Ep. 91: SINNERS, SINNERS, SINNERS!

You can watch this episode on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For an ad-free experience and early access to episodes, checkout my Patreon. Sources: Here's What's Become Of A Historic All-Black Town In The Mississippi DeltaSchools for a MinorityPlantation Schools: A History of Rural Black One-Room Schools in the Mid-South and the Mississippi Delta from Reconstruction to 1968How Christian Slaveholders Used the Bible to Justify SlaveryThe Bible in Song: Reclaiming African American SpiritualsInterested in learning more about passing? Check out my recommendations:Each novel and short story recommended is very dear to me, and is essential to understanding the precarious nature of white passing in America. I specifically think Coogler referenced Passing by Nella Larsen and Imitation of Life. Passing by Nella Larsen - the pinnacle of passing literature, it tells the tale of two childhood friends, who reconnect as adults. One is white passing, one lives as Black. It's the best for a reason. Imitation of Life by Fannie Hurst - A white passing daughter and the painful, fraught rejection of her Black mother. Check out the movie!The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - identical twins in born in an all-Black (extremely light-skinned town) take two different paths.Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin - Slave owners grapple with the truth of their beloved baby.