How A System Of Power Defends Itself, A Case Study Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Air Date 7/20/2020
Systems maintain themselves through the efforts of many moving parts that need not understand their roles in maintaining the system as a whole, only their specialized task. Today, I use a case study incident to show how the system of racism defends itself against attack. Many separate parts, none of which understand how their individual actions connect to the larger system, work in complicated yet predictable ways to carry out this defense of racism much like the many specialized antibodies of an immune system work together to isolate and eradicate threats to the host.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Introduction to the story of a story
Ch. 2: Yascha Mounk on antiracism in America
Ch. 3: Jay explains the fraught nature of interracial relationships
Ch. 4: Introducing the Education Council Meeting incident
Ch. 5: Edward Irizarry speaks about the privilege and racial dynamics of the council
Ch. 6: Explaining DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender
Ch. 7: Robin Brochi responds to Edward
Ch. 8: Tom demands to know what’s racist about holding a brown baby
Ch. 9: Additional input from other council members
Ch. 10: The story of the story
Ch. 11: Recap and wrap up
Original meeting video: CEC D2 Working Business Meeting June 29, 2020
16:55 - Edward Irizarry Speech
22:50 - Robin Brochi's Apology
26:25 - Tom Wrocklage asks what about his actions were racist
39:20 - Beginning of segment that is ultimately clipped out of context
Tom's I-have-a-black-friend video: My friend from my living room on the June 11th CECD2 meeting
Tucker Carlson segment on 'White Fragility'
Tucker Carlson segment mentioning CEC Meeting incident

FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions):
Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Theme - The Good Fight podcast Opener - American Moon Bicycle Waltz and Fury - Macrame Rafter - Speakeasy When We Set Out - Arc and Crecent Thannoid - Bodytonic Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent  
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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