Chai with Hasi

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Podcast that explains current events through the lense of the past. Get the kettle ready, we're about to make some damn good chai

Episodes

  1. 10/16/2020

    Redlining: The Invisible Division of American Cities

    Racial wealth inequality in the US is not a new concept. In the United States, the median net wealth of a white family is 10x the median net wealth of a African American family ($171k vs $17k). There are many reasons to explain this huge gap; however one of the main reasons is lack of home ownership. In the US, 2/3 of the middle’s class’ net wealth is in home equity. However, from the 1930s to late 1960s there was a federal effort to prevent minorities from obtaining mortgages and from moving into new developing areas, and this practice was called redlining. The Federal Housing Administration used maps to identify the riskiness that a loan would default by using two criteria: the age of the home, and the ethnic composition of a neighborhood. The more diverse a neighborhood, the lower it was ranked by the FHA, where many minority neighborhoods were colored red on a map (hence the term redlining). Join me, as I investigate the historical impact of redlining and its legacy today. We will learn about its precursor - racial covenants, the role education has in decreasing the racial wealth gap, and how one historical event could’ve changed how the South Looks today. You don’t want to miss this.  Sources:  https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/hh_1968_04_10/#:~:text=Martin%20Luther%20King%20Jr.%2C%20the,or%20rental%20of%20housing%20nationwide. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15 https://ips-dc.org/report-ever-growing-gap/ https://www.makechange.aspiration.com/articles/2018/1/25/the-untold-history-of-black-banking-in-america https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/national-housing-act-1934/ https://dqydj.com/historical-home-prices/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2019/02/28/feature/the-heartbreaking-decrease-in-black-homeownership/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/12/11/that-was-typo-the-median-net-worth-black-bostonians-really/ze5kxC1jJelx24M3pugFFN/story.html https://blog.oup.com/2007/02/black_history_m2/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5FBJyqfoLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_sCS2E8k5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqrhn8khGLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWQfDbbQv9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8zeecPN35g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLi079U15VU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxvnVd-7rDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXVeYDAiYHE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTJZnGaJ0bg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7jR5RxY63A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtifgyeBlyA

    32 min
  2. 08/25/2020

    1918 Spanish Flu & Covid-19

    How do we prevent the spread of disease when there is no vaccine? How do we protect the economy? Does Herd Immunity work? These questions that keep policymakers, citizens, and businesses awake at night, were the exact same questions that were asked nearly 100 years ago during the 1918 Spanish Flu. The Spanish Flu killed about ~5% of the worlds population and dropped the life expectancy in the US by 12 years from 1917 to 1919. The challenges we faced so long ago, are still very real today. Join me, as we investigate the origins of the Spanish Flu, how the world responded, and its comparison to Covid 19. Huge thanks to Dr. Saamia, Dr. Meagan, Dr. Shruti, and Dr. Vasanthi for their help in reviewing the medical contents of this pod. Works cited https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic#section_13 https://www.biospace.com/article/compare-1918-spanish-influenza-pandemic-versus-covid-19/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/health/coronavirus-is-very-different-from-the-spanish-flu-of-1918-heres-how.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200813/swedens-no-lockdown-policy-didnt-achieve-herd-immunity https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-did-1918-flu-kill-so-many-otherwise-healthy-young-adults-180967178/ https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/01/data-suggest-ncov-more-infectious-1918-flu-what-does-mean https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/estimating-mortality-from-covid-19

    29 min
  3. 07/30/2020

    Tuskegee Syphilis Study

    In every single state, black mortality outpaces white morality for Covid 19. This is attributed to many socio-economic factors; however, one key component is the relationship between the African Americans and healthcare community. One such phenomena to describe the relationship has been coined 'the Tuskegee Effect' At the dawn of the 20th century, many American physicians were concerned with the spread of syphilis. However in 1932, Dr. Clark and his colleagues from the Public Health Service, wanted to further understand the final stages of syphilis, where they subsequently deceived  600 poor black sharecroppers in Macon, Alabama to become subjects of their study at the Tuskegee Institute.  Their main focus? To investigate how the disease would evolved without medical intervention. The study was originally designed to last for 6 months, but went on for 40 years. Join us as we uncover the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis study, how it was exposed, and how it still impacts healthcare today. Sources -Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, New and Expanded Edition Lesson from history: a look at the Tuskegee syphilis study by James H Jones, PhD - https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/26/archives/syphilis-victims-in-us-study-went-untreated-for-40-years-syphilis.html -https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race#rates -https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/06/16/race-gaps-in-covid-19-deaths-are-even-bigger-than-they-appear/ -https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/04/09/why-are-blacks-dying-at-higher-rates-from-covid-19/ -https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/10/black-patients-bias-prescriptions-pain-management-medicine-opioids -https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm -https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/tuskegee-study-medical-distrust-research/487439/ -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nha9MsSSKvE -http://wp.cune.org/katieschlattmann/files/2015/08/The-impact-of-the-Tuskegee-Syphilis-Study-on-the-ethics-of-clinical-studies-in-the-U.S.1.pdf -https://jmvh.org/article/syphilis-its-early-history-and-treatment-until-penicillin-and-the-debate-on-its-origins/ -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtscyGFhAfM -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns8ek2YHnbQ -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE9hAzVAGeY

    41 min
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Podcast that explains current events through the lense of the past. Get the kettle ready, we're about to make some damn good chai