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This week on CounterSpin: Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. Rather than taking from the election that Democrats have to better intersect defense of the human rights of people of color, women, LGBTQ people, Muslims and other marginalized groups with a clear progressive economic vision, some in the so-called liberal media now tell us that the lesson is that we all should, for goodness sake, stop talking about Muslims and queer people and women and the black and brown.
That’s not, naturally, how social justice advocates are responding. They’re getting together to share strategies for protecting vulnerable communities and resisting the predations on our civil rights. One such gathering of activists and academics was a recent webinar hosted by the African American Policy Forum. It featured a range of voices. I’ll bring just two: Sumi Cho, professor at DePaul University School of Law, and Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter.
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Also on the show: Minimizing and misunderstanding the role of racism in US political life is hardly new. Thanksgiving, for instance, will no doubt include a hefty portion of delusion about friendly sharing between settlers and Native Americans. If journalism is the first draft of history, it’s also true that misshapen history continues to distort journalism. We’ll revisit a conversation we had on that issue with Jim Loewen, author of the classic Lies My Teacher Told Me.
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First, a look back on the week’s press, including blaming “identity politics” and Trump vs. Hamilton.
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This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission from FAIR.