TS59: Ignore The Pull Of Your Prejudice

A topic that has received a lot of discussion on the forums, important enough to bring as the subject of this week's show. With this presidential election we have a great opportunity to keep the discussion of race, racism, and hate in America where it should be- at the forefront. So let's do it.

*Opening: Michael Savage and Glenn Beck
*Dani's nervous
*Headlines:
   -Democracy Now
   -Troy Davis case
   -Brandon McLelland
   -Anti-Muslim DVD handed out in swing states' newspapers
   -How is gassing a Mosque *not* a hate crime?
   -Obama effigy is hung from a tree
   -Denver police joke about beating protesters
*Glenn Ford from Black Agenda Radio talks about recent poll on racism
*So what exactly is this white privilege thing anyway?
*Tim Wise knows his stuff
*The most accurate analogy for Affirmative Action I've ever heard
*Threads covering race in the TS Forum:
   -Nation on White Privilege
   -Is White Privilege the Problem?
   -Barack Obama and White Privilege
   -Hate Crimes Prevention Act
*Privilege in many forms, it all equals power
   -Maria Niles Post on White Privilege
*More clips from hate radio
   -Bill Moyers Journal story on hate talk radio
*Music provided by Podsafe Music Network
*"Hate", by Kyprios (WARNING: NOT WORK OR KID SAFE)
*Back in two weeks- going to visit a friend in Cali over fall break!

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