Why Are They So Angry?

Horse racing has long been popular in America, but few people know how or why African/Americans dominated the sport in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Listen in as Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, tell why Black/African Americans excelled in horse racing, how systemic racism caused them to be overshadowed, and learn about a jockey who attempted a daring escape from the Russian Revolution on the next episode of Why Are They So Angry?. Like what you hear? Please give us a review at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1528399551 Your 5-star rating will help us promote more content like this.

Citations

Black jockeys and the Kentucky Derby: A history of race and racism

Cheryl White was first out of the gate

Eliza Carpenter, the Black Jockey Who Made Horse Racing History

How and Why Black Riders Were Driven from American Racetracks

Jimmy Winkfield (1882-1974) •

Jimmy Winkfield: the American jockey who escaped the Bolsheviks and Nazis | Horse Racing News

Moron Racehorse Owner Must Rename 'Jungle Bunny' Because It's Super Racist!

Racism in racing: What's changed - and what CAN we change?

The sad history of racism in American racing | Topics: Kentucky Derby, Saratoga

The story of Cheryl White, the first black female jockey in US horse racing history

Trainer banned for giving horse a racist name

What can be done to tackle racism and dwindling African-American participation in harness racing?

Black/African Americans have close ties to Mexico that few people know about or understand. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, to learn why Juneteenth is celebrated across the border, how an African prince led an uprising in Mexico and achieved freedom, and what Blaxit is all about on the next episode of Why Are They So Angry?. Like what you hear? Please give us a review at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1528399551 Your 5-star rating will help us promote more content like this.

Citations

A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico

Being a Black American Expatriate: It's Complicated

Black Americans leave USA to escape racism, build lives abroad

Black Mexico and the War of Independence

‘Blaxit': Black Americans Talk About Living Abroad Amid US Racism, Unrest

Cinco de Mayo & Afro-Mexican History, 5 Things You May Not Know • EBONY

Gaspar Yanga (c. 1545- ?) •

Immigration: Mexico's Mascogos, descended from African-American slaves, weigh return to US

Leaving the US Will Never Be the Antidote to Racism

Narrative of Former Slave Felix Haywood, 1936

Port Of Entry Podcast: Black Expats Finding Refuge From Racism In Mexico

Story of the Underground Railroad to Mexico gains attention

The journey of the Mascogos: from fleeing the US slave trade to their eventual return home

Why This Mexican Village Celebrates Juneteenth – Texas Monthly

What do Denmark Vesey, Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King, Jr. and William Barber have in common? Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, to find out how these people worked within the church forming the foundation of the fight for social justice in America. Learn how the Black/African American church from its earliest founding to its modern incarnation continues to see, say, and confront systemic racism. Like what you hear? Please give us a review at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1528399551 Your 5-star rating will help us promote more content like this.

Citations

“Black religious leaders are up front and central in US protests – as they have been for the last 200 years,” The Conversation, June 17, 2020 https://theconversation.com/black-religious-leaders-are-up-front-and-central-in-us-protests-as-they-have-been-for-the-last-200-years-140136

Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game,” Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times, June 10, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/us/politics/politics-religion-liberal-william-barber.html

“Young Black Christians see churches' social justice programs as failures, seek greater activism,” Danae King, The Columbus Dispatch, March 1, 2021

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/03/01/social-activism-not-prayer-young-black-christians-seek-church/4540077001/

“The Black Church,” American Experience, PBS, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/godinamerica-black-church/

“This Far by Faith,” Denmark Vesey,  PBS, https://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/denmark_vesey.html

“Thugs and Terrorists Have Attacked Black Churches for Generations,” Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, June 18, 2015, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/thugs-and-terrorists-have-plagued-black-churches-for-generations/396212/

“Where Today’s Black Church Leaders Stand on Activism,” John Eligon, The New York Times, April 3, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/mlk-church-civil-rights.html

What we watch on television and in the movies shapes our thinking and culture in general. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, to hear about Oscar Micheaux, a pioneering Black/African American filmmaker from the early 20th Century. They’ll also share examples of systemic racism in the television and motion picture industry and the creative ways Black/African Americans are beating the Hollywood system. Please review us at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1528399551 Your 5-star rating will help us promote more content like this.

Citations

“2020 Hollywood Diversity Report: A different story behind the scenes,” Jessica Wolf, UCLA Newsroom, February 6, 2020.

“Black representation in film and TV: The challenges and impact of increasing diversity,” Jonathan Dunn, Sheldon Lyn, Nony Onyeador, and Ammanuel Zegeye, Mckinsey and Company, March 11, 2021, https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/black-representation-in-film-and-tv-the-challenges-and-impact-of-increasing-diversity#

“How Activist Audiences Are Changing the TV Industry,” Annie Meyers, Shondaland,

MAR 18, 2021, https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a35856162/activist-audiences-changing-the-tv-industry/

“Oscar Micheauxe,” Black Past, March 3, 2007, https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/micheaux-oscar-1884-1951/

Yuen, Nancy Wang, Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2017.

