The Invention of Racism

By: Katherine Bankole-Medina
  • Summary

  • Discourse on racism is not for the faint of heart. The Invention of Racism podcast presents the subtle, and not so subtle, nuances of racism in the 21st century. Understanding and speaking the truth about racism is the first step toward combatting and ultimately eliminating it. Join us as we explore historic and contemporary topics inside of “The Invention of Racism.” The Invention of Racism podcast series begins September 30, 2020.
    © 2024 The Invention of Racism
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Episodes
  • Episode 38: Algorithmic Blues: CHAT-GPT Artificial Intelligence Explains Racism
    Mar 10 2023

    This podcast episode examines how AI (Artificial intelligence), principally CHAT-GPT, challenges faculty and students in higher education by “crowd sourcing” extant digital knowledge and how it defines concepts like racism.

    Key Words: Racism, Higher Education, White Supremacy, CHAT-GPT, Student Cheating, AI Tools, Calculators, AI Language Models, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), University Faculty, Ethics, Plagiarism, Opinion, Criminal Justice System, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Professor Ngozi Okidegbe, “Commission on Artificial Intelligence Competitiveness, Inclusion, and Innovation” (The U.S. Chamber of Commerce), Coded Bias (2020), Shalini Kantayya, Joy Buolamwini, Algorithmic Justice League, The South East London Girl.

    The Invention of Racism is published with periodic bonus and micro-podcast episodes included in the series.
    © 2023 TIR Podcast Group.
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    Contact: TheInventionofRacism@protonmail.com

    Follow Dr. Bankole-Medina on Twitter: @KBankoleMedina

    Notes: 1) Post COVID-19 infections and complications have significantly impacted the delivery of our podcast series. Thanks to our listener-supporters for reaching out; and 2) see the podcast series Disclaimer statement on TIR Podcast Group responsibility.


    About Professor Katherine Bankole-Medina:
    http://katherine-bankolemedina.squarespace.com/

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    23 mins
  • Episode 37: Racist Political Rhetoric as Bloodsport and Human Equality
    Oct 23 2022

    Episode Description—This podcast episode briefly examines selected examples of public political racist rhetoric leading up to the 2022 U.S. Midterm election season. The episode highlights Alexander Hamilton Stephens’s March 21, 1861 “Cornerstone” speech in order to contextualize contemporary racist political discourse and the idea of fundamental human equality.

    Key Words: Racism, White Supremacy, Doctrine of White Supremacy, Human Equality, Cornerstone speech, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Confederate States of America (CSA), American Slavery, Midterm Elections, Republican Party, Democratic Party, MAGA, Senator Tuberville, Senator Greene, Councilwoman Martinez, Abrams v. Tuberville, QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, Reparations, Daniel Smith, Crime, Immigrants, Oaxaca, Mexico, Great Replacement Theory, Black Children. Harriet Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Racist Speech, Racist Stereotypes, A Compendium of the History of the United States.

    The Invention of Racism is published with periodic bonus and micro-podcast episodes included in the series.
    © 2022 TIR Podcast Group.
    #CiteBlackWomen

    Contact: TheInventionofRacism@protonmail.com

    Follow Dr. Bankole-Medina on Twitter: @KBankoleMedina

    Notes: 1) Post COVID-19 infections and complications have significantly impacted the delivery of our podcast series. Thanks to our listener-supporters for reaching out; and 2) See the podcast series Disclaimer for the statement on TIR Podcast Group responsibility.


    About Professor Katherine Bankole-Medina:
    http://katherine-bankolemedina.squarespace.com/

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    21 mins
  • Episode 36: The Racist Negation of Enslaved and Free Black Women
    Jul 1 2022

    This podcast episode, “The Racist Negation of Enslaved and Free Black Women,” briefly examines the erasure of the Black woman’s body, highlighting the period of slavery and the case of Pauline (Rabbeneck) of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1845.

    Key Words: Racism, White Supremacy, Doctrine of White Supremacy, Sexism, Racist Negation, Black Women, Pauline (Rabbeneck), Peter Rabbeneck, New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana Black Codes (Code Noir), Enslaved African Women, Southern Rape Complex, Antebellum Crime and Punishment, Lynching, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemmings, Counterfactual History, Mulatto, Quadroon, Octoroon, Placage, Person of Color, Racial-Gender Hierarchy, gens de couleur libre, Color Gradient, Creole, Content Warning: Sexual Exploitation, Capital Punishment.

    The Invention of Racism is published with periodic bonus and micro-podcast episodes included in the series.
    © 2022 TIR Podcast Group.
    #CiteBlackWomen

    Contact: TheInventionofRacism@protonmail.com

    Follow Dr. Bankole-Medina on Twitter: @KBankoleMedina


    About Professor Katherine Bankole-Medina:
    http://katherine-bankolemedina.squarespace.com/

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    27 mins

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