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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesHow to Not Be a Racist

The events happeninng ascross the world that have occured in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd have been, to completey undersell it, extraordinary. The latest chaper in the stuggle for equality has shook up the world and brought together people from all races.

However, some people are wondering what else they could do to further the cause in additon to marching and standing shoulder to shoulder with their Black brothers and sisters.

It is the opinion of this author that learning and understaning is a great place to start, not just of the emotional states of individuals, but the natiure and history of the country we live in, and the ways society makes oppression possible. 

Below is a brief list of books and other media resouces to help in that journey. If you have a suggestion for other resources, list them below in the comments or send us an email and we'll add it.

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
• The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen D. Wu
• How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
• An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
• Mexican Americans and the Question of Race by Julie A. Dowling
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony by Nelson A. Denis 
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo
• 13th (2016 documentary) [review by Clarence Ewing and Kevin Fullam]
• The 1619 Project (New York Times)
• Code Switch (National Public Radio)
• Higher Learning (1995 film)
• "The Problem We All Live With" (This American Life)

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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesThe Future of Bars in Chicago

CHIRP Radio's Citations presents interesting and informative content about Chicago or music (or both) from around the Web.

The Coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of every person in America and will have lasting impact on many livelihoods. In the May 14th edition of the long-running Chicago-based broadcast/podcast This Is Hell, host Chuck Mertz talks to Michael Roper, owner of the venerable northside bar Hopleaf, about how his business is doing as well as the severe and possibly permanent changes happening to the independent bar and restaurant industries in Chicago.

Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesThe History of Chicago Blues (1972)

CHIRP Radio's Citations presents interesting and informative content about Chicago or music (or both) from around the Web.

Blues is a music with a rich cultural history that tells stories of change, migration, suffering, and hope. To not know something about the Blues is to miss a very important part of American music.

This film, produced and directed by Harley Cokliss in 1972 for Irit Film Productions, looks at the Chicago Blues scene in the late '60s and early '70s, when tentions were still running high because of events like the Vietnam War and the chaotic and violent Democratic Party National Convention Chicago hosted. The document features artists such as Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters and Junior Wells.