Understanding American laws and its legal system requires a bright mind. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, to hear about Black/African American women who excelled and overcame systemic racism in the legal profession as well as the story of one 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.

Citations

“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

Women formed the backbone of the Civil Rights Movement but rarely get the recognition they deserve for their important contributions. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they shine the spotlight on women past and present who moved and are moving the social justice efforts to eradicate systemic racism.  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

“Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin,” Margot Adler, NPR, 2009. https://www.npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin

“From Esmeralda Simmons to Laverne Cox, here are 19 of the most influential civil rights leaders of today,” Hristina Byrnes and John Harrington, 24/7 Wall Street, USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/06/07/19-of-the-most-influential-civil-rights-leaders-of-the-21st-century/111907158/

“Georgia Was a Big Win for Democrats. Black Women Did the Groundwork,” Astead W. Herndon, The New York Times, Dec. 3, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/us/politics/georgia-democrats-black-women.html

Interview With Kimberlé Crenshaw: Rising Against Racism, Supporting Black Female Leadership, And Building An Equitable World,” Marianne Schnall,

“March 2, 1955: Claudette Colvin Refuses to Give Up Her Bus Seat,” Zinn Education Project, https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/claudette-colvin/

“The Birmingham Children’s Crusade of 1963,” Kim Gilmore, Biography, January 19, 2021. https://www.biography.com/news/black-history-birmingham-childrens-crusade-1963

“When Black Women Lead, We All Win: 10 Inspiring Leaders Show Us The Way,”  Marianne Schnall, Forbes, August 17, 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/marianneschnall/2020/08/17/when-black-women-lead-we-all-win/?sh=5935dad84513

“Women in the Civil Rights Movement,” Civil Rights History Project, Library of Congress,  https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/articles-and-essays/women-in-the-civil-rights-movement/

Show Notes

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 trace 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.

Citations

“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/

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.  Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, take a look at female scientists and inventors---their struggles and triumphs in spite of systemic racism.  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

“Annie Turnbo Malone,” Maria Quintana, Black Past, December 20, 2009. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/annie-turnbo-malone-1869-1957/#:~:text=Walker.,ended%20in%20divorce%20as%20well.

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/

We'd like to think of sports as the great equalizer, as the one area of American life where a person regardless of race can enter the arena and find a level playing field, so to speak. Unfortunately, systemic racism is as deeply rooted in sports as it is in most other aspects of American society. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they peel back the systemic racism that permeates major league, college, and all levels of sports in America. 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 St. John’s fencing coach is fired after making racist remarks,” Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times, June 13, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/sports/st-johns-fencing-coach-fired.html

American Tennis Association changed the face of tennis in the U.S.,” Steve Tignor, Tennis.com,December 5, 2016. https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2016/12/american-tennis-association-changed-face-tennis-us/62274/

“Athletes and activism: The long, defiant history of sports protests: From Ali to Althea Gibson and Bill Russell to LeBron, players have used their platform to spotlight injustice and chosen ceremonial moments to take a stand,” Steve Wulf, The Undefeated, January 30, 2019

https://theundefeated.com/features/athletes-and-activism-the-long-defiant-history-of-sports-protests/

“Black Lives Matter: Dealing with golf’s ugly history and contradictions,” Mark Wagner,  Telegram and Gazette, July 18, 2020. https://www.telegram.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2020/07/18/as-i-see-it-dealing-with-golfs-ugly-history-and-contradictions/113730094/

European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance, https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-commission-against-racism-and-intolerance

“Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: what sports have taught me about race in America,” Kareem Abdul-Jabba, The Guardian, August, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/28/notes-from-an-ungrateful-athlete-why-race-and-sports-matter-in-america

What is the origin story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and are they still relevant? Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, explore these questions and tell about the deadly but largely unknown Orangeburg massacre at South Carolina State University--one of the most violent incidents of the Civil Rights movement They’ll shine the spotlight on notable HBCU graduates and their contributions to America. 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

Citations

“50 years after 3 students died in SC civil rights protest, survivors still ask ‘Why?,’” Jim Morrill, Charlotte Observer, February 8, 2018.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article198943934.html

HipHughesHistory, https://www.youtube.com/c/hiphughes?fbclid=IwAR0paLpZpi9VZryLmYuJBVuGU8f2M67QtZr5EKvtGRqAqz8imWEkochGU3M

Hometown History https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC12lU5ymIvSpgl8KntDQUQA?fbclid=IwAR1yprl8Ceth8gomkPTZ3dWqaGol4tufJ-AvbkyExkaaYP3AdScrGe0atvQ

“Orangeburg massacre,” Editors, History.com, May 18, 2020. https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/orangeburg-massacre

“The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Are they are still relevant?,” William Spivey, Medium, August 17, 2020. https://medium.com/our-human-family/the-story-of-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-ed844edeeef