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"Academy Awards Enormous I seen the medal of shop door open And I seen guys come running in there with great big pipes and knives And before you knew everybody was running all over the place Attica is co directed by Stanley Nelson and Tracy a curry and they are both with us now to tell us more about the film Stanley Nelson Tracy a curry welcome Thank you so much for joining us and congratulations to you both Thank you so much Thank you Thanks Michelle So I'm going to start with you Stanley Nelson and also congratulations to you on your recent Directors Guild Award Thanks We've talked a number of times about your films I mean that described important movements institutions and people and black history and culture I mean freedom writers the black Panthers ma's Davis HBCUs the Pullman car porters Why this film why now How did Attica grip your imagination Well Attica was the kind of story that had been just in my consciousness for years I just kind of been thinking about it you know thinking about making a film about Attica because I thought that so much had not been told I didn't know why the prisoners took over the prison I didn't know who I'd governor Rockefeller took back to prison in such violent ways And I thought it said so much about American society you know not only prisons but race and class and some of the other things And so why now maybe three or four years ago I started to realize that the people in the yard who were in the yard at about 50 years ago and so they were starting to get older and that this was the best time the last best time to do it to wild people still had their memories and they were fresh Tracy Kerry forgive me for pointing this out but you are of a different generation And your co director And I wanted to ask both what interested you about it but I'm also wondering what did you know about that whole event I mean was it something that you had this kind of part of your consciousness Did you know anything about it before you embarked on this Yeah that's a fair assessment Michelle To be honest with you I did not know very much about what had happened at Attica I had a kind of a vague understanding that there had been a disturbance of some sort at a prison in New York during the 70s I knew the scene from dog day afternoon I was familiar with the nausea about opening every cell in Attica But that was about the extent of it And someone Stanley approached me and asked what do you think about Attica The answer is I hadn't thought much about Attica But one of the things that I came across in the very earliest research that I started to do was something called the McKay commission report which was a report that was put together by a civilian commission to investigate the events of September 13th 1971 And one of the first things you see when you open the report in the front of the book is a conclusion that they reached that what happened at the 13th is the single deadliest day of American state violence against other Americans outside of the Civil War and the wars against indigenous people And I just thought my God how is it possible that there is this void in the public consciousness in my own consciousness about American history where this story should be and I kind of just knew in that moment that I had to be a part of telling it however I could The film includes interviews with dozens of ex prisoners who were involved in the uprising and we also hear from relatives of the guards who were held hostage And you know this had to have been an unbelievably traumatic experience for everybody involved So I was wondering what it was like to talk with people about an experience like that Yes your assessment about that trauma would be absolutely accurate Michelle you know there is something that Malcolm bell who was a prosecutor in one of the investigations of rights in his book about Attica that Attica has a way of holding people And I found that to be true for every single person whether it was a prisoner a family member of someone who was inside all of the observers all the members of the media Attica just has not let any of these people go In 50 years And so just kind of approaching the interviews with that understanding I try to be as sensitive to that as possible To be as transparent as I could with everybody about what Stanley and my intentions were to the project And the ultimately our goal was to tell a story that was true About what happened there have been a lot of misunderstandings and misconceptions particularly when it comes around to the hostages And that narrative that false narrative of the harm being done by prisoners rather than law enforcement his persisting has persisted despite the fact that that was corrected the very next day And so I just try to make it clear to them that our goal was to tell a story that was true And that was authentic in that it would center the voices and experiences of those who were there You know Tracy curry over the last few years we've seen protests at jail facilities and prison facilities across the country but I'm thinking mainly about jails protests inside the St..
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"You're responsible to protect your people And do your job Sit down negotiate with us Get it into the area where the 21 hostages are being known Because the prisoners have taken their own way and put prison throws They were blindfolded in a circle in the middle of the yard They also had guards inmate guards that were around them protecting them And we seem as captive We've seen as people who were in our supervision so we couldn't do harm to them Our understanding of Islam was that you don't harm a captive Therefore it was decided to allow the Muslim brothers to look out for them A clip from the Oscar nominated documentary Attica Stanley Nelson take it from there in these days The prisoners taking hostages their demands to be treated as human beings Their call for that observer's committee Every one from William kunstler to David Rothenberg to clarence Jones the publisher of the Amsterdam news talk about that scene and how they understood they needed protection where just about to talk about what governor Nelson Rockefeller did And one of the things that the prisoners realized right away was that because they had hostages they had a certain amount of control So one of the things that they did was invited observer committee which included some of the people that as humane because they thought that those people would be sympathetic and honest in the negotiations with the prisoners for their demands Another really important thing for the whole incident and for us as filmmakers were that the prisoners invited the media in Because they felt that the media would fill this whole thing and would be in that would give them a certain amount of protection And so that the media would fill the treatment of the hostages and know that the hostages people outside would know that the hostages were treated fairly And so for us as filmmakers there's just incredible incredible footage of the uprising because the media was invited in and kind of given in many ways a free reign to film the whole isn't it I went on for 5 days I want to go to this final clip we've got of your film Attica Prisoners describing the living arrangements They established during the uprising.
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"Showtime that's actually streaming for free on YouTube until the end of black history month Co directed by the legendary filmmaker Stanley Nelson nominated for his first Academy Award We're going to play some clips But Stanley let's start with why you made this film about the deadliest prison uprising in this country They started September 9th 1971 and governor Nelson Rockefeller called out the state troopers who opened fire on September 13th I felt that the story of adding a never really been told you know I was around when it happened in 71 but I never knew why the prisoners were belt I never knew why Rockefeller and anyone enforcement went in Attica and just slaughtered the inmates and the guards So I felt that there was so much of the story that I didn't know And I thought in the fact that this is a really one of the really important American events that happened over the last 50 years I want to go to the next clip And if you could set it up the first night Stanley The first night of the uprising Yeah when the prisoners took over one of the things that is important that we understand about Attica is that they held 40 guards and civilian workers hostage So law enforcement couldn't come in And this clip is about the first night where they're actually out in the yard you know for the first time And there's a really as one prisoner says exhilaration and there's really a sense that they're doing something that will change the prison system forever And also a sense of freedom from not being locked up in many for the first time in a long time Let's go to.
