31 - Martin Luther King Jr., Holi-deification, and We're Back
Description
We're back from mid-season break! We're kicking it off with an MLK episode. In episode 11 of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, start by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about Holi-deification -- the worshiping effects of holidays in relation to icons like Dr. Martin Luther King and beyond. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the Dracena Compacta: native to central and southeast Africa, slow-growing, but it is a tree and can grow up to 6 feet tall; it will branch at any branch where its pruned; slightly poisonous. In our History of the Present segment, we anchor our conversation in an MLK text, Why We Can’t Wait. Next, for the She Gather Me segments, Dr. Layla examines a Corretta Scott King speech “Ten commandments in Vietnam,” delivered 23 days after Dr. King's assassination. Finally, in Risse’s Rants, Dr. CBS tells everyone to stop calling everything the New Jim Crow. Tap in to this episode of LDI--and be sure to subscribe to the channel and consider becoming a Patreon!
0:00:25 - Shoot the Shit
0:24:44 - Planting Thoughts
0:25:55 - History of the Present
1:52:47 - She Gather Me
2:02:06 - Risse's Rants
2:04:07 - Closing
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