Uncomfortable Culture Conversation (specifically about race)
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
What is the real story behind the Confederate flag? What was the civil war really about? How did women turn the Confederate "lost cause" into a beloved culture? Who's idea was it to weaponized textbooks and children for the Confederacy? Well, we did some homework and talked about it.
From the pod
Books:
"The War That Forged A Nation" by James McPherson
"Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery In the United States, 1861-1865" by James Oakes
"In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History" by Mitch Landrieu
YouTube:
"The Complicated History Of The Confederate Flag" by Time Capsule (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1VnD-PRVh8)
"How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history" by Vox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOkFXPblLpU)
"Facts You Didn't Know About General Robert E. Lee" by photonfeast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYxV4VtwMIM)
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Rally last year to remove the Confederate moment downtown. https://www.13newsnow.com/mobile/article/news/local/mycity/norfolk/demonstrators-gather-at-confederate-monument-in-downtown-norfolk/464839144
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Here is an article about the SC state flag and the removal of the Confederate flag removal from it. https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/10/us/south-carolina-confederate-battle-flag/index.html
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
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