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"You experience has taught me that anything is possible once you have that one spark Tell them we're rising The story of black colleges and universities the 2017 film by Stanley now someone the leading documentarians of the black American experience Stanley welcome back to democracy now in a moment we're going to talk about the film you've been nominated for an Oscar for Attica But can you talk about the significance of HBCUs And the threats they're facing right through to today this dramatic congressional hearing that took place yesterday on the bomb threats First off Amy thank you so much for having me on You know the significance of HBCUs can not be overstated You know it's probably been the biggest push for African Americans to come into the middle class You know my parents both went to HBCUs you know The significance of HBCU's can't be you know it's just amazing And I think it's really significant because HBCUs many of them were formed right after the Civil War And so they've been around for over a 150 years And I think the threat that they're under now is really significant and really is really telling because it's kind of like where this country is that a 150 years after their formation once again they're under threat When they were first formed in the 1870s 1880s they were burned and a hundred and now a 150 years later They're under threat again And how have HBCUs developed What has changed over these years And the role they play in American society And a stress especially during the pandemic that these schools face I think one of the it's really interesting because in many ways the role they play is very similar to the role they play early on They always play a role for African Americans to get an education who might not get an education in any other way So for when they were first formed African Americans were not allowed in colleges Today African Americans are allowed in colleges but the grade school education the high school education that African Americans so many times is inferior So still HBCUs are a way for African Americans to go to college And many of them go on to mainstream institutions for graduate school and I kind of vaulted into the middle class So I think in many ways the role that they play is really similar from the role that they play in historically And the development of black leadership in the United States the number of people who have gone who are leaders in the all different professions Yeah I mean you know we can name them from Kamala Harris to WB Dubois you know So they've played a huge role in so many ways It was one of the little bit of that clip you played In many ways still like Wakanda for African Americans you know it's a way for four years of your life to be in the majority for four years of your life Maybe just maybe to be a way from the racism and the racially charged atmosphere that's so prevalent in the United States We're going to break And then come back to your latest film Attica That's streaming free on YouTube for black history month That was just nominated for an Academy Award Your first Stanley Nelson leading documentary and stay.
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"More than 60 educational groups called on Congress to take immediate steps to support and protect historically black colleges and universities known as HBCUs after a wave of bomb threats against them Federal authorities same more than a dozen HBCUs nationwide received bomb threats this month alone February is black history month This is doctor David Wilson President of one of the HBCUs Morgan State University testifying Thursday at a congressional hearing on the violent intimidation As a young black boy growing up in rural circuited Jim Crow Alabama on a sharecropping plantation who was not permitted to of course ten school attend school full-time It allows them to 7th grade I have experienced firsthand this type of trauma And this type of racial violence if you will And this is why I have devoted my entire career to providing educational leadership to campuses to enable them to nurture the intellectual growth of black students and not to stifle it And it is so unfortunate that there is so much hatred in our nation today Being held by those who are trying to simply prevent HBCUs from educating a disproportionate number of black students Yes the vast majority of these more than 100 institutions have been around since the mid 19th century And from their inception they have just simply been targets of domestic terrorism David Wilson is president of Morgan State University testifying remotely before the House committee Just on Thursday a bomb threat paused classes at Fayetteville state university in North Carolina before classes resumed at the 155 year old school established shortly after the Civil War Today we spend the rest of the hour with the legendary documentarian Stanley Nelson who's made more than 30 films about the black American experience including a 2017 PBS documentary on the pivotal role played by historically black colleges and universities in shaping black life creating a black metal class and dismantling segregation Nelson's received his first Oscar nomination for his new film about Attica the prison uprising We'll talk about that in a minute But first this trailer for tell them we're rising The story of black colleges and universities.
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"And remember wearing a mask as an act of love From New York fist is democracy now We don't know precisely how things will play out But here's what the world can expect to see unfold In fact it's unfolding right now Today as Russia takes steps down the path to war and reissued the threat of military action Speaking before the United Nations Security Council Secretary of State Tony blinken accuses Russia of preparing to stage a false flag operation to justify an invasion of Ukraine But Russia continues to deny any plans to attack We'll speak with a Russian journalist who helped author and open letter from Russian and American women calling for peace Then as we continue to mark black history month we speak with the acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson whose new documentary Attica about the 1971 prison rebellion in massacre was just nominated for his first Academy Award Put your hands in there and you were not behind You will not be home You would not be harmed They would kill you We are million He was waking up early We'll also speak with Stanley Nelson about his upcoming documentaries on Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman and his past film on historically black colleges and universities in light of the recent bomb threats targeting HBCUs more than 20 this year alone They were the focus of dramatic congressional hearing on Thursday all that and more coming up Welcome to democracy now democracy now.
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"That were had been redocked redacted Everybody's name was scratched out She kept going back to the law enforcement even the LBA came and told her they came to assist the local police And from there we've never received any thing but meeting with Stanley Nelson he was able to give us to he was able to meet me more closer to my dad as a deal Than the people here in Nashville Mississippi were going to be here for his family for the job that he had done Even a document that we received from the FBI was redacted and we still didn't know anything So I just appreciate the work that he did because he gave us insight And who you understand killed him I mean there's a broader question It's not one person But the person who put the bomb on the left clicker of his car so that when he turned left they knew when he came from the factory he would have to make a left turn into the black community And it was set for they believed he'd be going home at a time when all the kids were outside and would have killed so many but he had to work overtime So it was like 8 at night And so when he makes a left turn the kids aren't out It just kills him Who that man was of the white of the silver dollar group I found his head lower Yes Somebody that we.
