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    Lena and Eli break down what critical race theory actually is, exploring how race was invented as a tool of control and how systems like mass incarceration maintain racial hierarchies today. Drawing from powerful voices like Ibram Kendi, Michelle Alexander, and James Baldwin, they reveal how underst

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    We're either actively opposing racism or we're complicit in maintaining inequities. There is no neutral ground, because every policy in every institution produces either racial equity or inequity.

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    Points clés

    1

    Welcome and Introduction

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    2

    Understanding the Foundation: What Critical Race Theory Actually Is

    1:29
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    3:20
    3

    The Historical Construction of Race and White Supremacy

    3:43
    3:53
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    2:04
    1:56
    1:08
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    5:42
    4

    The New Jim Crow: How Mass Incarceration Maintains Racial Control

    5:58
    6:12
    6:32
    2:04
    6:57
    7:16
    7:38
    7:50
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    5

    The Racial Mathematics of the Drug War

    8:59
    9:07
    9:25
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    9:51
    9:58
    10:20
    10:24
    10:45
    10:54
    6

    The Invisible Prison Beyond Prison Walls

    11:14
    11:24
    11:47
    2:04
    12:07
    1:08
    12:34
    7

    Black Women's Erasure and the Limits of Single-Issue Movements

    12:44
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    13:46
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    8

    The Betrayal of Mainstream Feminism

    14:57
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    9

    The Economic Roots of Racial Oppression

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    18:36
    10

    The Psychological Warfare of Living While Black

    18:46
    18:59
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    10:24
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    20:06
    11

    The Obama Paradox and Comfortable Tokenism

    20:24
    20:38
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    2:04
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    12

    Beyond Individual Solutions: The Need for Systemic Change

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    10:24
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    1:08
    13

    The Intersectional Challenge: Multiple Oppressions, Multiple Solutions

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    23:49
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    24:48
    10:24
    14

    What Music and Culture Reveal About America's Soul

    25:07
    25:17
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    26:10
    1:08
    26:30
    15

    From Denial to Action: Building Antiracist Practice

    26:37
    26:46
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    16

    The Fire Still Burns: Baldwin's Prophetic Warning

    28:01
    28:13
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    The Path Forward: From Understanding to Transformation

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    29:32
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    Closing Reflection: The Work Continues

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