, a school, a YMCA, a roller-skating rink, a hospital, and a U.S. post office substation. Listen as Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square recount the horrific two days in which all this was wiped out as whites rampaged through Greenwood killing 300 hundred, leaving 8,000 homeless, and destroying and looting an equivalent in today’s dollars of over $24 million in real-estate and over $12 million in personal property. Francois and Square draw a through line from the racially motivated Tulsa violence to the Buffalo, NY Tops Grocery Store slayings asking the question, where can we be safe? Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

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15 People Joined Suspected Buffalo Shooter's Private Chatroom Right Before Massacre 

Adoption means abortion just isn't necessary, SCOTUS claims: That's even worse than it sounds | Salon.com 

American Racism and the Buffalo Shooting | The New Yorker 

America's Becoming Less White — But It's Not a Conspiracy, MAGAts | by Tim Wise | Medium 

Ann Coulter Says My Writing Proves Replacement Theory — She’s Wrong https://timjwise.medium.com/ann-coulter-says-my-writing-proves-replacement-theory-shes-wrong-82123063e5d0 

Buffalo, the Tulsa Massacre, and Legacy of Anti-Black Violence 

Greenwood District, Tulsa - Wikipedia 

Justice Department Announces New Initiatives to Address and Prevent Hate Crimes and Hate Incidents - HS Today 

Origins of Black Wall Street. 

The Baron Of Black Wall Street 

The deadly Buffalo shooting dims a victory for Tulsa Massacre survivors. 

The Buffalo shooting was centuries in the making, experts say 

This newspaper has never forgotten the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — and its fight continues 

Three survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre receive $1 million donation - CNN 

Tulsa Race Massacre | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture 

Tulsa race massacre - Wikipedia 

Tulsa Race Massacre - Facts, Photos, Coverup - HISTORY

America had its own versions of the Berlin Wall, in fact there are twenty-six existing, demolished or planned segregation walls, fences, road barricades/closures, and buffer strips in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia built between white and Black/African American neighborhoods as late as the 1970’s. Known as segregation walls, these barricades were erected by cities, neighborhood developers, and the like with the express purpose of keeping Black/African Americans out of exclusively white home sites. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they reprise a virtual driving tour of America’s segregation walls. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

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A Nation of Walls — Design Trust for Public Space

A Nation of Walls

A storm destroyed part of the 'segregation wall' in Arlington, Virginia

Atlanta's "Berlin Wall"

Chicago's Wall: Race, Segregation and the Chicago Housing Authority

Detroit segregation wall still stands, a stark reminder of racial divisions nbcnews.com

Detroiturbex.com - The 8 Mile Wall

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, Loewen, James,  Touchstone, 2006

Members Only: Gated Communities and Residential Segregation in the Metropolitan United States

Perspective | Not far from the White House stands another wall, one that divided blacks from whites

PEYTON, HARLAN AND WILLIS Proposed Community Stabilization Plan

StoryMap illuminates impacts of Miami's historic racial segregation

The Untold History of Liberty City's Segregation Walls

Walls are the foundation of civilization. But do they work?

Girl Scouts of the USA began as an all-white organization in Savannah, Ga., in 1912. But over time, the organization confronted systemic racism in its own ranks and became what Dr. Martin Luther King described as “a force for desegregation.” Listen as Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square reprise their episode tracing the evolution of Girl Scouts and their connection to Maggie Lena Walker, a little known but powerful figure in economic, civic, and social change in America.

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“Black History Month: Girl Scouts’ Legacy of Inclusivity,” gsblog, February 14, 2021. https://blog.girlscouts.org/2017/02/black-history-month-girl-scouts-legacy.html

“Black History Month: A Celebration of #BlackGirlMagic,” gsblog, February 2, 2021https://blog.girlscouts.org/2021/02/black-history-month-celebration-of.html

“Exposing Maggie Walker’s life one page at a time,” Jim Ducibella. September 17, 2013 William and Mary, https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2013/exposing-maggie-walkers-life,-one-page-at-a-time.php

“Girl Scouting Was Once Segregated,” Erin Blakemore, SMITHSONIANMAG.COM

February 21, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/girl-scouting-was-once-segregated-180962208/

"Maggie Walker." Norwood, Arlisha, National Women's History Museum. 2017. www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/maggie-walker.