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"About four hours as part of the investigation Maryland's governor comptroller and treasurer have approved a $1.5 million contract to upgrade the exterior of the statehouse in Annapolis It's the first of what will likely be $34 million in contracts to restore the National Historic Landmark Contractors will restore the building's exterior with an initial focus on its wooden dome stone and brick masonry will be upgraded as will the building's roof doors and windows construction of the Maryland state house began in 1772 It served as the nation's capital when the Continental Congress met there from November 1783 to August 1784 general George Washington resigned his commission as commander in chief of the Continental Army in the building in December 1783 Christopher Cruise open news In one part of our area people who call for an ambulance could get a virtual doctor's visit instead of a trip to the ER It's part of a bid to minimize the unnecessary transport to emergency rooms and free up ambulances and their crews for other emergencies Hey Doc got a patient here I think is going to be appropriate for a telehealth console That's Arlington county fire department captain Nate heiner showing how EMS workers in the field are connecting via iPad with doctors physicians assistants or nurse practitioners On the other end of this call is doctor E Reed Smith the operational medical director for Arlington county's fire and police departments There's not a lot of benefit from COVID but one of the things that we've shown is that we can deliver medicine remotely in an effective way The ads that when it comes to patients if they have signs or symptoms or anything that is concerning at all we will always default to take into the hospital Montgomery county and the district also have a telehealth capability on EMS calls John Aaron wtop news In 1971 the Attica prison riot and ensuing massacre left 43 people dead The tragic incident is chronicled in the new showtime documentary Attica I felt that the story had never been told You know we never knew why the prisoners rebelled Why law enforcement came in with guns blazing Director Stanley Nelson spoke to wth alongside survivor bob Harrison When you hear about hell on earth that's what adequate was for me I don't think any human being They have to endure something like that Brothers got tired of being treated like animal Fellow survivor James asbury describes how 500 white police officers raided the prison mowing down inmates and hostages alike English would have apparently been not wanting to just come in and try to find a peaceful solution in a humane solution Here are our full chat on my podcast beyond the fame Jason freeley WTA news I'll look at money news on the way for 54 A while back we at American Eagle dot com or ask to build the ecommerce side of a major candy distributor With the need for a website that could take into account everything from shipping times to local weather because you know candy melts the task was not like taking candy from a baby Fortunately we live for a good digital challenge And free Bon pons So we got to work on a slew of complex integrations including a shipping algorithm that factored in variables like distance speed and location The website even let the.
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"That's the third one that you want to just check in with your doctor or call 9-1-1 four Kristi king News There is no relief from headaches at the airport As of Friday afternoon the flight tracking website flight aware showed that there were nearly 2500 flights delayed and more than 2500 cancellations in one day alone It's been nearly two weeks that airlines have been struggling to keep planes in the air facing staffing shortages due to COVID-19 on top of winter conditions The mess started around the Christmas holiday with nearly 20,000 flights canceled nationwide since Christmas Eve While the numbers of flight cancellations are high they are on the decline On Monday more than 3000 flights were grounded nationwide and by Wednesday that number came down to about 1700 That's fox's Laura engel According to flight aware around 40 flights in and out of Reagan national have already been canceled this weekend at dulles it's around 70 If you're looking for a compelling documentary to watch we have a rundown of some of the best of 2021 Dawn Porter's rise again Tulsa and the red summer educates us about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre that wasn't taught in our history books Why did nobody ever teach us this Because they didn't want you to know Stanley Nelson's Attica chronicles the 1971 Attica prison riot showing the deadly tragedy that inspired Al Pacino's cry and dog day afternoon There was 70% black and brown Prisoners all white guards What could go wrong And street gang how we got to Sesame Street explores the creation of the most successful children's television series ever made.
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"She's planning to put in a vase to make a mushroom bouquet for her kitchen table for here now. I'm sarah gibson. Pbs is reacting to an open letter signed by a coalition of filmmakers accusing the network of failing to represent the diversity of the public it serves specifically the space and funding that white documentary director. Ken burns takes. They say at the expense of more diverse creators in response. Pbs end burns last week. Pledged millions of dollars in programming to projects by people of color. But signers of the letter saying that's not enough let's hear what. Npr tv critic. Eric dagens things eric harley. And you know on a local level this past weekend. this reverberated. Gbh tv here in. Boston canceled their popular program. Beat the press the host. Emily rooney who can be as blunt as her late. Dad andy rooney said when this letter of complaint came out. It's resentment that a white guy is getting all the time and then she said well. She hadn't seen the work of one of the letter signers of the person who produced the series asian-americans. Emily rooney said there's a possibility it wasn't as good as the work of ken burns now. She later apologized profusely. But that could not have helped. Well you know. I think in an odd way. That desktop sums up the complaints. That a lot of filmmakers of color have about how their work is regarded within the public television system. There are a select group of filmmakers of color. Whose work gets a lot of attention. You think about someone like stanley nelson who did freedom riders war sam pollard. Who did the american masters about. Sammy davis junior. But i think there's a whole cadre of mid level filmmakers people who are Have had some success. Grisly one of the producers of asian americans who spoke up and then joined this group beyond inclusion. Which is a coalition of filmmakers led by black indigenous and people of color who gathered something like seven hundred signatures now of people who are concerned that makers light ken burns are getting a level of financial support and a level of attention. Pbs that may be mid level filmmakers of color. Haven't gotten and that's really what they're