Illiterate

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Thank you all so much for listening and learning with us every week.

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We tackle the race massacre of 1921, the lead-up of the Red Summer of 1919, and the hidden history uncovered in modern times. Watchmen is created by Damon Lindelof, based on the book by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The Burning is written by Tim Madigan.

Extras:

• Watchmen (HBO) trailer // 2 min https://bit.ly/watchmenhbotrail
• interview with Damon Lindelof on writing // 10 min https://bit.ly/damonlinterview
• Tim Madigan’s book, The Burning // book https://bit.ly/theburningbook
• WEB DuBois essay, “Returning Soldiers” // essay https://bit.ly/returnsoldiers
• the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre // article https://bit.ly/tulsarm
• the history of the Rosewood Massacre // article https://bit.ly/rosewdmassacre
• press during 1919 massacres // article https://bit.ly/1919press
• 1921 Tulsa article after the massacre // article https://bit.ly/tulsajune2
• Donald Byrd’s dance “Greenwood” // 38 min https://bit.ly/greenwooddance
• Teaching for Black Lives materials // resource https://www.teachingforblacklives.org
• Rosewood (1997) trailer // 3 min https://bit.ly/rosewoodtrailer
• interview with Olivia Hooker, a survivor // article https://bit.ly/oliviahint

Contact:

• Reach out on instagram @illiteratepod // https://www.instagram.com/illiteratepod/

How so many parts of our world have been touched by the magic.

Extras:

• how Harry Potter changed books // article https://bit.ly/hpbooklegacy
• the problem with translating HP // video https://bit.ly/translatinghp
• Harry Potter Voldemort name translations // article https://bit.ly/voldemortname
• a Harry and the Potters song // video https://bit.ly/handthep
• My Immortal, the worst fanfiction // article https://bit.ly/myimmortalff
• the Quidditch World Cup // video https://bit.ly/quidditchvid
• book lengths over time // article https://bit.ly/yabooklength
• the misquoted Onion Satanism piece // article https://bit.ly/hponion
• Hogwarts beats a real school in rankings // article https://bit.ly/loretto1
• the demand for pet owls // article https://bit.ly/owlpotter1
• JK Rowling’s essay on gender issues // article https://bit.ly/jkessay1
• the infamous Harry Potter Puppet Pals // video https://bit.ly/hppuppet

Contact:

• Reach out on instagram @illiteratepod // https://www.instagram.com/illiteratepod/

Eight minutes, forty-six seconds.

That is how long a police officer kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck. A murder committed on an unarmed black man, in broad daylight, by law enforcement.

Today, we are silent for 8 minutes, 46 seconds - to honor and remember George Floyd, and the many others who have died, as the United States confronts the injustices of police brutality, systematic racism, and white supremacy.

The United States wrote in its founding document that “all men are created equal”, and it has not lived up to that promise. America can no longer hide from its past. But the promise is not in vain, because the promise does not come from the past.

The promise of America comes from the striving of its people. It has always been the people. Our history is the history of people who wouldn’t accept things as they were. We are a nation unwilling to let things be. We are a nation of protesters. We are a nation who does not give up on our people.

There is a saying on the Great Seal, a saying even older than the Declaration.

E pluribus unum. “Out of many, one.”

The forgotten promise of so many, for so long, must become the promise of one. One nation, one people.

Let us all do the work.

Links:

• Color of Change

Sign this petition calling for the end of police violence against Black people. https://act.colorofchange.org/signup/state-emergency-black-people-are-dying

• Nationwide Bail Fund

Help support bail for protestors in your community. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd

• Campaign Zero

A look at data and research-informed policy solutions communities can put in place to end police violence. https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#campaign

Media Resources:

• Movies

13th (NETFLIX)

American Son (NETFLIX)

Dear White People (NETFLIX)

If Beale Street Could Talk (HULU)

King in the Wilderness (HBO)

See You Yesterday (NETFLIX)

The Hate U Give (CINEMAX)

When They See Us (NETFLIX)

• Podcasts

1619 (NEW YORK TIMES)

About Race

Code Switch (NPR)

Intersectionality Matters!

Pod Save The People

Pod for the Cause

Seeing White

• Books

So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Stamped From The Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

Evicted by Matthew Desmond

Nobody by Marc Lamont Hill

Blackballed by Darryl Pinckney

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

The magical cinematic journey from book to screen.

Extras:

• the first screen test with Harry, Hermione, and Ron // 12 min https://bit.ly/hpscreentest
• Diagon Alley on Google Maps street view // link https://bit.ly/diagonmaps
• JK Rowling’s new free book, The Ickabog // link https://bit.ly/ickabogbook
• the terrible NY Times review // article https://bit.ly/hpnytreview
• a conversation between Rowling and Radcliffe // 53 min https://bit.ly/rowlingradcliffe
• a conversation between Rowling and Kloves // 47 min https://bit.ly/rowlingkloves
• why Harry’s eyes aren’t green // article https://bit.ly/hpgreeneyes
• Robin Williams as Hagrid // article https://bit.ly/robinwilliamshagrid
• Eight-part Entertainment Weekly reporting // article https://bit.ly/ewharrypotter
• How Daniel became Harry Potter // article https://bit.ly/danielpotter

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• Reach out on instagram @illiteratepod // https://www.instagram.com/illiteratepod/