Ep. 221: Tim Wise on White Privilege and the Trump Covington High School MAGA Mob

Tim Wise is one of the United States' leading anti-racism activists, authors, and scholars. He is the author of numerous books including his most recent Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America.

Wise explains how the Covington High School Trump mob's racist mocking and harassment of Native American elder Nathan Phillips in Washington, D.C. is an example of white privilege in action, how white racial innocence is presumed to always be operative in America, the ways that white folks--especially white conservatives--are rarely held responsible for their racist behavior, and the many ways that teachers and parents and other adults have failed to properly educate the white Trump teen MAGA mob.

Tim Wise also shares what he would tell the Covington High School teenage Trumpsters if he was invited to give a talk or training at their school.

On this week's show, Chauncey DeVega shares some recent examples of horrible and abominable behavior including Donald Trump and Mike Pence trying to claim Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy as their own, how the Trump regime wants to kill the "useless eaters" by cutting food stamps--again, and how 26 billionaires have more money than 3.8 billion people on the whole planet.

And at the end of this week's show Chauncey DeVega shares a story about the intelligence of our animal friends the crows and geese.

 

SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW 

• Tim Wise Official Site.
• This ‘Black Israelite’ from Brooklyn sparked the Covington controversy
• Geese Use Their Brains To Survive In Cities
• The Consequences of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Canonization
• The top 26 billionaires own $1.4 trillion — as much as 3.8 billion other people
• “Land Gets Stolen. That’s How It Works.”
• The MAGA Boys Are Racist Brats

IF YOU ENJOYED THIS WEEK'S SHOW YOU MAY LIKE THESE EPISODES OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW AS WELL

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Ep. 149: Analyzing the White Supremacist Terrorism in Charlottesville

Ep. 129: Jane Elliott Explains the Blue-Eyed/Brown-Eyed Teaching Exercise, Racism, and the Rise of Donald Trump

Ep. 76: David Theo Goldberg Meditates on the Global Color Line

Ep. 75: Tim Wise on White Privilege and White Racial Fragility

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