talking about. This is not just about spotlighting ken burns. He's just an example of a larger issue. That i think actually emily's comments may have reflected and he seems to know that he and pbs. We said address this head on at a press conference last week. And here's what he said when he was asked if he takes umbrage of being considered a poster boy of white producer privilege. Let's listen no. This comes from an incredibly important and true impulse and we have to honor it my network. The greatest network ever has addressed it and is continuing to address it. They set out some guidelines that producers of all kinds have to think about now and we accept them readily. And we've always done that. Well so you hear him saying no he thinks is a bigger problem. But also my network you know and white filmmakers have complained about. Ken burns seeming ownership of public television funds. What do you make of this. And and what exactly is. Pbs pledging to do well. That's complicated pbs. During a series of press conferences ruled out several initiatives. They're working with the corporation for public broadcasting to give five point five million dollars to firelight media which is the a company that was co founded by stanley nelson. They have several mentoring programs. And that's going to address mentoring. Filmmakers of color they've also given some money to pbs digital studios to create short form videos. That will showcase the work of filmmakers of color but what folks beyond inclusion are saying. Is that a. It's hard to tell whether these initiatives will actually address what i just talked about which is sort of mid level documentarian who've had some success but are having a hard time getting funding and having a hard time getting the level of support that maybe they think they deserve and the other thing is they want data. They want to know how much funding white filmmakers are getting versus people of color comedy hours. They're being featured. Pbs has provided some figures but it's only provided figures about its own staff and productions that it controls and it does business with a lot of independent producers. and so what. Pbs said is. We're going to ask those people to give us that information. And we're going to require them to have diversity plans when they pitch us new product. Pbs not sure that it's gonna make that level of information public and beyond inclusion as saying what you don't give us the ability to really look at how diverse every production is. Can we really address or even identify problems. And by the way. Ken burns obviously has many many fans and supporters. Who would say look. He got americans to take a look at things. They might never have looked at aspects of history. But as you say this is about extending funds to two other filmmakers and also you know taking a look at how projects are put together behind the scenes. How diverse are they there. Well this this is something that we always run into. When we talk about diversity issues you know there are people of goodwill good spirit who take action but when those actions may fall short or when they deserve to be examined then people turn around and say well. Why are you questioning. It and people of color shouldn't feel like there's some how overstepping just by saying. Hey can you give us some data and fans of ken burns shouldn't feel threatened because there are people out there saying hey you know maybe they are filmmakers of color who deserve to get the same level of attention that he does. Npr tv critic. Eric duggan's thank you. Thank you and here. Now is a production of npr and w. r. I'm robin young scott. Tong it's here now..
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
"stanley nelson" Discussed on Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
"In jackie robinson he grew up in new york city and started his career in music recording. He moved into editing for television. Then the filmmakers saint clair born brought him into long form documentaries in addition to working as an editor lewis also taught at. Nyu's tisch school of the arts. Here he is speaking to a class at city college in two thousand nineteen many of the things that were taught to me as an editor were not taught to me by at i taught myself to edit. I did not. I didn't have the benefit of being an apprentice. And sort of coming up behind. Somebody i was kind of. I was kind of handed the kind of handed the stage and they said go and so i learned on the job but much of what i watch much of what i feel like i know about editing. I know from music arrangement. I know from choreography. My my aunt manage to dance company. When i was young and we would sit in the theater and watch this dance company perform and then we would go backstage and she would talk about you know. The the audience gave a standing ovation. What i was saying. Okay your foot was here. It should have been made right to somebody who was in the back of the law so so that kind of attention to detail and making sure that actually everything is right from a distance. I learned that kind of stuff. And that's i take that into the as i've crossed paths with louis over the past fifteen years at new york film screenings and festivals. He was a striking figure with short dreadlocks. An often stylish hat. I'd seen him on the dance floor. Outlasting almost everyone else a year ago in an email exchange. He mentioned that he hit some health speed bumps in his words and he was working on getting better last week. The news of his death triggered an outpouring of memories from his friends and colleagues on social media. I spoke to three people who knew him from different vantage points. Stanley nelson was his friend and collaborator for over thirty years. He's a great great editor But he wasn't even greater a human being and every body treated everybody with kindness and respect. And you know he. He was truly a model for me. You know tom. i'll never live up to that. But least it's something that you know. I can strive for sabrina schmidt gordon. I got to know louis over twenty years ago as his assistant release. Take about your relationship with people who is very singular. I know like meeting songs. Like the tributes. Didn't and i realized i shared with so many people this so many people who talked about him. Shala lynch met lewis when she was a researcher for ken burns years later when she was directing her second film. Free angela and all political prisoners. She brought louis on to edit so he's of this nation of ego and ego less. He's combination of kindness and toughness. He's this combination of greatness. And you know teacher. We'll hear more from each of them. We start with stanley nelson with distinguished career making films on black history many of them in collaboration with his wife. Marcia smith lewis worked on five of those projects over two decades. I asked stanley how they first met. I think i i. I met louis at wnet. I believe he was working at the nightly news show pbs nightly news. Show and I was working on something in the building and You know we just kinda started talking knowing the elevator or something and When i started working for bill moyers in ninety one or so They asked.
