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"Headrights sparked the slavery boom in America not because of agriculture or commerce but because white people wanted more wealth." August is still not over, so we continue to celebrate White History Month. Today, Michael Harriot lists the ten most explicitly racist laws in American history. theGrio Daily is an original podcast by theGrio Black Podcast Network. #BlackCultureAmplified

"Maybe cancel culture is people exercising their ability to have free speech." Don't you hate having to watch what you say because you don't want to get canceled? Then you have come to the right podcast, because Michael Harriot is here to teach you the best ways to not get canceled. Yes, he is going to teach you how to cancel, cancel culture. theGrio Daily is an original podcast by theGrio Black Podcast Network. #BlackCultureAmplified

"There's never been a millisecond in American history when white lives didn't matter."  As much as we might not believe it, Democracy was always the answer. Michael Harriot breaks down exactly why the answer could have been in front of our noses this entire time.  theGrio Daily is an original podcast by theGrio Black Podcast Network. #BlackCultureAmplified

Suhag Shukla joins me in this conversation on race to answer the question, “Is it racist to talk about race?” Suhag is the executive director of the Hindu American Foundation. She's also on the Homeland Security, faith-based security and communications Foundation. And she's a leading voice for civil and human rights and religious freedom.

Key topics:

[1.45] How she grew up straddling both a Hindu identity and an American identity and realizing that the core teachings of Hinduism and being an American fit together.

[5:11] The so-called “founding fathers” who didn’t consider Black and Native American people full human beings.

[5:46] First experience with racism during the oil crisis in the 1970s and being "othered."

[7:51] Is caste and/or asking about caste racist? The history of caste and Indian society as well as the British and Portuguese in India.

[10:51] Social Identities, castes, and religious traditions

[12:11] Commonalities in communities and castes in India

How people in India identify today beyond caste, who has social capital based on class

[15:11] Myths of caste and the fluidity of castes and engagement across different group

The complexity of Indian society, and the assumptions that people outside of India make about people in India

American society tries to simplify economic and social societies in India without any real understanding

[25.48]  US school textbooks teach about other cultures and countries like they are stuck in time, and not what’s happening now

People in the US don’t understand Indian culture today and even asked Suhag if she has electricity in India if her parents arranged her marriage while she was in elementary school

Being assigned a caste by a reporter in a recent interview based on her last name and how she confronted the reporter

Preconceived notions about her. because of her Indian heritage and culture and asking racist questions

[33:13]  The recent survey by the Carnegie Endowment for peace, conducted one of the first-ever comprehensive surveys done of Indian Americans and Indian American attitudes

shows that with each subsequent generation, there's less and less affinity towards identifying by caste. And  when it comes to discrimination, close to 50% of the people responding out of 1000 people in the survey reported having faced discrimination in the year previously

[39:55] Institutionalizing of caste at Brandeis, Harvard, CSU and other universities. Suhag’s view of why it is racist to ask about caste and include it in a protected category- that it has never been an issue in education

Guest Bio

Suhag Shukla, Esq., Executive Director, is a co-founder of HAF. She holds a BA in Religion and JD from the University of Florida. Ms. Shukla has helped steer the Foundation to being recognized as a leading voice for civil rights, human rights, and religious freedom. She’s been instrumental in the development of a broad range of educational materials and position papers and blogs for a variety of platforms. Ms. Shukla has served on the Boards of the Nirvana Center, Main Line Indian Association, and YWCA of Minneapolis. She was also a member of the Department of Homeland Security Faith-Based Security and Communications Subcommittee. Ms. Shukla is actively involved with Chinmaya Mission, serves on the board of the Bhutanese American Organization of Philadelphia, and is a thought partner for the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia’s Paths to Understanding Public Art Initiative. Shukla is a member of the board for the National Museum of American Religion and serves on religious advisory committees for the Council on Foreign Relations, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Subcommittee for the Prevention of Targeted Violence Against Faith-Based Communities and is a member of the First Amendment Center’s Committee on Religious Liberty and the United Nations Women’s Gender Equality and Religion platform. Shukla was named one of twelve “faith leaders to watch in 2017” by the Center for American Progress.

