Why Are They So Angry?

Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, the aunt and niece duo, are taking a self-care break, but until they return with a new episode of Why Are they So Angry? listen to this reprise of "A Night of Terror at the Algiers Motel".  Citing the extensive research from Radley Balko’s compendium of studies about systemic racism in the criminal justice system and harrowing encounters with police brutality as detailed in the Algiers Motel incident, the pair trace the long history of policing and over policing starting as far back as America’s Colonial times.

Citations:

Campaign Zero, https://www.joincampaignzero.org/

“Eight Can’t Wait Project”, https://8cantwait.org/

“Slave patrols: an early form of American policing, Chelsea Hansen, July 10, 2019, National Law Enforcement Museum, https://lawenforcementmuseum.org/2019/07/10/slave-patrols-an-early-form-of-american-policing/

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, Douglas A. Blackmon, Doubleday, 2008.

Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas, Sally Hadden, Harvard University Press, 2003.

“There’s Overwhelming evidence that the criminal justice system is racist. Here’s the proof”, Radley Balko, Washington Post, June 10, 2020.

The upheaval of politics, the pandemic, and particularly the social unrest of  the past few years has caused stress, anxiety, and depression. Why Are They So Angry? episodes examine these issues and more as well as the systemic racism underlying many of them. These topics are especially difficult to address, so finding ways to maintain mental health and balance is critical. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they talk about the importance of self-care for anti-racist and offer suggestions on how to do it. 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

Citations

How to Protect Your Mental Health While Fighting Racial Injustice

“Self Care, anti-racism equity resources,” https://www.ymcamidtn.org/employees/self-care-anti-racism-resources?fbclid=IwAR0Sc6walhn-gxRIBpGpulYCteHlHIg9Ihc3_HFlR2qD3nb3oo8naotwF_s

“What Is Emotional Trauma? How Shifting Our Idea of Trauma Can Help Us Heal,” Elizabeth Yuko, Real Simple, August 31, 2021

https://www.realsimple.com/health/mind-mood/what-is-emotional-trauma?did=678024-20210921&utm_campaign=rs-daily-finds_newsletter&utm_source=realsimple.com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092121&cid=678024&mid=67526816152

What Is Self-Care and Why Is It Critical for Your Health?

Top10.com

Sunsets can be a beautiful sight and time of day, but from 1890 and even to the present, a sunset could mean violence and even death for Black/African Americans. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece as they tell the sordid history of sundown towns---all-white communities, neighborhoods, counties, and even states that exclude Blacks and other minorities through the use of discriminatory laws, harassment, and threats or violence. 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

Citations

AP Road Trip: Racial tensions in America's 'sundown towns'

Loewen, James W. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, The New Press, New York, 2018.

Loveland, Colorado Splinters Over Racist Sundown Town Past And Increasingly Diverse Future

Sundown Towns 

Sundown Towns Are Still A Problem For Black Drivers

Sundown Towns by State - History and Social Justice

Sundown Towns in the News, Arts, etc. - History and Social Justice

'Sundown towns': Midwest confronts its complicated racial legacy

The Brutal Slaying of Carol Jenkins | by Katherine M.

The Great Banishment of 1923

Think Sundown Towns Are a Thing of the Past? Think Again | by Morgan Jerkins | GEN

What Sundown Towns Represent For Black Drivers Today

Who Killed Carol Jenkins?