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"Wnyc studios is supported by the history channel. The harris poll equa trans highest ranked factual entertainment. Tv brand twenty. Twenty one bringing you. The biggest names telling the most important stories executive producer. Russell westbrook emmy award winning director stanley nelson and peabody award. Winning director marco williams comes tulsa burning the nineteen twenty one race massacre on the one hundredth anniversary. Remember black wall street. it's tragic destruction and explore. Its impact today. The documentary event begins. Sunday may thirtieth at eight only on the history channel. Wnyc studios is supported by forward. Know what's crazy waiting months for a ten minute doctor's appointment healthcare is backwards before where it is clearing things up by offering primary care that's both surprisingly personal and refreshingly straightforward using the latest tech like indepth genetic analysis and real time bloodwork. Their doctors create highly personalized. Easy to understand plans aimed at improving your long term health. Move your health forward today at go. Forward dot com. That's go forward. Dot com on may thirty first nineteen twenty one the greenwood district of tulsa oklahoma was a prosperous african american community. One day later those same streets were covered. Nash it's been one hundred years since the tulsa race massacre happened but still the scars remain. Join us for blindspot. Tulsa burning will explore the history that led up to the massacre. And what's happened since from the history channel and wnyc studios. Listen on apple podcast. This is on the media. I'm brooke lightstone after she was fired by the ap. Emily wilder gave an interview to the press. I was just cancelled. She told the online california publication. Sf gate wilder noted the irony of her so called cancellation launched by a conservative student group at her alma mater given that it's usually republicans stoking fear about cancel culture. Don't cancel culture won't come for you to it won't just focus on conservatives and republicans it'll come for all of us that's how bad this cancel. Culture mindset is they tell us not even the dead this cancel culture mania on the left is going too far abe lincoln george washington. These people are heroes. Apparently animals aren't safe either. Last month after a kentucky derby winning horse failed a drug test. His trainer offered an explanation. It was like a cancel culture kind of a thing so they're reviewing in order to grasp the amorphous meaning of cancel culture and it's rising social currency. Will i turn to its precursor political correctness and a recent episode of the podcast. You're wrong about co host michael. Hobbs tracked its earliest usage. The first reference that i could find to it was actually in china under mao. Let's talk about how the press wasn't politically correct. Actually started out as a term that liberals would kind of apply to people to their left. It was away within left wing movement. Organizing of saying. You're trying to impose the standard of purity but then you also have the rush limbaugh usage. Right yeah i mean rush. Limbaugh did something in the late eighties. It was actually very innovative. He started doing segments on his show that were basically the liberal of the week. Hempstead texas the cheerleader controversy. Rages on the school district down. There is very much concerned ladies and gentlemen of lawsuits by the now gang a bunch of others if they ban pregnant girls from being cheerleaders. And i'm thinking about this and we're gonna have pregnant cheerleaders. You're going to have the football team break. The huddle leaders breakwater way of finding these anecdotes. That all illustrated the same concept right that there were these oversensitive preening liberals that. We're gonna freak out if you did anything that even remotely offended them and it was just a new outrage. Every single day and that approach has really taken over the right wing media ever since but now the term political correctness seems to become a little shopworn cancel. culture seems to have replaced it. The tropes of political correctness have come back in word for word exactly the same the same sort of use of anecdote over statistics the same slippery slope arguments the same moral panic the anytime minorities gay people black people trans people start to become more visible in the culture. There is this explosion of anxiety that casts them as much more powerful than they are and much more threatening than they. Are that if we start using the pronouns. That trans people want soon. We won't even have a concept of gender anymore. You have to project into these absurd dystopia and scenarios to find a reason to be concerned about these extremely reasonable six. It's the same arguments that we've had really throughout time that we should not change. There's a database about so-called cancel culture. I've been totally obsessed with this thing called the canceled people database. Which is exactly what it sounds like. It's basically a crowd source effort to identify every single case of people who have been quote unquote canceled. There's extremely famous people on there and there's normal workers but then there's like professors who were fired after a student filed a complaint. A normal thing that happens at universities. There's a guy on there who was beheaded after he showed some cartoons of muhammad two classes in france. There's also one of the real housewives of orange county who lost a beverage endorsement when she tweeted some sort of covid truth or stuff to me. It's a perfect example of one of the ways that moral panics function in society is they lump together all of these events that really have nothing to do with each other. You find that mostly. These stories aren't even true. Yes one of the cases on the cancel. People database is a guy named matthew halls an orchestra conductor who was fired from the oregon bach festival. And if you read the description on the council people database. It says that the reason he was fired is because he was chatting to a black friend. he's british and he affected. I guess an offensive sounding southern accent as a joke and a white woman overheard them and complained and then he got fired. His blocked friend has said. I wasn't offended by this. It was totally fine and yet he gets fired anyway. This story spent months bouncing around the internet. You can still find all kinds of stories about it a couple of months after this. The oregonian gets the documents in which the university of oregon describes why he was fired and it turns out that there were four complaints of sexism against him. You know there's something like two hundred people on the cancel people database. And i can't go through. And debunk all of them. Because we would be here all day but a lot of the ones that i've looked into as soon as you do any kind of good faith inquiry into what actually happened with this person. They're always much more complicated than they seem. At first i think a good example is something that came out a couple of days ago. That princeton is no longer going to require classics majors to learn greek and latin. And this is of course. Something that came up word for word in the political correctness panic. There was a lot of panic around you know. They're not teaching. Shakespeare to kids.
