In this episode, we discuss the reparations, satanism, learning-by-doing, and proliferation of memes.
Endnotes:
1) 2:09 – Woods’s lawsuit was for $20,000, but the jury elected to award her only $2500, which would be the equivalent of $65,000 in 2019.
2) 4:21 – The first enslaved people were brought over in 1619, meaning slavery would have been going on for 259 years at this point in the trial
3) 8:38 – That is, "not only had it barely been that long since chattel slavery had been legally happening..."
4) 15:00 – The plan to provide the formerly enslaved with 40 acres of land and a mule was a real plan, however it was never implemented. For more, see Gates, Henry Louis Jr. “The Truth Behind ‘40 Acres and a Mule.’” PBS.
5) 17:38 – Grabianowski, Ed. “How Satanism Works,” How Stuff Works, 18 April 2017.
6) 26:52 – On 11/28/19, a Twitter user shared a tweet in which they tried to give advice for how to communicate bad news. The tweet became the source of much humor due to its general strangeness and seeming ineffectiveness at achieving its purported goals. For more, see: “Are You in the Right Headspace?” Know Your Meme.
7) 36:44 – Throughout this segment we discuss a lot of memes. I find Know Your Meme to be a useful resource for learning about memes I am unfamiliar with.
8) 39:11 – Zlatan. “Scopatumana,” Zanku, 2019.
Content Warnings: Enslavement, execution, sexual harassment, homicide.
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Music by Nicholas Puzzuto
Links to the Artifacts:
Bryant, Chuck and Josh Clark. "How Satanism Works," Stuff You Should Know, 31 Aug. 2017, https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/episode/how-satanism-works-29467653/
McDaniel, W. Caleb. "In 1870, Henrietta Wood Sued for Reparations--and Won," Smithsonian Magazine, Sept. 2019, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/henrietta-wood-sued-reparations-won-180972845/
