#008: The "Confederate Dementia" Episode
Hosts Baratunde Thurston, Raquel Cepeda, and Tanner Colby discuss the presidential response to the Charleston massacre, the push to purge Confederate symbols, and the humanitarian crisis brewing in the Dominican Republic.
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Obama, 2016 Candidates on Charleston, Race
These Republicans Aren't Sure What Motivated A White Guy To Kill 9 Black Churchgoers | The Huffington Post
Ben Carson slams GOP 2016 rivals 'who dare not call this tragedy an act of racism' | The Washington Post
While GOP candidates stammer, Clinton directly confronts race | The Washington Post
President Obama Delivers Eulogy at Charleston Shooting Funeral of Clementa Pinckney | Youtube
Remarks by the President in Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney | Whitehouse.Gov
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Episode 613 - President Barack Obama | Youtube
Here Are All the Highlights From Marc Maron's Interview With Obama | Slate
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast - Episode 613 - President Barack Obama | WTF Podcast
Transcript of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential announcement | The New York Daily News
Jindal plays down Indian roots, faces online backlash | The Times of India
Read Full Text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's Campaign Launch | Time
Bernie Sanders: U.S. 'far from eradicating racism' | The Washington Post
Black Voices: Bernie Sanders Should Address Racial Injustice | The Progressive
Why Bernie Sanders doesn't talk about race | Vox
Hillary Clinton: We can't hide from hard truths on race | Medium
Obama reflects on his ‘best week ever’ | MSNBC
Confederate Flag, Monuments, Mascots
Republicans Tread Carefully in Criticism of Confederate Flag | The New York Times
The Confederate Flag and the Fight to End Racism | The Huffington Post
Nearly 200 U.S. public schools are named for Confederate leaders | The Washington Post
Editorial: Examine Confederate symbols case by case | The Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Ugly, Racially Charged Fight Over A Confederate Mascot. In Vermont. | Deadspin
Schools Reconsider Confederate Mascots In Wake Of Charleston Shooting | The Huffington Post
In aftermath of horrific shooting, schools debate Rebels mascot | USA Today
7 Confederate Monuments Vandalized Across Six States | Care2
More states seeing Confederate statues defaced in wake Charleston shooting | CBS News
After Vandalism, UT-Austin To Weigh Confederate Statues' Future | KERA News
Enough Is Enough' for Woman Who Removed Confederate Flag | ABC News
EXCLUSIVE: Bree Newsome Speaks For The First Time After Courageous Act of Civil Disobedience | Blue Nation Review
Watch A Film By Bree Newsome, The Hero Who Took Down The Flag | io9
Badass Bree Newsome Climbs S.C. Flagpole To Remove Confederate Flag | Jezebel
Confederate flag removed in South Carolina: Anarchy or moral protest? (+video) | Christian Science Monitor
Dominican Republic-Haiti Relations
The Bronx Protests Against the Deportations of Dominicans with Haitian ancestry and Haitian migrants | Vimeo
The Dominican Republic refugee crisis is so bad, people are comparing it to Nazi Germany | Fusion
My Caribbean: 5 Vignettes | The New York Times
Mayor: Dominican Republic's Deportation Move a 'Racist Act' | NY1
Dominican Republic: Thousands at Risk of Expulsion to Haiti | HRW
Calls From Boston Not To Vacation In Dominican Republic | WBUR
The Dominican Republic's "Ethnic Purging": Edwidge Danticat on Mass Deportation of Haitian Families | Democracy Now
Dominican Republic Set to Deport Haitian Migrants | The New York Times
Dominican Deadline Passes Without Mass Expulsion of Haitian Migrants | The New York Times
Two Versions of a Dominican Tale | The New York Times
Dominican Republic-Haiti relations | Wikipedia
The Dominican Republic and Haiti: one island riven by an unresolved past | The Guardian
El antihaitianismo dominicano es por conveniencia política, dice Silvio Torres-Saillant | acento.com.do (in Spanish)
Dominican Republic Threatens to Deport Haitian Families | The Root
Concentration Camps in the Dominican Republic? | The Nation
Immigration Rules in Bahamas Sweep Up Haitians | The New York Times
Yo, Check This Out: Recommendations
Tanner
Reconstruction by Eric Foner
RaquelThe Dominican Republic: A National History by Frank Moya Pons
Black Behind the Ears by Ginetta E. B. Candelario
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian
Baratunde@justByoga
Just B Yoga
Obama on Marc Maron's WTF Podcast