Seeing White, S2 E4, "On Crazy We Built a Nation"
What is the US moral compass and how do we use our religious beliefs to interpret it? How do American ideals impact our understandings of ourselves as people of faith? You may be interested in listening to this episode of Seeing White. The episode below, "On Crazy We Built a Nation" should provide food for thought.
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S2 E4: On Crazy We Built a Nation
March 30, 2017
“All men are created equal.” Those words, from the Declaration of Independence, are central to the story that Americans tell about ourselves and our history. But what did those words mean to the man who actually wrote them? By John Biewen, with guest Chenjerai Kumanyika.
Image: Bronze Statue of Thomas Jefferson being erected in Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1947. Photo credit: National Park Service.
Download a transcript of the episode.
Key sources for this episode:
Nell Irvin Painter, The History of White People
Ibram Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning
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