Impeachment: A Daily Podcast
"stanley nelson" Discussed on Impeachment: A Daily Podcast
"She became a journalism journalists because of lynching then i interviewed us This maker who did the lynching of anthony crawford in abbeville south carolina who was african american man who basically with self sustaining town in south carolina at the same time period and he's spoke up about pricing when he took his he was supporting his whole community. And they were. They made more money than the white community and they lynched him and they actually took all his land and they his relatives out of town and there were hundreds of black people in abbeville south carolina. Whose land was stolen. There are thousands of stories of white cloak taking the wealth of black folks during the reconstruction era and into the early early night early twentieth century. So you know. I appreciate these journalists as you are down there When i spoke to stanley nelson marco. The i asked him how you process the trauma of having to watch this footage. I also asked the other maker. How do you process the trauma as black people as storytellers and danley. Nothing said well. You have to ask my wife. I don't know. I just keep working. Marco was like i just have to keep telling the story because i'm up to my neck. It's virtually killing that. Doing i just did an interview with a current black woman whose son was shot and she became In philadelphia. she became a politician. Her her first son was shot in two thousand sixteen. Her her seconds. John was shot in cold Just this year so this is continuing and as we are telling stories. We we are traumatized. This country continued even gentlemen. That spoke before how he spoke with traumatizing because white folks can't even speak about how much of their wealth has been taken of. This country has been built on the blood literally and the bones of black people. And this is the last thing i want. Say martin luther king's dream speech business thing never say he said instead of honoring this sacred obligation america has given the negro people a bad check a check which has come back marked insufficient funds. But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is thank we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds an all the great opportunity of this nation so we have come to cash this check attack. That will come. We'll give upon them. Dan's of riches and freedom and the security of justice. So you know we need to elevate that part of the. I have a dream speech and we need to continue the reputations mean like student loan debt absolution for black people is what i would say. So that's all y'all i i think you ladies for your wisdom in the podcast is brilliant and i think you brought in for elevating the story to main. Thank you so much. Keep calling us. Well colleague you just wrap it up by telling people what's coming up on the podcast series. Wnyc's blindspot tulsa burning. This is a six part series that we're doing with the history channel that you're hosting. It's only episode one that dropped yesterday. So you wanna just give yourself a little promo on the way out. The door sure So well we have a lot going on go happening like i said this was not an isolated event so we're going to go a little bit into the history the a bit about after what happened during the war the great war the were and then we'll touch on at there. Were two wars being had one here on in the us and another overseas..
All Things Considered
3 Documentaries You Should Watch About the Tulsa Race Massacre
"Marks the 1/100 anniversary of the beginning of the Tulsa Race massacre, one of this country's worst recorded incidents of racial violence. Starting on May 31st 1921 and armed white mob aided by complicity or complacent officials killed as many as 300 men, women and Children in the area known as Black Wall Street. Burning it to the ground. Numerous events are taking place this long weekend to mark the centennial, although disputes rose when particularly high profile event was canceled, reportedly in a disagreement over compensation for three elderly survivors who were supposed to take part. But other events are proceeding and there are lots of opportunities to learn more about this traumatic but consequential moment, including numerous TV projects. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans has picked three documentaries, which he says you should not miss. For a long time. The Tosa race massacre was the attack America forgot and obliterated Tulsa, Oklahoma's prosperous black own Greenwood district, also known as Black Wall Street. The riots by white moms was hushed up by local officials and overlooked in history books. But that is changing as several TV outlets mark the centennial with documentaries on the massacre and its aftermath. It's an effort educate Americans on a horrendous attack, which burned down over 1200 homes and killed between 103 100 people. Among the best and most cinematic of these efforts is the history Channel film Tulsa Burning the 1921 Race Massacre Co directed by Emmy winner Stanley Nelson and executive produced by MBA star Russell Westbrook. This film opens with Reverend Robert Turner, pastor of Historic Burn in a M E Church who regularly visits Tulsa City Hall with a Bible in a bullhorn, reminding residents of the atrocity You are standing in a crime scene referred Turner Pastors. The church where black people hit in a basement tow avoid white moms 100 years ago. He now supports efforts to excavate a local cemetery where victims of the massacre rumored to have been dumped in unmarked graves in passing the
Democracy Now! Audio
"stanley nelson" Discussed on Democracy Now! Audio
"Mother africa by jazz saxophonist house singer and jef gilson singer was one of the last remaining survivors of the tulsa race massacre. He died in august at the age of one hundred. This is democracy now democracy now dot org the quarantine report. I'm amy goodman this monday. Memorial day marks the hundredth anniversary of the tulsa race massacre when of the single greatest acts of racist terror in us history and nineteen twenty one the thriving african american neighborhood of greenwood tulsa. Oklahoma was known as black wall street for its concentration of successful black owned businesses before it was burned to the ground by a white mob. The violence grew from confrontation at the tulsa. Courthouse where whites had gathered to abducted lynch and jailed. Black men who've been wrongfully accused of assaulting a white woman. black residents of greenwood arrive to stop the lynching. Gunshots erupted after which the white mob set upon greenwood for eighteen hours of mass murderer. Orson looting that would become known. As the nineteen twenty one tulsa race massacre. An estimated three hundred african americans were killed over a thousand injured. Ten thousand were left homeless as the racist mom. Some of them deputized an arm by tulsa law enforcement along with members of the ku klux klan. Terrorized the black population. Airplanes were used to drop dynamite in crude incendiary bombs and greenwood ultimately burning over thirty five city blocks over twelve hundred homes were destroyed along with countless businesses. The actual number of dead will never be known as bodies were tossed into mass graves or thrown in the river. Last week house judiciary subcommittee held a hearing to address. The ongoing impacts of the tulsa massacre three african americans survivors testified in favor of reparations viola. Fletcher her younger brother. Used van ellis. Who's one hundred years old and one hundred five year. Old lessee bending field randall. This is part of their testimony. Beginning with viola fletcher also race master two weeks ago Celebrated one hundred and seven birthday today. Visiting washington c. For the first time in my life here seeking justice and ask in my country to knowledge would happen in tulsa in nineteen twenty one the night of the massacre. I was awakened by my family. My parents and five siblings were there was so we had to leave in. That was it and we'll never forget the violence of the white mob when we live for our home still see black men. Cnbc and chartres black bodies lying in the street still smell smoke and see far. Still see black is being burn still hear airplanes flying overhead. Hear the screams able through the massacre every day counter may forget this history but i cannot will not and other survivors do not and our descendants do not. We live with it every day and the of what greenwood was worse and what it could have been. We aren't giving black and white pictures on a screen. We are let. I was there when it happened. I'm still seems like gesture. In america always show are not broke or three african. American survivors of the tulsa race massacre making history as they testified before congress. Just ahead of the centennial of the race massacre this monday the department of homeland security said events commemorating the massacre could be a target for white supremacists. President joe biden still plans to travel to tosa on tuesday this sunday. A documentary by award winning filmmaker stanley nelson premieres on the history channel. This is the trailer for tulsa burning the one thousand nine hundred twenty one race massacre but the action was so complete the offering with so biblical the betrayal was so profound black communities deserve the opportunity to confront the past are cd has been stuck since we've never recovered tulsa the best place in the nation for african americans have everything from hotels theaters. Doctors lawyers people referred to it as black wall street showing black people. A new world was possible. Tribune published a story titled nab negro for attacking girl in an elevator. It was a false narrative to keep black people. In their place to reinforce white supremacy all across tulsa angry whites are now organizing to get their guns. They get their torches at that point they start moving towards green with all hell broke loose heinsohn killing moco at trump's firing into home bombs dropping from there. There.
