Remembering, Heroes, and Race- with James

Episode 7 May 15, 2020 00:40:18
Remembering, Heroes, and Race- with James
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Remembering, Heroes, and Race- with James

May 15 2020 | 00:40:18

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Hosted By

Justin Winzenburg Stephen Jones

Show Notes

Justin and Stephen talk with history prof. James Willetts about how Americans remember racial history and the creation of hero narratives. They also discuss graduation, role changes, distress in the Psalms, and the complex reality of responding to racialized tragedy. Resources from this episode: Atlanta Mayor calls Arbery’s killing a lynchingLies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen • Sundown Towns by James Loewen • America’s Original Sin by Jim Wallis • God’s Politics by Jim Wallis

Music by Josiah Enns. Photo by Preston Goff on Unsplash

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