Racial Wealth Gap in America
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07/31/22 • 38 min
This week’s episode discusses the Racial Wealth Gap. Focus is given to the historical and systemic components as well as discussion on class and Haves vs. Have Nots. We look at what is needed to narrow the gap.
Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:
- Explained | Racial Wealth Gap | FULL EPISODE | Netflix - YouTube
- INSIGHT_Still-Running-Up-Down-Escalators_vF.pdf (duke.edu)
- Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities – Harvard Gazette
- Why The Racial Wealth Gap Is So Hard To Close : Planet Money : NPR
- Getting Serious About Closing Racial Wealth Gap Means Looking For New, Large Solutions (forbes.com)
- Top 1% Of U.S. Households Hold 15 Times More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Combined (forbes.com)
Here are resources from our shorter segments:
- Microaggressions: Theme = Denial of Individual Racism or Racial Biases Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
- WPS: Enslaved People on Confederate Money
- Object of Intrigue: Confederate Currency - Atlas Obscura
- WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
- In The News:
- Democrats introduce bill to enact term limits for Supreme Court justices | The Hill
- House Republicans All Vote Against Neo-Nazi Probe of Military, Police (newsweek.com)
- Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism - Roll Call
- Matt Gaetz among 20 Republicans to vote no on anti-trafficking bill (usatoday.com)
- Kenly Town Council closed meeting on police resignations | Raleigh News & Observer (newsobserver.com)
- Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Official Teaser - YouTube
- Black Entrepreneurship: Source of Knowledge Bookstore in Newark, NJ.
This week’s episode discusses the Racial Wealth Gap. Focus is given to the historical and systemic components as well as discussion on class and Haves vs. Have Nots. We look at what is needed to narrow the gap.
Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:
- Explained | Racial Wealth Gap | FULL EPISODE | Netflix - YouTube
- INSIGHT_Still-Running-Up-Down-Escalators_vF.pdf (duke.edu)
- Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities – Harvard Gazette
- Why The Racial Wealth Gap Is So Hard To Close : Planet Money : NPR
- Getting Serious About Closing Racial Wealth Gap Means Looking For New, Large Solutions (forbes.com)
- Top 1% Of U.S. Households Hold 15 Times More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Combined (forbes.com)
Here are resources from our shorter segments:
- Microaggressions: Theme = Denial of Individual Racism or Racial Biases Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
- WPS: Enslaved People on Confederate Money
- Object of Intrigue: Confederate Currency - Atlas Obscura
- WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
- In The News:
- Democrats introduce bill to enact term limits for Supreme Court justices | The Hill
- House Republicans All Vote Against Neo-Nazi Probe of Military, Police (newsweek.com)
- Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism - Roll Call
- Matt Gaetz among 20 Republicans to vote no on anti-trafficking bill (usatoday.com)
- Kenly Town Council closed meeting on police resignations | Raleigh News & Observer (newsobserver.com)
- Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Official Teaser - YouTube
- Black Entrepreneurship: Source of Knowledge Bookstore in Newark, NJ.
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Representation In Film and Television
This week’s episode discusses Representation in the Entertainment Industry. We discuss film and television over the span of our lifetimes and our experiences and thoughts regarding representation in those spaces. We share information and statistics regarding Black Representation in Film and Entertainment, both on and off screen.
Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:
- Seeing and believing: Meeting Black audience demand for representation that matters | Nielsen
- Representation of Black talent in film and TV | McKinsey
- The evolution of Black representation on television | University of Arizona News
- Social Sciences | Hollywood Diversity Report 2022 | Social Sciences (ucla.edu)
- A history of Black representation in Hollywood: progress of appropriate portrayal – The Wilson Beacon
Here are resources from our shorter segments:
- Microaggressions: Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
- WPS: Chadwick Boseman SNL Black Jeopardy - Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman - SNL - YouTube
- WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
- In The News:
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- Arizona's governor has signed a law that limits filming police : NPR
- Here’s What You Need to Know About the House Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org)
- Family calls for Sesame Place to fire Rosita performer, new apology (usatoday.com)
- Desus and Mero Reportedly Broke Up Over Manager Victor Lopez (vulture.com)
- Black Entrepreneurship:
Next Episode
Interracial Marriage, Dating, and Relationships in the United States
This week’s episode discusses interracial relationships. We discuss the historical context, some numbers, media influence, and of course our personal experiences and opinions.
Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode.
- U.S. Approval of Interracial Marriage at New High of 94% (gallup.com)
- Intermarriage-May-2017-Full-Report.pdf (pewresearch.org)
- 20 million Americans oppose interracial marriage (substack.com)
- Interracial Marriage in "Post-Racial" America | Origins (osu.edu)
- Loving v. Virginia | Oyez
- Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy by Sheryll Cashin
- Microaggressions: Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
- WPS:
- WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
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- Three police die in 'pure hell' Kentucky shooting - BBC News
- Results: Kansas voters decide 'no' on the abortion amendment : Live Coverage: 2022 Primaries : NPR
- Bill Russell, Celtics Center Who Transformed Pro Basketball, Dies at 88 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell deserves our reverence, understanding and respect (espn.com)
- Infowars' Alex Jones must pay 2 Sandy Hook parents $49.3 million for hoax claims : NPR
- 1955 Arrest Warrant in Emmett Till Case Is Found in Court Basement - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- Emmett Till's accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham seen in Kentucky for the first time in nearly 20 years | Daily Mail Online
- Nichelle Nichols of ‘Star Trek’ Showed America a Different Future - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- The story behind 'Star Trek' actress Nichelle Nichols' iconic interracial kiss (theconversation.com)
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