Democracy Now! Audio
"stanley nelson" Discussed on Democracy Now! Audio
"Mother africa by jazz saxophonist house singer and jef gilson singer was one of the last remaining survivors of the tulsa race massacre. He died in august at the age of one hundred. This is democracy now democracy now dot org the quarantine report. I'm amy goodman this monday. Memorial day marks the hundredth anniversary of the tulsa race massacre when the single greatest acts of racist terror in us history and nineteen twenty one the thriving african american neighborhood of greenwood tulsa. Oklahoma was known as black wall street for its concentration of successful black owned businesses before it was burned to the ground by a white mob. The violence grew from confrontation at the tulsa. Courthouse where whites had gathered to abducted lynch and jailed. Black men who've been wrongfully accused of assaulting a white woman. black residents of greenwood arrive to stop the lynching. Gunshots erupted after which the white mob set upon greenwood for eighteen hours of mass murderer. Orson looting that would become known. As the nineteen twenty one tulsa race massacre. An estimated three hundred african americans were killed over a thousand injured. Ten thousand were left homeless as the racist mom. Some of them deputized an arm by tulsa law enforcement along with members of the ku klux klan. Terrorized the black population. Airplanes were used to drop dynamite in crude incendiary bombs and greenwood ultimately burning over thirty five city blocks over twelve hundred homes were destroyed along with countless businesses. The actual number of dead will never be known as bodies were tossed into mass graves or thrown in the river. Last week house judiciary subcommittee held a hearing to address. The ongoing impacts of the tulsa massacre three african americans survivors testified in favor of reparations viola. Fletcher her younger brother. Used van ellis. Who's one hundred years old and one hundred five year. Old lessee bending field randall. This is part of their testimony. Beginning with viola fletcher also race master two weeks ago Celebrated one hundred and seven birthday today. Visiting washington c. For the first time in my life here seeking justice and ask in my country to knowledge would happen in tulsa in nineteen twenty one the night of the massacre. I was awakened by my family. My parents and five siblings were there was so we had to leave in. That was it and we'll never forget the violence of the white mob when we live for our home still see black men. Cnbc and chartres black bodies lying in the street still smell smoke and see far. Still see black is being burn still hear airplanes. Flying overhead hear the screams label through the massacre every day counter. May forget this history. But i cannot will not and other survivors to do not and our descendants do not. We live with it every day and the of what greenwood was worse and what it could have been. We aren't giving black and white pictures on a screen. We are let. I was there when it happened. I'm still seems like gesture. In america always show are not pocketbooks or three. African american survivors of the tosa race massacre making history as they testified before congress. Just ahead of the centennial of the race massacre this monday the department of homeland security said events commemorating the massacre could be a target for white supremacists. President joe biden still plans to travel to tosa on tuesday this sunday. A documentary by award winning filmmaker stanley nelson premieres on the history channel. This is the trailer for tulsa burning the one thousand nine hundred twenty one race massacre but the action was so complete the offering with so biblical the betrayal was so profound black communities deserve the opportunity to confront. The past are cd has been stuck since we've never recovered. Tulsa was the best place in the nation for african americans have everything from hotels theaters. Doctors lawyers people referred to it as black wall street showing black people. A new world was possible. Tribune published a story titled nab negro for attacking girl in an elevator. It was a false narrative to keep black people. In their place to reinforce white supremacy all across tulsa. Angry whites are now organizing. Get their guns. They get their torches at that point they start moving towards green with all hell broke loose. Heinsohn killing makola dumps firing into home bombs dropping from there. There.