Email: Info@HinduAmerican.org

Host Bio

Simma Lieberman, The Inclusionist helps leaders create inclusive cultures. She is a consultant, speaker and facilitator and the host of the podcast, “Everyday Conversations on Race for Everyday People.”
Contact Simma@SimmaLieberman.com
Go to www.simmalieberman.com and www.raceconvo.com for more information
Simma is a member of and inspired by the global organization IAC (Inclusion Allies Coalition) 

"Black people have always been at the forefront of fashion." Michael Harriot breaks down the importance of fashion in the Black community by ranking the most important clothes that Black people wear. theGrio Daily is an original podcast by theGrio Black Podcast Network. #BlackCultureAmplified

In the summer of 1787, fifty-five men got together in Philadelphia to write a new Constitution for the United States, replacing the new nation’s original blueprint, the Articles of Confederation. But why, exactly? What problems were the framers trying to solve? Was the Constitution designed to advance democracy, or to rein it in? And how can the answers to those questions inform our crises of democracy today?

By producer/host John Biewen with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Woody Holton, Dan Bullen, and Price Thomas. The series editor is Loretta Williams.

"When you sew the seed, the harvest will come in due time." It's Wypipo Wednesday! For this Wypipo Wednesday Michael jumps back in with part 2 of The Five Race Wars. theGrio Daily is an original podcast by theGrio Black Podcast Network. #BlackCultureAmplified

"Who invented white people?" You heard of the Willie Lynch letter? The pseudo letter that so many people believe was true about how to make a slave. Well, I bet you never heard of the "Making of a white man" letter. Michael Harriot got his hands on it, and he is going to read it to you. TheGrio Daily is an original podcast by TheGrio Black Podcast Network. #BlackCultureAmplified

"Only White people can get rid of racism and they have to wake White people up." Since woke has been used incorrectly by White people for so long, Michael Harriot decided to give White people a step by step guide on the correct way to be woke. theGrio Daily is an original podcast by theGrio Black Podcast Network. #BlackCultureAmplified

"America is filled with race wars." It's Wednesday, so you know Michael Harriot has another Wypipo Wednesday for you. We hear it over and over again, White people complaining about not having their own month. Well, Michael heard those White tears and decided to inaugurate the month of August as "White History Month." theGrio Daily is an original podcast by theGrio Black Podcast Network. #BlackCultureAmplified

"Every generation believes that their generation is less racist than the previous one." With the help of our dear friend Ms. "Merriam Webster," Michael Harriot breaks down the definition of racism and white supremacy. He gets to the bottom and delivers a message you won't hear anywhere else. theGrio Daily is an original podcast by theGrio Black Podcast Network. #BlackCultureAmplified

"America ain't never been no democracy, that is the big lie." World Famous Wypipologist Michael Harriot gives us the details on the real reason behind why a mob of angry White people tried to overthrow the government. theGrio Daily is an original podcast from theGrio Black Podcast Network #BlackCultureAmplified 

When it comes to U.S. government programs and support designed to benefit particular racial groups, history is clear. White folks have received most of the handouts. Part of our summer mini-season of rebroadcasts.

By John Biewen, with Deena Hayes-Greene of the Racial Equity Institute and Season 2 series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika.

"The land of the free and home of the brave is not so free or brave." Michael Harriott lays out the steps Americans can take to put out the country's inferno dumpster fire that's raging with no end in sight. theGrio Daily is an original podcast from theGrio Black Podcast Network #BlackCultureAmplified

"America ain't going to let nothing happen to White women." In part 2, Michael Harriot continues to break down why the Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe v Wade. theGrio Daily is an original podcast from theGrio Black Podcast Network #BlackCultureAmplified