Ken Woodward

Episode Notes

[00:00] Introduction: Seeing Through the Myth

[01:06] Welcome to Curated Questions

[01:28] Ken's Backstory

[02:05] Rethinking American History

[03:05] Discovering Hidden Truths

[03:58] Impact of Redlining and Racism

[05:14] The Church's Complicity

[06:19] Systemic Inequality

[06:52] Influential Authors

[08:26] The Reality of White-Body Supremacy & Lynching

[12:52] Repentance and Reconciliation

[13:24] The Unfulfilled Promises

[16:38] The Walk Begins

[17:38] Challenges and Conversations

[18:34] Physical and Emotional Struggles

[19:51] Community Reactions

[21:40] Encounters and Reflections

[22:26] Privilege and Protection

[23:29] Friends and Fears

[25:04] Blue-eyed Devil

[26:13] Lessons from the Walk

[27:10] Confronting Racism

[28:23] The Importance of Listening

[28:53] Mistakes and Apologies

[29:39] The Impact of the Walk

[32:56] Building New Communities

[34:05] Final Thoughts and Gratitude

 

Resources Mentioned

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning History) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa Harris-Perry

The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church's Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

James Baldwin

Nikki Giovanni

Clint Smith

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Christina Sharpe

Resmaa Menakem

C. Vann Woodward

James W. Loewen

Toni Morrison

Angela Davis

Frederick Douglass

Octavia Butler

Ta-Nehisi Coates

William Loyd Garrison

Ibriam X. Kendi

Mary Turner and the lynching rampage of 1918

Emmett Till

Malcolm X

Lorton Prison in Virginia

Wagshal's Deli

Black Lives Matter Plaza

Washington Post

Theresa Vargas

Beauty Pill

Producer Ben Ford

 

Questions Asked

If this was the case, and 50% of this book was wrong, what do I do with the 50% that is correct?

How is a Black family supposed to build generational wealth when redlining is legal?

How would this knowledge would infor