What a Coinkydink: Episode 61 (The Detroit Rebellion of '67)

December 5, 2022 Tux Loerzel

In this episode, we are drinking a Stinger, an upper class society drink that is strong, sweet and minty. This creme de menthe based cockation (that is good at masking the flavor or subpar prohibition spirits) matches the era of TUX’s scandal.

TUX does a deep dive into Detroit's early history leading up to the racist reasons for and devastating effect of redlining and the interstate highway system. We 🥂cheers to treating people like people.
Site where 1967 uprising began sees new signs of life
12th-Street---Requiem
UPRISING! DETROIT, 1967; 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY; RIVETING ACCOUNT BY RENOWNED HISTORIAN PAUL LEE
Understanding Detroit’s 1967 Upheaval 50 Years Later | History| Smithsonian Magazine
Rare testimonies and reports on the ’67 Detroit Rebellion
1967 Detroit riot - Wikipedia
III. Uprising and Occupation, 1967
Detroit 67: Perspectives
Detroit (film) - Wikipedia
40th Anniversary of '67 Detroit Uprising Discussed on 'Spotlight on the News'
Six Days in July -- Coverage of the 1967 Detroit riots
Detroit 1967: When a city went up in flames

ALSO DISCUSSED:
When you think about the ways in which, Galliano, the summer of love, jobs programs for white supremacists, Watts riots, crisp ironed basketball uniforms, Harvey Milk, Hulk, Bart’s violence gang, car alarm remix, Mittens’ dad, tea, STEPHANIE’s lies, Barbara, Capital insurrection, the Bronx, Birds aren’t real, baby handcuff, clumsiness-related injuries, snippers, Irish, Rosa Parks, Little Caesars 5 dollar pizza, backwards hat, long back, concave, isosceles, and surviving creme-based drinks.

For more info on our episode cocktail the Golden Cadilac:
Golden Cadillac Cocktail Recipe
History - Poor Red's Bar-B-Q - Barbecue Restaurant in El Dorado, CA

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Baddie One Shoe: Episode 60 (A Brief History of Redlining)

November 21, 2022 Tux Loerzel

TUX does a deep dive into Detroit's early history leading up to the racist reasons for and devastating effect of redlining and the interstate highway system. We 🥂cheers to treating people like people.
Detroit - Redlining in Michigan
What Is Redlining? - The New York Times
Painting the City Red: How Redlining Impacts Detroit | The Michigan Chronicle
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America: Rothstein, Richard: 9781631494536: Amazon.com
A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America : NPR
History of Detroit - Wikipedia
African American Workers at Ford Motor Company -- The Henry Ford - Blog
History of the Jews in Metro Detroit - Wikipedia
Detroit Wall - Wikipedia
The Black Bottom Community( Detroit), a story - African American Registry
The idyllic neighborhood of Ransom Gillis
Roads to nowhere: how infrastructure built on American inequality | Cities | The Guardian
How Interstate Highways Gutted Communities—and Reinforced Segregation - HISTORY
Freeways are Detroit's most enduring monuments to racism. Let's excise them.| Opinion
A Brief History Of How Racism Shaped Interstate Highways : NPR

ALSO DISCUSSED: Baddie three shoes, DINKs, Brush Park, great migration, appraisals, BuiLd A wAlL, FHA, eyetalians, why are you hitting yourself, infinity loop, Herstory on the Rocks podcast, peppermint patty, icebreakers gum, eminent domain, urban renewal, Vincent, Adultman’s business transactions, how to kill a city and The Color of Law.

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Stinger Cocktail Recipe
Stinger (cocktail) - Wikipedia

Goody two shoes:
The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes - Wikipedia

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Minisode 45: How the Census has Upheld White Supremacy

May 9, 2022 Tux Loerzel

This minisode is a tangential to last week’s episode, STEPHANIE talks about the United States racial caste system via the lens of the census.
Who The Census Misses | FiveThirtyEight
Does The Census Not Adequately Capture Your Racial Identity? We Want To Hear Your Story
Improved Race, Ethnicity Measures Show U.S. is More Multiracial (census.gov)
The U.S. census sees Middle Eastern and North African people as white. Many don't

ALSO MENTIONED: Tux’s new home in Detroit, zoom, jib colors, SCOTUS, pickles, sensei, Shared History podcast, data, MENA, black pepper, Inspector Gadget, Gen Z, millennial parents and Hostess snack cakes.

