SOLVED! SAMPLE! #28 - Big White Lies: The Impossible Promises of Supremacy

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #28 - Big White Lies: The Impossible Promises of Supremacy

Author: Best of the Left: Perspectives on Politics, Culture, and Economics December 1, 2025 Duration: 21:03

Air Date: 11-25-25

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

 

  • Ch. 1 - The extremists trying to create race-based neighborhoods all over the U.S.
  • Ch. 2 - What we can learn from Ireland's history of sectarian violence
  • Ch. 3 - How the Irish became white
  • Ch. 4 - An inconvenient truth from Frederick Douglas (and some modern, mild misreadings)
  • Ch. 5 - What you can do to fight back against white supremacists where you live
  • BACKSTAGE! Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): Why some marginalized people cozy up to power

 

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REFERENCES

Inside Return to the Land, a new group attempting to legalize segregation - SPLC

The reality of ethnic and sectarian divisions - Irish Post

Legacy of past hangs over anti-immigrant violence in Northern Ireland - Reuters

The Irish Had to Ask to Be White - Medium

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery. - Elevate Society

The Destiny of Colored Americans - Teaching American History

"Missouri Is Next": Neo-Nazi Network Expanding Whites-Only Towns—Here's Where They're Looking - Kansas City Defender

 

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