71 - Ralph Leonard - Claiming the Birthright of Humanity

References Ralph Leonard, a writer for UnHerd: https://unherd.com/author/ralph-leonard/ See esp: Why are we racialising Beethoven? - The Post (unherd.com) https://unherd.com/thepost/why-are-we-racialising-beethoven/ and Stop apologising for cultural appropriation - UnHerd: https://unherd.com/2020/07/cultural-appropriation-is-progressive-and-anti-racist/ Ralph Leonard, Author at Areo (areomagazine.com) https://areomagazine.com/author/herrera96/ Ralph Leonard, Author at Uncommon Ground (uncommongroundmedia.com) https://uncommongroundmedia.com/author/ralphleonard/ C. L. R. James, The Black Jacobins (1938) Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (1952) Frederick Starr, Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane (2013) Yacob and Amo: Africa’s precursors to Locke, Hume and Kant | Aeon Essays María Rosa Menocal The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain (2002) Thomas Pain, The Rights of Man (1791) Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly (1852) Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World; or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher (1760–61) Joseph Conrad, The Heart of Darkness (1899) Timestamps 01:55 Excerpt from Frantz Fanon. The universality of great culture and literature. 15:30 The historical significance of the American Revolution 26:34 The importance of the Haitian revolution 28:19 Why C.L.R. James is important to Ralph 33:13 The British slave trade and the revolts in the West Indies Patrons Only 36:47 Why Ralph describes himself as a “libertarian Marxist.” 40:30 The concept of cultural appropriation; cultural mixing in a globalised society; cultural identitarianism; the importance of the outsider’s viewpoint 55:42 The differences between racism in the UK and racism in the US 58:25 The concept of the white working class; what it means to be working class