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Minisode 41: Anthony Johnson (White Supremacists' Favorite Token)

February 28, 2022 Tux Loerzel

This minisode is a continuation of the last episode (Bacon’s Rebellion & the Invention of Race). STEPHANIE sets the record about Anthony Johnson, white supremacist’s favorite token.
We and They in Colonial America | Facing History and Ourselves
The Curious History of Anthony Johnson: From Captive African to Right-wing Talking Point | AAIHS

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They Stole My Wigwam: Episode 45 (Bacon's Rebellion & the Invention of Race)

February 21, 2022 Tux Loerzel

In this very special episode in honor of Black History Month we are drinking the precursor to the cocktail, a Early Colonial Rum Punch. This proto-cocktail is an adaptation of a 1668 recipe using ingredients found in colonial America, the era of STEPHANIE’s scandal. Do check out the minisode where TUX does a deep dive into the history of punch.

STEPHANIE’s scandal is Bacon's Rebellion and how in its aftermath the construct of race was reverse engineered to maintain ruling class power. We raise our glasses to a quote from the late great Queen Toni Morrison: “The real enemy is, and to know the function, the very serious function of racism, which is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining over and over again, your reason for being.
Toni Morrison Was Right — The Very Serious Function of Racism is a Distraction
Inventing Black and White
Bacon's Rebellion: Why America's First Colonial Rebels Burned Jamestown to the Ground
Bacon's Rebellion - Wikipedia
Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist) - Wikipedia
William Berkeley (governor) - Wikipedia
How American oligarchs created the concept of race to divide and conquer the poor - The Washington Post
Donald Trump and the Legacy of Bacon's Rebellion
How do racial ideas change after Bacon's Rebellion?
Supporting Caste: The Origins of Racism in Colonial Virginia
Slave Law in Colonial Virginia: A Timeline
TONI MORRISON: The Pain Of Being Black - TIME

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For more info on our episode cocktail the Early Colonial Rum Punch::
Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl: Wondrich, David
How to Use Raw Sugar: Jaggery, Gula Melaka, Panela, and More
David Wondrich's Rum Punch

For more info on punch out Minisode 40:
Minisode 40: The History of Punch

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Minisode 38: The Racist (& Classist) Roots of Policing

January 24, 2022 Tux Loerzel

This long minisode is a continuation of the last episode (NYPD’s City Hall Riots). TUX explores the racist and classist history of policing.

Law Enforcement and the Problem of White Supremacy | The New Yorker
How You Start is How You Finish? The Slave Patrol and Jim Crow Origins of Policing
History of Police in the US: How Policing Has Evolved Since the 1600s
Race and White Supremacy in American Policing: An Investigation - Rolling Stone
The Origins of Modern Day Policing
The History of Policing in the United States, Part 1 - EKU Online
Police shootings database 2015-2022 - Washington Post
Law Enforcement Line of Duty Deaths in 2020
FBI Releases 2019 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty — FBI
How Police Calls Uphold White Supremacy in America | National Communication Association
Keechant Sewell to Become First Woman to Lead NYPD - The New York Times

ALSO MENTIONED: KRS-One, Black codes, jobs program, CRT, Hashtag History podcast, capitalism, BLM protests, Covid-19, pocketbooks, golden trash bag, and Keechant Sewell.

Da Sound of the Police:
KRS-One - Sound of da Police (Official Video)

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New York's Finest: Episode 43 (The Forgotten Story of the City Hall Riot)

January 17, 2022 Tux Loerzel

In this episode we are drankin’ a Long Island Ice Tea like we’re 19yr olds at a college bar. This boozy, dangerously delicious cocktail was originally created for a cocktail contest in Long Island. It’s popularity ties into the era and region of TUX’s scandal.