Engineer Marian Croak and ophthalmologist Patricia Bath are making history again as they become the first Black women inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame as part of the 2022 class. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, in honoring these women as they present a reprise of our episode on Black/African American inventors. The intersection of race and gender presents an interesting way to look at systemic racism in America, and the inventions, organizations, and movements impacted and made great by Black/African American women are a microcosm of the phenomenon.  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

Citations

“Annie Malone: First African American Millionairess,” https://freemaninstitute.com/poro.htm

Aaron Eugene Malone

“Racism and sexism in science haven’t disappeared,” Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American,  October 1, 2020,

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/racism-and-sexism-in-science-havent-disappeared/

“10 Black Women Innovators and the Awesome Things They Brought Us,” Lindsey Weedston, Yes!, March 21, 2016 https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2016/03/21/10-black-women-innovators-and-the-awesome-things-they-brought-us/

“Systemic Racism in the Sciences Requires Structural Solutions,”

Andrea Korte, American Association for the Advancement of Science,  October, 21, 2020 https://www.aaas.org/news/systemic-racism-sciences-requires-structural-solutions

“Who Was Annie Malone?,” Erick Johnson, Chicago Crusader, April 24, 2018. https://chicagocrusader.com/who-was-annie-malone/

Restaurant names and themes can be methods for upholding systemic racism or dismantling it. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they serve up a menu from American restaurant history describing restaurants that made no bones about using racial stereotypes and slurs as part of their names and themes and others that were central to the Civil Rights movement. 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

Citations

A look at claims of racial bias in U.S. restaurants

From high-end to Waffle House, why do some restaurants just feel racist?

Jim Crow Museum

Kwate, Naa Oyo A., Burgers in Blackface, University of Minnesota Press, 2019.

“Mammy’s Cupboard,” https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3344?fbclid=IwAR1sZduAnJwYzwMffFsNIQPOFfDAIjo8sfWSH6OBYOtza2JGua5P7KFZOx4

McElya, Micki , Clinging to Mammy: The Faithful Slave in Twentieth Century America, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 2007.

Pancakes and Pickaninnies: The Saga of 'Sambo's,' The 'Racist' Restaurant Chain America Once Loved

“Restaurant-ing through history,”https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/tag/racism/, June 28, 2020.

San Francisco's rowdy and racist chicken-themed restaurant: Topsy's Roost

The Beloved Georgia Restaurant That Turned Racial Stereotyping Into a Tourist Attraction

The Coon Chicken Inn: North Seattle's Beacon of Bigotry - Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project

The History of Coon Chicken Inn - Anti-black Imagery - Jim Crow Museum

The last remaining Sambo's finally erases its name

The Story about Aunt Jemima and the Illinois Aunt Jemima's Kitchen Restaurants

The Troubling History of Sambo’s Pancake House

The phrase “Black/African American beaches” is not an oxymoron. For years, Black/African Americans have flocked to beaches and resorts built exclusively for them where they escaped the scourge of systemic racism and racial ostracism. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square as they take a deep dive into beaches past and present where Black/African Americans enjoy leisure and intellectual pursuits by the sea. 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

Citations

BLACK HISTORY: The history of Freeman Beach

California moves to return Bruce's Beach seized from Black couple

Chicken Bone Beach, Atlantic City, New Jersey (1900- ) 

History — The Inn at Shearer Cottage

Idlewild: Michigan's “Black Eden"

Remembering Carr's Beach: The Most Popular African American Beach and Music Venue on the Chesapeake Bay

“Six historically black beaches to visit this summer,” Angela Dennis, February, 28, 2019. https://medium.com/@AngelaDennisWrites/six-historically-black-beaches-to-visit-this-summer-46045aa3e348

The Inkwell, Martha's Vineyard (1890s-)

The Inkwell, Santa Monica, California (1905-1964) 

Join Carol François and Kourtney Square, the aunt and niece duo, as they kick off Episode 1 of Why Are they So Angry? Learn the differences among and between the terms bias, prejudice, bigotry, and racism as an introduction to understanding how systemic racism permeates every institution in America. The terms discussed in the episode are taken from the book Institutional Racism: A Primer On Theory and Strategies for Social Change, Second Edition, by Shirley Better. Carol quotes Ijeoma Oluo, “When we acknowledge racism as part of a system, instead of being limited to our ability to win over racists, we can instead focus on how our actions interact with systemic racism.” If you want to expand your knowledge of systemic racism visit the website www.whyaretheysoangry.com or take the course, Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it. 

