Cancel Culture Pt. 3: Removing Statues
Our country is in the midst of a social revolution. People everywhere are standing up and fighting for racial equity and part of the protesting has included taking down statues of people who have had a hand in the oppression of marginalized communities.
In this episode we discuss the founding of our country, the violence that accompanied that founding, and why we have to take that violence seriously. Listen to hear a perspective you may not have considered about what these statues represent and how we can change them to better reflect our community as a whole.
Articles, Studies, & Podcasts Referenced in the Episode
“How Slavery Affected African-American Families” by Heather Andrea Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas”
“Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the Ameican Revolution,” Zinn Education Project
“How the Constitution was Indeed Pro-Slavery” by David Waldstreicher, the Atlantic
“GOP Senator Under Fire For Comment that Slavery was ‘Necessary Evil,’” CBS News
“Whose Heritage? 153 Years of Confederate Iconography”
Princeton & Slavery: James Madison
“The Founding Fathers and Slavery,” Britannica
“Why Thomas Jefferson’s Anti-Slavery Passage Was Removed From the Declaration of Independence,” History.com
“George Washington: Slavery, ‘The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret”
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Song credit: “Sleeper” by Steve Adams” and “Dive Down” by VYEN