TUX’s scandal is the one of the largest,violent demonstrations in New York City’s history, the City Hall Riot.We toast to “F*ck the Police!
The Forgotten City Hall Riot
Rally Puts Police Under New Scrutiny
Officers Rally And Dinkins Is Their Target - The New York Times
Police Dept. Report Assails Officers in New York Rally
When the NYPD Rioted – Race, Politics, Justice
Remembering The NYPD Shooting Of Dominican Immigrant Kiko García And What It Means
Rudy's Racist Rants: An NYPD History Lesson | Cato Institute
Opinion | More on the time Rudy Giuliani helped incite a riot of racist cops - The WaPo
Angered by Police Killing, a Neighborhood Erupts - The New York Times
Rudy Giuliani's 1992 police riot – Struggle – La Lucha
What The 1992 New York City Police Riots Tell Us About Policing Today | Voices of Youth
The Man who Would be Mayor - by Laura Nahmias - Fun City
Office of the Mayor | Overview | City of New York
Mission Failure: Civilian Review of Policing in New York City | ACLU of NY
History - CCRB
Police and Protest: 1992 and Today
Riots erupt in Los Angeles after police officers are acquitted in Rodney King trial - HISTORY
LA92

ALSO MENTIONED: Fake IDs, Dan Quayle, Bob Butt the turd, broken simulation, Rudy “Colludi” Guiliani, into the thick of it, Peculiar Picture Show podcast, Citibank, insurrection (the prequel), jumping on cars like Donkey Kong, Eric Adams, law and order, the klan, reconstruction, shaving at the airport, and home of the brave?

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The Story Behind the Long Island Iced Tea
Long Island iced tea - Wikipedia
Facts, Trivia, History Of Long Island Iced Tea - Thrillist

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Contagious, Deadly, & UGLY: Episode 39 (Early America's Vaccines & Vaccine Mandates)

November 15, 2021 Tux Loerzel

In this episode we are sipping on a colonial cocktail, the Stone Fence. This simple yet very funky concoction was once the favorite of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold—its popularity ties into the era and region of TUX’s scandal.

In this vaccination themed episode of Beyond Reproach, TUX talks about the Founding Fathers views on vaccine mandates, America’s first anti-vax movement and the Black man who deserves credit for bringing the idea of inoculation to the New World. We raise our glasses to doing our patriotic duty and getting vaccinated because vaccines save lives!
Meet Onesimus, The Enslaved Man Who Saved Colonial Boston From Smallpox
Ben Franklin didn't vaccinate son against smallpox. The boy died.
The African slave who taught America how to vaccinate itself from smallpox
Opinion: The Slave Who Helped Boston Battle Smallpox
Thread by @michaelharriot on Thread Reader App
Introducing Inoculation, 1721
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Immunity
How an Enslaved African Man in Boston Helped Save Generations from Smallpox
Enslaved African Onesimus taught Cotton Mather how to inoculate against smallpox

ALSO MENTIONED: Arguing semantics, Ethan Allen, pigpen, selling vacuums with eyebrows, microchips, Window 95, witches, smallpox, Floam™, Nikki Minaj, the Third Wheel podcast, Facebook, and dying of embarrassment.

For more info on our episode cocktail the Stone Fence:
The Stone Fence Cocktail Rocked Colonial America
Endangered Cocktail of the Month, the Stone Fence
Imbibe! Updated and Revised Edition: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar

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Summer Break Re-Release: Japanese Internment Camps

July 19, 2021 Tux Loerzel

Rachel from the Hashtag History podcast introduces the listeners’ favorite scandal TUX has covered on Season 3—Episode 26: Japanese Detention Center.

