Episode 2.29: Working As Designed

Don and Amy are joined by Dr. Maureen Walker in discussing disruptive empathy and the challenge of engaging across difference, especially when part of that difference rejects the humanity of the other. They also explore the persistence of white supremacy across our history and within groups that are not white. This episode contains several mentions of the N-word. Additional resources: "Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy" (The Nation, by Rick Perlstein, November 13, 2012) https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/ "Notes on the State of Virginia" (by Thomas Jefferson, February 27, 1787) https://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/jefferson/jefferson.html "The Wife of His Youth" (The Atlantic, by Charles W. Chesnutt, July 1898) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1898/07/the-wife-of-his-youth/306658/ Buy "Your Racist Friend" by They Might Be Giants on iTunes