Although the lyrics of a famous folk song proclaim, “This land is your land, this land is my land; this land was made for you and me,” America’s great outdoors hasn’t always beckoned or been friendly to Black/African Americans.  Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, on an excursion to public and national parks to learn why these spaces weren’t originally intended for everyone’s enjoyment. 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

Citations

'Black man in a white space': America's racist parks - New York Daily News

A Legacy of Racism in America's Parks

America's national parks face existential crisis over race

Finney, Carolyn, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors,The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill, 2014.

How can the National Park Services work to be anti-racist?

It’s time to own up to the racism and violence embedded in the names of parks and public lands

Moving Forward Initiative: The African American Experience in the Civilian Conservation Corps – The Corps Network

Outdoor Afro – Where Black People & Nature Meet

The Geography of Recreational Open Space: Influence of Neighborhood Racial Composition and Neighborhood Poverty

“The White Space”

Why America's National Parks Are So White

When it comes to swimming, the old song “Meet Me in St. Louis” takes on a whole new meaning. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they expose details of one of America’s most deadly race riots in St. Louis all because a handful of children wanted to swim. Hear how the incident laid the foundation for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case intended to end segregation in public schools. 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

Citations

Availability of Physical Activity–Related Facilities and Neighborhood Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics: A National Study | AJPH | Vol. 96 Issue 9

Bankst, Taunya Lovel. “Still Drowning in Segregation: Limits of Law in Post-Civil Rights America,” 2014

'Black People Will Swim' Is Fighting a Racist Stereotype With Swim Lessons

Creating Safe Spaces for Black Children: The Dream and Legacy of Dr. King

The Geography of Recreational Open Space: Influence of Neighborhood Racial Composition and Neighborhood Poverty

McGhee, Heather. The Sum of Us: What Recism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, oneworldlit.com, 2021.

The Legacy of the St. Louis Municipal Pool Race Riots

The Longest Day | Feature | St. Louis | St. Louis News and Events

Wolcott, Victoria W.  Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters: The Struggle over Segregated Recreation in America

What could be more fun than an outing at an amusement park or skating rink, a swim in a neighborhood pool or at the beach, a cookout at a beautiful city or National Park? Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they take you on a roller coaster ride through the systemic racism of America’s leisure and recreation spaces to learn how it wasn’t all fun and games as Black/African Americans fought to desegregate the country’s leisure activities. 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

Citations

A Legacy of Racism in America's Parks

“A Summer of Change: The Civil Rights Story of Glen Echo Park,” U.S. National Park Service website.

https://www.nps.gov/glec/learn/historyculture/summer-of-change.htm?fbclid=IwAR1ZDZ3LF0uyItC63xPQMem_EQZ0bWf7TEcN_1l86NyH77ZtYBZhCJCh4Rw

And the Beat Goes On

Black Voices: With a rise in roller skating popularity, society must recognize its roots in Black history

Civil Rights Protesters Recount The Little-Told Story Of The Fight To Desegregate Glen Echo

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

How Black Roller Skaters Made The Rink A Place For Grownups

McGhee, Heather. The Sum of Us: What Recism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, oneworldlit.com, 2021.

Morris, Jill. Disney’s Influence on the Modern Theme Park and the Codification of Colorblind Racism in the American Amusement Industry, 2019

“Not Even a Trip to the Amusement Park Has Been Easy for African-Americans,” Victoria W. Wolcott, History News Network, May 25, 2018.

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/169128?fbclid=IwAR1_Uo7rRB_7kCk82h6cD53uw7PLH_kRecfJM9whCqeFLvxbCA8S0xvSfFI

Racial Politics at Disney

Remembering the Summer of 1960 at Glen Echo | Boundary Stones: WETA's Washington DC History Blog

Wolcott, Victoria W., Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters: The Struggle over Segregated Recreation in America