“The Girl Scouts used to segregate Black and White girls. Now they have their first Black CEO,” Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business, August 19, 2020.https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/business/girl-scouts-first-black-ceo/index.html

“Walker, Maggie Lena, Encyclopedia Virginia, https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/walker-maggie-lena-1864-1934/

Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square reprise their look at systemic racism in the American presidency. Although the highest office of the land should be one of objectivity and fairness since whoever holds the title of president represents all Americans. Down through history; however, U.S. presidents have not governed on behalf of all the citizenry. François and Square highlight some of the more egregious examples of systemic racism straight from the Oval Office. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at https://linktr.ee/WATSA

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“A history of racism is woven into the US presidency,” Russell Contreras, Associated Press, July 30, 2019. https://apnews.com/article/b0fe304f1fad44e19e5ff4490ad1110c

“How the GI Bill was denied to a million black WWII veterans,” Erin Blakemore, The History Channel, Updated Sept. 30, 2019.

“Joe Biden calls Trump the country’s ‘first’ racist president,” Will Wiessert, Associated Press, July 22, 2020.

Lincoln & Race: The Great Emancipator didn't advocate racial equality. But was he a racist?, Stacy Pratt McDermott, NPR Illinois Morning Edition, FEB 1, 2004.

“Presidents have a long history of condescension, indifference and outright racism towards black americans,” The Conversation, August, 26, 2020.

“The 11 Most Racist U.S. Presidents,” Ibram X. Kendi,Huffpost,05/27/2016 Updated May 28, 2017

“Trump condemns ‘all White supremacists’ after refusing to do so at presidential debate,” Paul LeBlanc, CNN, Oct. 1, 2020.

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century, Ira Katznelson, W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint Edition, August 17, 2006.

#blacklivesmatter #racism #antiracism #justice #racisminamerica #endracism #diversity #inclusion #whyaretheysoangry #president #scandal #whitesupremacy #rutherfordbhayes

Dr. Carol Francois and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they reprise their exploration of the evolution of Black History Month. From its creation by Dr. Carter G. Woodson to the present, Black History Month has both its celebrants and detractors. Listen to hear about Black History Month classroom lessons gone bad but also why teaching Black History is relevant and needed. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at https://www.podpage.com/why-are-they-so-angry/

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“The man behind Black History Month,” Sarah Pruitt, History, January 14, 2021https://www.history.com/news/the-man-behind-black-history-month

With President Biden's announcement he intends to appoint a Black woman jurist to the Supreme Court, join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they reprise an episode about Black/African American women who excelled and overcame systemic racism in the legal profession. They also tell the story of one female attorney who helped bring down a Mob kingpin in the 1930’s. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry.

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“Eunice Carter,” The Mob Museum, https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/eunice-carter/

Carter, Stephen L., Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster, Henry Holt and Company, 2018.

“Law Schools Have A Moral and Social Responsibility to End Systemic Racism ,” Francesco Arreaga, California Law Review, July 2020. https://www.californialawreview.org/law-schools-systemic-racism/

“Our Role in Dismantling Systemic Racism,” Berkley Law.   https://www.law.berkeley.edu/admissions/jd/our-role-in-dismantling-systemic-racism/

“The psychological obstacles to achieving diversity in the legal profession,” Charles P. Edwards, ABA Journal, October 1, 2020. https://www.abajournal.com/voice/article/this-time-will-be-different-right

“The Real-Life Heroine Who Inspired a Character on ‘Boardwalk Empire’,” Sarah Weinman, The New York Times, Dec. 7, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/books/review/invisible-stepehn-carter-eunice-hunton-carter-biography.html

“Who Was Eunice Carter?,” Kate O'Brien-Nicholson, Fordham University Press, January 30, 2021. https://www.fordhampress.com/2021/01/30/who-was-eunice-hunton-carter/

“Why Women and People of Color in Law Still Hear ‘You Don’t Look Like a Lawyer’, Tsedale M. Melaku, Harvard Business Review, August 07,2019. https://hbr.org/2019/08/why-women-and-people-of-color-in-law-still-hear-you-dont-look-like-a-lawyer

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The FBI’s COINTELPRO targeted Black/African leaders and civil rights organizations for decades. Listen as Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, reprise an episode exploring the FBI's efforts to "expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize" individuals or groups deemed subversive. They’ll examine aspects of the Martin Luther King, Jr. FBI file and how it was intended to undermine and destroy him and his movement. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at https://linktr.ee/WATSA

#FBI #martinlutherking #mlk #whyaretheysoangry #COINTELPRO

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1971, documentary produced and co-written by Johanna Hamilton https://www.1971film.com/

“Court overseeing national security surveillance finds FBI routinely doesn’t observe rules,” Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN, September 6, 2020.

https://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/31/mlk.fbi.conspiracy/

“Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),”  The Stanford University Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/federal-bureau-investigation-fbi

“Finidngs on MLK Assassination,” National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/select-committee-report/part-2e.html#hoover