We got a short story, with a long dialogue. We discuss “The Space Traders” by Civil Rights activist Derrick Bell. This small tale is more prescient now than its first publication in 1992. Tune in for a discussion of unhealthy patriotism, unwritten traditions and unfit congressmen in the sunken place.
Georgia Voting Law
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/georgia-voting-rights-fiasco/618537/
Dark Matter ed. by Sheree Renee Thomas
Obama and Bell
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/the-sci-fi-story-that-offends-oversensitive-white-conservatives/254232/
Nisi Shawl’s Article
https://www.tor.com/2017/12/06/old-and-cold-the-space-traders-by-derrick-bell/
