Why Are They So Angry?

For decades, land theft and underhanded legal maneuverings have been used to divest Black/African Americans of valuable beachfront property. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they peel back the systemic racism underlying the pernicious land appropriation schemes that have contributed to the Black/African American wealth gap in this country. 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

#brucesbeach #manhattanbeach #heirsproperty #thehamptons #sagharbor #hiltonhead #landtheft

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Bruce’s Beach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%27s_Beach

Historically black beach enclaves are fighting to save their history and identity,” Troy McMullen, The Washington Post, July 27, 2017,

“How to close heirs property loopholes,” Lizzie Presser, Pro Puclica, July 15, 2019.

“Land taken from blacks through trickery, violence, and murder Todd Lewan and Dolores Barclay,” The Associated Press, Published 10:00 pm PST, Saturday, December 1, 2001

https://www.seattlepi.com/national/article/Land-taken-from-blacks-through-trickery-violence-1073410.php

“The heart of Sapelo,” Chris Dixon, Garden &  Gun, June/July 2015.

https://gardenandgun.com/feature/the-heart-of-sapelo/

The Land Was Ours: How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South, by Andrew W. Kahrl.

When They Steal Your Land They Steal your Future

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-02-mn-10514-story.html

Happy Veterans Day! Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square salute the U.S. Armed Forces with a special edition honoring the brave women and men who serve. Listen to the thrilling story of Sergeant Edward A. Carter's true heroism; learn the history of the World War II Double V campaign; and hear the solution to the mystery of why Black/African Americans were denied the highest military award, The Medal of Honor, during WWII.  

Citations

California State Military History and Museums Program, www.militarymuseum.org

“The double v campaign (1942-1945,” Euell A. Nielsen, BlackPast, July 1, 2020.

At one time 15 percent of farmers in the United States were Black/African American. Today, that number has shrunken to less than two percent. Dr. Carol Francois and her niece Kourtney Square explain how land swindles, terror, massacres, lynchings, and sly legal maneuvering has robbed Black/African Americans of millions of acres of land. Look for us everywhere a this link  https://linktr.ee/WATSA

#antiracism#diversity #whyaretheysoangry #brucesbeach #landtheft #farmers #blackfarmers #partitioning #USDA

Citations

A Time to Act: A Report of the USDA National Commission on Small Farms, United States Department of Agriculture, 1998.

“Five ways to help black farmers,” Ruben Casteneda, U.S. News and World Report, Oct. 5, 2020.

“Land taken from blacks through trickery, violence, and murder Todd Lewan and Dolores Barclay,” The Associated Press, Published 10:00 pm PST, Saturday, December 1, 2001

https://www.seattlepi.com/national/article/Land-taken-from-blacks-through-trickery-violence-1073410.php

“The heart of Sapelo,” Chris Dixon, Garden &  Gun, June/July 2015.

https://gardenandgun.com/feature/the-heart-of-sapelo/

The Land Was Ours: How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South, by Andrew W. Kahrl.

“When They Steal Your Land They Steal your Future”

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-02-mn-10514-story.html

When it's election time, Dr. Carol Francois and her niece Kourtney Square want you to know systemic racism is on the ballot, too. In this episode, you’ll hear how voter suppression in the past was violent and murderous. Today, voters are still being intimidated and their rights trampled. Listen to hear what’s being done to keep voters out of the voting booth and how folks are fighting back. Look for us everywhere a this link  https://linktr.ee/WATSA

#election2020 #politics #antiracism #votersuppression #diversity #bidenharris #whyaretheysoangry #blackvotesmatter #resist #democracy

Citations

“Are States Purging Or Cleaning Voter Registration Rolls?,” All things Considered, NPR,December 20, 2019.

“Black voters continue to face voter suppression 155 years after Juneteenth, PR Watch Editors, PR Watch, June 19, 2020.

League of Women Voters, https://www.lwv.org/

“19th-century political parties kidnapped reluctant voters and printed their own ballots – and that’s why we’ve got laws regulating behavior at polling places,” Kristin Kanthak, The Conversation, October 21, 2020 8.21am EDT Updated October 22, 2020 8.59am E

Southern Poverty Law Center, https://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do/civil-rights-memorial/civil-rights-martyrs

“The vote that failed,” S.J. Ackerman, The Smithsonian Magazine, November 1998.

“The voting rights act of 1965,”This Day in History, The History Channel, original Nov. 2009, Updated Aug. 25, 2020.  https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act

“Timeline: Voter suppression in the US from the civil war to today,” Terrance Smith, ABC News, August 20, 2020.

Dr. Carol François and Kourtney are at it again uncovering the unsavory history of systemic racism in America’s healthcare system. Human medical experimentation and the United States are two terms rarely uttered in the same sentence, but the duo traces some of the more unnerving instances of experiments done on unsuspecting victims down through the years in American medical and scientific settings. From grave robbing to secret tests, you’ll hear how Black/African Americans were exploited in government sanctioned human experimentation. Learn more about what the aunt and her niece are up to at this link https://linktr.ee/WATSA.

#medicalexperimentation #blacklivesmatter #secretscience #graverobbing #antiracism #inclusion #clinicalstudies

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“In an effort to increase black participation in clinical trials, white institutions are finally ready to shoulder burden of becoming more ‘trustworthy’,” David Love, Atlantic Black Star, May, 7, 2016.

