September 10 - 16, 2017
THE LIST 1. This American Life - "Essay B" The structure of unpacking complicated issues in the hot-take generation goes a bit like this: a) Bold declaration of rights vs. privilege in some form of media. b) Effective narrative bargaining to sway majority opinion, almost always via social media. c) Societal reckoning of narrative with data, usually generated by some institute or investigatory organization. d) General adoption of truths and/or embedding in a comfort zone. When change happens it can often be slow and unrecognizable, so it's no wonder that this conclusive fourth step is so elusive. With enough time and distance, does it get easier to make a general pronouncement on a given matter? That's where This American Life comes in, with an episode that looks back in hopes of moving forward. The idea of integrating schools surely seems like a thing of the past to many people in this country, but it is very worthwhile to examine the effects of such a mon...