He explores one of the worst violations of civil rights in the 20th century, Japanese detention centers on American soil. We toast to refusing to learn from our mistakes and repeating them over and over again!
The Incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II
Japanese-American Internment During World War II
Japanese Internment Camps: WWII, Life & Conditions - HISTORY
Senate Votes to Compensate Japanese-American Internees
Laying Some History On You: The High Cost of Internment Camps
The Injustice of Japanese-American Internment Camps Resonates Strongly to This Day
Learn the Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration
Road to the Camps
The dangerous economics of racial resentment during World War II

ALSO MENTIONED: Freedom costing $1.05, catching Japan’s hands, buying a Kia, a bag of rusty nickels, George Nakashima,George Takei, and ICE detention centers.

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Minisode 25: Stop Asian Hate

March 29, 2021 Tux Loerzel

Anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked 150 percent since the pandemic began. In this minisode we talk about this and the long history of violence directed at Asian American communities to provide context for the latest massacre at Young's Asian Massage in Atlanta. ALSO MENTIONED: Racist footloose and Well That's Interesting podcast.

ALSO MENTIONED: Racist footloose and Well That’s Interesting podcast.

SOURCES:
The long, ugly history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the U.S.
Decades After Clashing With The Klan, A Thriving Vietnamese Community In Texas
Watsonville Anti-Filipino Riot, a reminder of bigotry gone berserk
Eerie parallels between 1907 Bellingham riots and anti-Sikh hate in 2017
Bellingham: Home - Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
Pacific Coast race riots of 1907
140 years ago, San Francisco was set ablaze during the city's deadliest race riots
Not Everyone Knows That The Great Chinatown Fire Of 1900 Was The Result Of The Bubonic Plague In Hawaii
Anti-Asian Attacks and Hate Crimes on the Rise Worldwide | Time
Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by nearly 150% in 2020, mostly in NY and LA, new report says

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Black History is American History: Episode 29 (The Forgotten Story of Seneca Village, and the Origins of “40 Acres and a Mule”)

February 1, 2021 Tux Loerzel

In this very special episode in honor of Black History Month we drink the iconic Knickerbocker cocktail. The term comes from OG Dutch settlers and refers to an old fashion style of pants. This New York City cocktail was popular in the 1850s, the era and the setting of Tux's scandal.

ALSO DISCUSSED: Sportsball, who shot JR, Tux’s altered sense of taste, 12 Years a Slave, Peculiar Picture Show, Harry Belefonte, iphone snitchery, Hashtag History, finkin’ it frough, Joni Mitchell, long ass receipts, town of Bushwick, eyelash beads, white supremacist unity, How to Save a Planet, and Soul Fire Farm.

For more info on our episode cocktail: Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker - Drink Recipe – How to Make the Perfect Knickerbocker
Discover the Knickerbocker, an original cocktail from New York
The Knickerbocker Cocktail, Circa 1850 – Bottle Pro Blog

TUX talks about the construction of Central Park and Seneca Village, one of 19th century New York's largest free black settlements. We toast to setting the record straight!
A look at Seneca Village, the early black settlement obliterated by the creation of Central Park
Opinion | The Death of the Black Utopia
Seneca Village: When New York City Destroyed a Thriving Black Community To Make Way for Central Park
An entire Manhattan village owned by black people was destroyed to build Central Park
A Village Dies, A Park Is Born
Wiki - Seneca Village
Seneca Village: the lost neighborhood under New York's Central Park
DISCOVER SENECA VILLAGE
Before Central Park: The Historic Neighborhood Lost to Time
New-York Historical Society
Seneca Village - The Excavations

