Edition #856
Racism as a paradigm
 
Today we take a look at how the media reinforces all of the existing, societal assumptions about race and we use a new analogy to describe the paradigm of racial privilege
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Racist Pattern In Press Coverage Of Shootings? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 08-15-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Headlines - Headlines

Ch. 4: Act 2: The Noble Act Of Humanizing The Victim - @radio_dispatch - Air Date 8-27-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: A Dose of White Supremacy - "The Weekend Is Here"

Ch. 6: Act 3: Cringe-worthy analysis of Ferguson - @MHarrisPerry - Air Date 8-23-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Modern Day Slavery - Exploring All Avenues

Ch. 8: Act 4: How Media Were Presenting Ferguson Police Tactics - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 8-15-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: How Do You See Me - Montibello Memories

Ch. 10: Act 5: The Anatomy of Six Shootings - @onthemedia - Air Date: 8-22-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: Dawn Departure, Jefferson County - Wild Ones

Ch. 12: Act 6: It takes a white person to be a witness - @radio_dispatch - Air Date 8-19-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Can I Get a Witness - Gold: Marvin Gaye

Ch. 14: Act 7: Disproportionate Reporting Of Black Crime - @TWiBnation - Air Date 8-28-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: The Ballad of the Space Babies - Sword & Sworcery LP - The Ballad of the Space Babies

Ch. 16: Act 8: Bill O'Reilly's "Moral Instruction For Black People": Michael Brown Edition - Media Matters Minute (@mmfa) - Air Date: 08-14-14

Ch. 18: Act 9: Race/Off - The Daily Show - Air Date: 8-26-14

Voicemails
Ch. 21: Bill O'Reilly's white privilege - Colin from Cleveland, OH
Ch. 22: Mistrusting the police - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

Ch. 23: Final comments on how a cyclist can teach us about white privilege
Link to article: What my bike has taught me about white privilege
Link to 99% Invisible Episode 79: The Modern Moloch
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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