#4 DLC Freedom for Who?

04/07/2025 7 min Episodio 1

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It’s July 4th, but don’t expect fireworks. Expect facts. Today we confront the lie at the heart of “American freedom.” From land theft to forced labor, from mass incarceration to queer erasure, this country has rationed liberty based on race, gender, and class. We’re talking real history because love for a place means holding it accountable, not covering it in red, white, and denial.Show Notes:Michelle Alexander – The New Jim CrowAva DuVernay – 13th (Netflix)Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz – An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United StatesFrederick Douglass – “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” (1852)Equal Justice Initiative: https://eji.orgACLU Legislation Tracker: https://www.aclu.org/legislation-tracker

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