279: Some Abolitionists Thought Slaves Were Too...Free? (with Thaddeus Russell)

Part 4 in the survey series, A Renegade History Course. This is the fourth discussion with historian Thaddeus Russell, the author of A Renegade History of the United States. Discussed Today:-Differing views on the 14th Amendment-W.E.B. DuBois, what happened?-Assimilation of free black people-formal culture vs. popular culture-Dan Emmett created black face out of envy?-who is the #1 consumer of hip-hop today?-the expectations immigrants refused to meet-the strange benefit of racial segregation-the "wages of whiteness"-Drapetomania -work without religion-using labor saving devices to labor all the time-racial liberalism-Brown v. The Board of EducationBumper Music:"Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos" - Public Enemy Look Closer:Thaddeus Russell's Site - www.thaddeusrussell.com