"The Momentum of Memory" vs. "The Violence of Forgetting." Throughout history a well-documented feature of authoritarianism, totalitarian regimes, religious indoctrination and myth-making is the reshaping of collective and individual memory. As a person of African descent, deconstructing religion can yield epiphanies not only in science or theology but in the heavy political histories of ethnicity and provenance.
This episode covers the ways in which forgetfulness, memory laws/loss and short collective memories play into narratives that distort, demean, erase and discriminate. We cover the George Floyd "Year of Reckoning", Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, 45, my former pastor and the subtle manipulative power of misinformation + forgetfulness imposed on us via religion and culture.
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Show Notes
Host: Rogiérs
Writing & Narration: Rogiérs
Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC
Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon
Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu
Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC
Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson
Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks, Overjoyed Blue Note Japan Recordings, IMOK Gospel Music, Howard University Gospel Choir
Resources
Sarah Frostenson, “Aftermath of Year of Reckoning”, Fiver Thirty Eight: A Politics Chat
Michele Norris, "Don’t call it a racial reckoning. The race toward equality has barely begun.", The Washington Post
Banned Filename, Jr., “Remember fascism was a Catholic problem?”, Medium.com
Stephanie Martin, “Vladimir Putin Quotes the Bible During Pro-Russia Rally in Moscow”, Churchleaders .com
Jess Blumberg, “A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials”, Smithsonian Magazine
Frederick Douglass, “An 1876 speech given by Frederick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington, DC.”, Digital Public Library of America, University of Illinois
CNN (Chris Wallace) Interview Nicole Hannah-Jones, Author & Professor of Journalism, Howard University
Dr. Greg Carr, Professor, Howard University School of Law &Africana Studies Department
Music Bed(s)
“For Your Name is to be Praised” (James Hall Worship & Praise)
“Never Shall Forget”, Melvin Crispell & Testimony
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