WNYC 93.9 FM
"stanley nelson" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"So one could understand why, by Biden is just trying to more start may be nearer one of the political polls. And then started negotiation from there. I know you got to go in a minute. Cash it for you as a Midwest correspondent for politico these last few years. And the Midwest Swing states being so key to Biden selection. Is he doing anything early on, and I realize it is only day three. But that zoo reinforcement of them whether that means white, working class people who didn't vote for him or white, suburban or black and brown voters who did. I think the number one issue right now for everyone is Cove it. They want to go back to schools. They want to go back to restaurants. They want to go back to normal life, and they if he is conveying, which I think it is a smart move. Some forward movement. You know some plan? Here's a plan. You know, this is what I'm gonna do. We had no plan and vaccinations as we're learning under Trump. I think those things are very pertinent to people in the Midwest, Illinois, Wisconsin with every state, but Wisconsin's numbers have been going through the roof. And I'm talking for months. They've been through the truth and so to the extent that there's someone out there, saying there's hope down the line, and that's what he's saying. I mean, 100 million vaccinations. That sounds Very hopeful to people and, um s Oh, yes. I think those things speak to Midwesterners. Um, who just want to get back to normal life? Um, you know, as they know, And of course, you know, there's there's harsh winters and in the Midwest, um, you know, I'm in D. C right now you can walk around outside. It's a lot more difficult to even go for a walk right now. Um, it's cold, So it's you know, people are antsy and they want they want to have some hope and some, you know a path forward and I think that's what he's trying to provide. Now. By the way. One linguistic comment from a listener on Twitter. You could tell your White House correspondent colleague Mike Sheehan at the Times. This says, I think you meant by an extending an olive branch to Republicans, not a fig leaf. Although they would probably would prefer the latter likes this listener, But the reporter did say FIG leaf in the question. I'm pretty sure so. There you go. Natasha. Correct correctly newly minted White House correspondent for Politico. Thank you so much for coming on with us on day three. Let's do this again. Okay. Thanks so much. That'll take some calls and coming off that interview. I'd like to invite three great groups of you in particular. One is anyone in that position We talked about where you don't want to go back to your old job because of coronavirus exposures that the job involves. 646435 70 to 80. Biden wants to let some of you in that position. Collect unemployment, which is not the case Now. Does anyone listening? Have a story to tell to humanize and personalize? That issue anyone declining to return to work or who would prefer to decline but can't afford it because of covert exposures that the job entails. But you can't get unemployment insurance while you look for a different kind of job. President Biden seems toe Be open to your story, and we invite you to call and tell it at 646435 70 to 86 46435 70 to 80. Also, Biden is reversing some of Trump's executive action immigration policies. Is anyone listening now, who's personally affected by one of those may be ending the Muslim dance or technically travel bands from certain countries with majority Muslim populations, But we know what they were. It's hard to get into the country without a covert test from anywhere right now, but not based on your religion. So does lifting the Muslim bands affect you or a loved one. Call in with your story. About that 646435 70 to 80. Let's document change as it's happening, and one more. Biden is trying to get faster action for people who qualify for the stimulus checks. It never got them in the mail. People with no direct deposit and for various bureaucratic reasons. Never received a paper check for stem Juan or stem to, So if that includes you, we invite you to call in and tell your story. How come you didn't get your stimulus checks? You qualified for under the rules. And what do you think it'll take to get it to you now? So in any of those three groups wanting to leave your job because of its covert risks. Getting some personal relief from reversing the Muslim bands and other trump immigration policies. Or if your stimulus checks that you qualify for having come in all these months, 646435 70 to 80 and we'll take your calls right after this. On the next all of it. The new documentary crack cocaine, Corruption and Conspiracy examines the factors that created the crisis of the 19 eighties from police corruption to the Iran Contra deal. Rector Stanley Nelson joins us plus writer Nadia Allusive, winner of the Whiting Award in nonfiction, joins us to discuss her memoir titled Aftershocks. I'm Alison Stewart joined me.
WNYC 93.9 FM
"stanley nelson" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Called him. Ulrich Cigarette. Hola. Performer solo double bass on this island in the Arctic Circle from his two LP set called Lise America Light. Darkness recorded on this island off the Norwegian coast and you can hear the space around him. Although probably on Lee. If you're listening on headphones, I would imagine. Um, By the way, Sigurd played that piece in our W. N. Y C studios as part of his set for our sound Check series, our podcast series of live performances and interviews. And you can find that whole session. It's on our website at new sounds. Stop order that Sigurd Hola spelled H O L. A The sounds of nature are at the heart of all the music. We're hearing on new sounds this time around. And in a moment, the oldest and composer Martha Mook gives us a piece inspired by the sounds of the group of insects known as tree hoppers. So stay with us. That's next on new sounds. On the next all of it. The new documentary crack cocaine, Corruption and Conspiracy examines the factors that created the crisis of the 19 eighties from police corruption to the Iran Contra deal. Rector Stanley Nelson joins us plus writer Nadia Allusive, winner of the Whiting Award in nonfiction, joins us to discuss her memoir titled Aftershocks. I'm Alison Stewart joined me for all of it. Weekdays at noon on W N. Y c..
Frank Beckmann
Starbucks closes 8,000 stores for anti-bias training
"The flowing lava on hawaii the big island the rolette endless eruption about killer whale continues to take its toll he gamble and maybe they didn't win steve gebbie is one of an estimated two thousand people who had to evacuate of the twenty four fishers that have opened up since the eruption began on may third several are still spewing and using lava changing the landscape forever more than twenty four hundred acres have been consumed by the two thousand degree liquid rock so far as also destroyed dozens of homes and there's still no end in sight that's correspondent jim rupe four people shot and wounded on detroit's greektown pre are in critical condition before victims males in their twenties police say they got into a fight and then the shooting occurred the second shooting in greek town in the last three days a seventeen year old was stabbed and robbed in bloomfield township on ward road this victim was riding a bike last evening northbound on ward police say that he was about to ride past the robber who stepped in front of the bike demanded the victims bike wallet and backpack at knife point and then stabbed the victim in the abdomen and threatened to kill him the stabber is described as a black male in his mid twenties about six three he wore a white hoodie the victim is recovering on the oakland county lakes of vigil was held for a sixteen year old boy who who drowned unclear lake in oxford township county sheriff's office says ten people suffered minor burns in a boat fire on lake orion kresge foundation says it'll give one point five billion dollars in grants for eighteen new projects to improve the neighborhood of the grants are part of a six million dollar program called kresge innovative projects detroit empty lots in virginia park will be transformed into a new park retail space will be created by this money in southwest detroit the projects were picked from one hundred seventy eight different applications from people in groups living in the city of detroit starbucks will close more than eight thousand stores this afternoon they'll conduct anti bias training what will this be the employees will also be watching a film by the award winning documentarian stanley nelson who has done films on the african american experience on racial bias in the past and in.