Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy SOLVED! SAMPLE! #28 - Big White Lies: The Impossible Promises of Supremacy
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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