“Interview with Wilbert Smith, author of hole in the head, the story of Vertus Hardiman,” Uchenna Edeh. July 26, 2015 https://kentakepage.com/interview-with-wilbert-smith-author-of-hole-in-the-head-the-story-of-vertus-hardiman/2019.

“The use of blacks for medical experimentation and demonstration in the 0ld south,” Savitt, Todd L., The Journal of Southern History, vol. 48, no. 3, 1982, pp. 331–348. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2207450. Accessed 6 Oct. 2020.

“Troubling History In Medical Research Still Fresh For Black Americans,” Rob Stein, Shots - Health News, NPR, Oct. 25, 2017.

Was it a riot or a massacre? Colfax, Louisiana was the scene of a bloody, Reconstruction era incident aimed at suppressing Black/African American votes. Today, some call it a riot, others a massacre. Join Dr. Carol and her indefatigable niece Kourtney as they ferret out the truth while illuminating how voter suppression is part and parcel of systemic racism in 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

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“Black voters continue to face voter suppression 155 years after Juneteenth," PR Watch Editors, PR Watch, June 19, 2020.

Southern Poverty Law Center, https://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do/civil-rights-memorial/civil-rights-martyrs

“The voting rights act of 1965,” This Day in History, The History Channel, original Nov. 2009, Updated Aug. 25, 2020.  https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act

“Timeline: voter suppression in the US from the civil war to today,” Terrance Smith, ABC News, August 20, 2020.

It’s election time, so Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square decided to jump in with a special episode looking at systemic racism in the American presidency. 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, some 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 #americanpolitics

They’re at it again! In this episode, Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square take off the surgical mask to examine systemic racism in healthcare. Medical experimentation and poor healthcare have long plagued the Black/African American community. Learn why this is so and hear  Elaine Riddick’s harrowing experience when she endured an unwanted medical procedure. Want to know more? Go to www.whyaretheysoangry.com for information on systemic racism in America, read the blogs, or take the course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it.

Citations

“Bad medicine: the harm that comes from racism,” Austin, Frakt, The New York Times, January  13, 2020.

Black Mental Health Alliance, https://blackmentalhealth.com/

"Justice for sterilization victims foundation, NC," https://ncadmin.nc.gov/about-doa/special-programs/welcome-office-justice-sterilization-victims

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, by Harriet A. Washington, Harlem Moon, 2006.

National Medical Association, https://www.nmanet.org/default.aspx

“Physicians and implicit bias: how doctors may unwittingly perpetuate health care disparities,” Elizabeth N. Chapman, MD, Anna Kaatz, MA, MPH, PhD, and Molly Carnes, MD, MS.

“Racism in health care isn’t always obvious,”  Joseph V. Sakran, Ebony Jade Hilton, Chethan Sathya, Scientific American, July 9, 2020.

“Sterilized by north carolina, she felt raped once more,” David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times, Jan. 25, 2012.

“Woman fights for compensation for forced sterilization,” Associated Press, Aug. 15, 2011.

Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square are at it again taking a deep dive into explaining systemic racism. Episode 6 is the final part of the Criminal Justice Trilogy, delving into exploitative prison conditions, convict labor, and post-incarceration issues. Hear the dark history of Texas’ infamous Jester Prison and get tips for confronting systemic racism within your sphere of influence. Warning: this episode contains violent content and is not suitable for young children. Learn more about this team and their work to see, say, and confront systemic racism at www.whyaretheysoangry.com.

Citations

Equal Justice Initiative, https://eji.org/

“How race impacts who is detained pretrial,”  Wendy Sawyer, October 9, 2019,

Prison Policy Initiative,   October 9, 2019. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2019/10/09/pretrial_race/

“If prison workers are essential, we should treat them like it: Prison labor in the U.S.,” Part I, Corporate Accountability Lab, August 5, 2020. https://corpaccountabilitylab.org/calblog/2020/8/5/if-prison-workers-are-essential-we-should-treat-them-like-it-prison-labor-in-the-us-part-i

“Private Companies producing with U.S. prison labor in 2020: Prison labor in the U.S., Part II,” Corporate Accountability Lab, August 5, 2020.

https://corpaccountabilitylab.org/calblog/2020/8/5/private-companies-producing-with-us-prison-labor-in-2020-prison-labor-in-the-us-part-ii,

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

The Sentencing Project, https://www.sentencingproject.org/

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/jul/10

Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square are at it again taking a deep dive into explaining systemic racism. Episode 5 is part two of their “Criminal Justice Trilogy”, delving into how justice becomes injustice in America’s courts. They look at the role of jurors, prosecutors, and judges in upholding systemic racism and examine how sentencing and wrongful convictions disproportionately penalize Black/African Americans. You’ll hear about the gruesome murder of teacher David Wyatt at the hands of a white mob as well as the tragic story of Lena Baker. Finally, the duo brings the topic into focus by showing the relationship of the past to present-day prison conditions and practices. WARNING, this episode contains graphic violence and is not suitable for children. Learn more about this team and their work to see, say, and confront systemic racism at www.whyaretheysoangry.com.

Citations

“Ga. Woman Pardoned 60 Years After Her Execution,” Heard on All Things Considered, NPR, August 26, 2005.

“In Honor of Lena Baker (Posthumously),” United States Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Congressional Record Statement,  https://bishop.house.gov/media-center/congressional-record-statements/in-honor-of-lena-baker-posthumously?fbclid=IwAR1oyJNo9_U6qU0d4tuSNQe4WtlCBPpqBFpCOE4m7uIkfyRoVwyPLLCXQNc

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

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