#244: Why We're Still A Segregated Nation

Why Desegregation Didn't Work

They used to be lying, stealing, screaming f*ck your feelings
Now they’re crying, pleading for unity and healing
History is written by the richer, not the winners

We’re seeing it happen as we tweet

History tells us that desegregation fixed America
It admits that separate was never equal
As if separation was America’s only evil

Racial discrimination is like a nuclear bomb
Communities that aren’t destroyed by explosion
Often end up dying by fallout

The explosion was the sound of millions of white customers
Ignoring Black businesses

Even as Black customers shopped at white owned businesses
With a sense of pride

Because unity and healing

Also the places you weren’t looking at didn’t desegregate
Schools are the same place they were in the 60’s

And it’s getting worse

Music Featured in This Episode
Los Regentes by  SimónSqualo & Pensamiento Colectivo
Desegregation ft. Thee Tom Hardy by Actual Proof

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