What do White Americans learn – in the classroom, in the media, and in life – about race and about our racial history growing up? How does media, popular music (like rap), and what we learn about history impact the way Black Americans are viewed and their perceptions and beliefs about race in America? Are […]
What do White Americans learn – in the classroom, in the media, and in life – about race and about our racial history growing up? How does media, popular music (like rap), and what we learn about history impact the way Black Americans are viewed and their perceptions and beliefs about race in America? Are […]
“I Did See Black People in Pop Culture” What do White Americans learn – in the classroom, in the media, and in life – about race and about our racial history growing up? How does media, popular music (like rap), and what we learn about history impact the way Black Americans are viewed and their […]
Is it also valid and important to look at the effects of slavery on poor White Americans to understand how it shaped their views and feelings? Can we teach American history in a way that captures the unique experiences and perspectives of both Black & White Americans but doesn’t breed defensiveness and divisions among Americans? […]
Should every history lesson be taught through the lens of racial and other identities? Can using race as a way to frame our education go too far, as expressed by opponents of “critical race theory” and “anti-racism” approaches? Can we teach our history in a way that captures the unique experiences and perspectives of Black […]
Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss the suspension of NPR editor Uri Berliner after he derided the network’s bias. #FreeSpeech Director of Photography: Alex Rosen Video Producer: Veronica Riccobene Video Editor: Chris Sowick Illustration: Lex Villena source Related Posts L.K. – I like Brass Oh how i love brass :))) download link for the flp […]
“I can’t actually make money on it. It was meant to prove a point,” Balaji Srinivasan says of his $1 million bet on the value of bitcoin. Watch the full replay of Balaji’s live conversation with economist Lawrence H. White and Reason’s Zach Weissmueller: youtube.com/watch?v=m0frw7BKkVE source Related Posts BET Networks Black Entertainment Television 1980's 2010's […]
Presented to the Department of History at New York University on December 4, 1979. The description below is excerpted from the “Rothbard Lectures on American History: Lost and Found” by Chris Sciabarra (https://mises.org/wire/rothbard-lectures-american-history-lost-and-found). The central theme of Rothbard’s lecture was the conflict between “Liberty” and “Power” throughout history. He did not deny the complexities of […]
Stu takes a look into the bizarre situation of actress Zoe Saldana, a self-professed black woman who has issue an apology… for playing a black character in a movie. If memory serves, however, Ms. Saldana has made a habit of playing characters defined by their skin color. Watch the full episode and all episodes for […]
A new PBS series by Ken Burns argues xenophobia, the Great Depression, incredulity toward the media, and State Department antisemitism combined to keep Jewish refugees out of America. How Closed Borders Helped Facilitate the Holocaust Two-thirds of European Jews were killed by the Nazis during World War II in a systematic, relentless process that still […]