Prejudice, Racism, and Tribalism Podcast

Discusses the change in the public's attitude about military service as a legacy of the Vietnam war. Explores the notion that Vietnam was primarily a "racist" war or primarily a defense of capitalism wherein socioeconomic status determined who fought and died and who didn't have to.

Examines who has the most to gain by fostering the mistrust of government. Is it the proper function of government to concern itself with the general welfare of the "We the People," or "We the Donors?"

Explores the appeal of a Donald Trump as the leader of the country despite his many indictments and an overt attempt to overthrow an election for the first time since our incorporation as a country some 250 years ago.

Explores the prejudices that accrue to someone simply by virtue of having large amounts of money. or being thought to have large amounts of money. This episode also explores the American interpretation of the word "Liberty" historically and currently as a corollary of wealth accumulation. We close by defining how "Microaggressions" are used in contemporary American life.

Because the issue of immigration has been an issue of major contention in the last 3 presidential elections, we thought it appropriate to explore American immigration policy from the 1880s through the 1920s. The "poisoning of the blood" argument was used then as a justification for restricting European immigration.

In this episode we examine more specifically the evolution of attitudes about homosexuality and transgenderism as played out in the 2024 presidential election. We especially focus on the phenomenon of “grooming” and its role in the election.

In this episode we examine the financial and political potential in properly exploiting the prejudices of White people. As physicians, we look at the insurance and pharma industries as most familiar to physicians but assume the same applies in other industries.

We explore here the rising popularity of banning books in America and why is this happening now? The hosts( being old White guys) cannot recall a time in our lifetimes when librarians were controversial figures in the community EVER! We think it might be time again for a Scopes-style “monkey trial.” How about in Florida?

Here we discuss some of the issues related to prejudices about women in the history of human society. I (AMD) discuss my experiences with abortion prior to Roe v. Wade in 1973. And I suggest a solution to the problem of the courts. We close this series with a discussion of the role of religion in human societies.

In this episode, we explore further some of the issues touched upon in episode 7, especially about why we want to banish books about (real) American history. We'll discuss how we think White folks should approach the 500-year history of European domination of the world, and why we think buying books is a better course of action than buying AR-15s.

We talk a bit about Native American mascots on college campuses and with professional sports teams. We them have a discussion about the English conquest of North America and then about the Spanish conquistadors in Central and South America. Was it racism? Or not? We agree eventually to disagree.

What is “White privilege” and is it good or bad? We discuss the word “racist” and whether or not it’s a neutrally descriptive word or just a slur. We discuss how White people came to be “better” than other people.

What is a culture war and do we really want one? Is the Land Of The Free a police state? Is school prayer a religious or a cultural issue?

Who are the “white people” and how shall we know who they are? How did we get from the English Race to the White Race? Who are the Brown people and how shall we understand their problem? What is “race suicide” and do we want it?

Here we’ll talk about why we think tribal behaviors are genetically hard-wired into all human beings the way all others genetic instincts are. They are an evolutionary survival strategy. We’ll talk about genomes, alleles, and how to survive multiculturalism.

In this episode we take a closer look at racism and how it differs from prejudice and explore why we should care about the difference. We talk about slavery, the universality of its practice, and how it became race-based. Who are “victims of racism” and should we do anything about it?