In this episode, we discuss identity politics, identity language, leaving your hometown, and Bush Jr. vs. Trump.
Endnotes:
2:28 – Here I start using the pronoun “they” because I wasn’t sure what Baker’s pronouns are, but after researching, I confirmed that she uses “she/her.” Apologies for not researching that before recording.
13:06 – I have decided not to link to the Jimmy Dore videos I referenced, because I think their politics are vile, but the Carlos Maza video is over 18 minutes and was published June 8, 2019 and the Harvard rejection video was over 23 minutes and was published June 19, 2019. Glancing at the comment section of both videos, you see many people self-identifying as conservatives and agreeing with Dore’s defense of these two homophobic and a racist individuals.
13:16 – Carlos Maza is a journalist
14:23 – I did a decent job explaining the Kashuv incident, but more details if you want them https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/17/18682101/kyle-kashuv-harvard-parkland
26:06 – For instance, Bomani Jones does an interview with Isiah Thomas on his show The Right Time with Bomani Jones, where Thomas talks about how when he was growing up he considered it derogatory to be called Black. https://www.espn.com/radio/play/_/id/30988878
26:53 – If you want a great book on the legal history of whiteness, read White By Law: The Legal Construction of Race, by Ian F. Haney López (1996)
29:43 - Lexicon Valley https://slate.com/podcasts/lexicon-valley
34:50 – For an extended discussion of this see, the debates over the ethics of whaling within the Makah tribe in Schweninger, Lee. “‘Back When I Used to be Indian’: Native American Authenticity and Postcolonial Discourse,” Native Authenticity: Transnational Perspectives on Native American Literary Studies, ed. Deborah L Madsen, SUNY Press, 2010, pp. 69-86.
42:47 – For more on the Brooks Brothers Riot and its echo in the Trump 2020 coup attempt, see https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/11/2008016/-Storming-the-Capitol-was-unprecedented-Guess-again-remember-the-Brooks-Brothers-Riot
44:59 – As it turns out, Hurricane Maria had a significantly higher death toll than Katrina, although both hurricanes were of course devastating in their own rights. For more, see, https://newrepublic.com/article/148576/hurricane-katrina-killed-1833-people-hurricane-maria-killed-least-4645
47:44 – Here is the podcast where I heard that argument: https://currentaffairs.simplecast.com/episodes/bidendebate-B5fDyxx4 The debate is rather lackluster (not only is a somewhat uninteresting just listening to two white men with unclear qualifications discuss this issue, but Studebaker does not do a good job framing the terms of his argument and as a result fails to make a compelling case). However, some of the individual points are interesting nonetheless.
Content Warnings: Mental health issues, references to racism, sexism, and homophobia, discussions of abusive relationships, references to the atrocities of the George W. Bush and Donald J. Trump presidencies, references to sexual violence
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Links to the Artifacts:
Baker, Zoe. "'Identity Politics Divides The Left' - A Response," YouTube, 7 Apr. 2017, https://youtu.be/j4pZLH9Ro54
Demby, Gene. "Why We Have So Many Terms For 'People Of Color'," NPR, 7 Nov. 2014, https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/11/07/362273449/why-we-have-so-many-terms-for-people-of-color