STEPHANIE talks about “40 acres and a mule” and how the scandal of what happened to this land shows so much of what was possible at this one moment in history and what Reconstruction could have been if this country was about freedom and justice for all of its citizens. We raise a glass to a quote from Nikole Hannah-Jones’s essay in the 1619 Project..
RACE - The Power of an Illusion . Background Readings
Wiki - Tunis Campbell
American Capitalism Is Brutal. You Can Trace That to the Plantation. (Published 2019)
40 Acres and a Mule: Role-Playing What Reconstruction Could Have Been
Wiki - Special Field Orders No. 15
The Story Behind '40 Acres And A Mule' : Code Switch
The Truth Behind '40 Acres and a Mule' | African American History Blog | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Forty acres and a mule: The idea of reparations for slavery is not new –
Wiki - St. Catherines Island
Sherman's Field Order No. 15 | New Georgia Encyclopedia
Tunis Gulic Campbell (1812–1891)
Take that, Scarlett O'Hara: The tale of Tunis Campbell is the true story of Georgia Reconstruction – Brambleman
Hinshaw: Historic marker does injustice to black preacher
Freedmen's Bureau (1865-1872)
The Real Story of Racism at the USDA
Booker, Warren, Gillibrand Announce Comprehensive Bill to Address the History of Discrimination in Federal Agricultural Policy

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How to Save a Planet | Gimlet
SOUL FIRE FARM – Ending racism and injustice in the food system

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Freedom Costs a Buck O Five: Episode 26 (Japanese detention centers in America & the hypocrisy of Edwin Meese III)

December 7, 2020 Tux Loerzel

On this very special episode of Beyond Reproach we are joined by Jesse Dorris (@jessedorris), a journalist and friend of the pod. Tux and Jesse swap scandals while Stephanie gets tastefully drunk. The Aviation cocktail is resurrected from the 1940s to pair with Tux's scandal. This stunning lavender drink features Crème de Violette liqueur.

On this very special episode of Beyond Reproach we are joined by Jesse Dorris (@jessedorris), a journalist and friend of the pod. Tux and Jesse swap scandals while Stephanie gets tastefully drunk. The Aviation cocktail is resurrected from the 1940s to pair with Tux’s scandal. This stunning lavender drink features Crème de Violette liqueur. Pinkies up y’all, it's a fancy one!

ALSO DISCUSSED: Freedom costing $1.05, buying a Kia, a bag of rusty nickels, George Nakashima,George Takei, ICE detention centers, Accessible Art History podcast, the injustice league, parental advisory labels, woke Bill Kristol, Peggy Noonan, Law & Order SVU, the LAPD’s delorian, doing it for the nookie, our new sex tape review podcast, Jasmine Masters, and Turd Cruz.

For more info on our episode cocktail the: Aviation
Aviation - PUNCH
Wiki - Aviation (cocktail)
The Rise and Fall of the Aviation Cocktail - PUNCH

TUX explores one of the worst violations of civil rights in the 20th century, Japanese detention centers on American soil. We toast to refusing to learn from our mistakes and repeating them over and over again!
The Incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II
Japanese-American Internment During World War II
Japanese Internment Camps: WWII, Life & Conditions - HISTORY
Senate Votes to Compensate Japanese-American Internees
Laying Some History On You: The High Cost of Internment Camps
The Injustice of Japanese-American Internment Camps Resonates Strongly to This Day
Learn the Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration
Road to the Camps
The dangerous economics of racial resentment during World War II

JESSE walks us through the hefty legacy and extraordinary hypocrisy of Edwin Meese III.
What Ed Meese’s Presidential Medal of Freedom Says About the G.O.P. and Impeachment
Sources: Former Trump critic Ed Meese joins transition team
COMMON CAUSE BIDS SENATE VOTE AGAINST MEESE
The Roots of Ed Meese : Reagan's Polemical Attorney General Has Prompted a Major Constitutional Debate, Surprising Those Who Knew Him in His Pragmatic Early Days, in the Quiet Hills of Oakland and During the Turbulent '60s
SOME SAY MEESE REPORT RATES AN 'X'
COMMENTS BY MEESE ON HUNGER PRODUCE A STORM OF CONTROVERSY (1983)
Meese's Viewpoint On ACLU Efforts Called His Own
Meese Says Few Suspects Are Innocent of Crime
The Roots of Ed Meese : Reagan's Polemical Attorney General Has Prompted a Major Constitutional Debate, Surprising Those Who Knew Him in His Pragmatic Early Days, in the Quiet Hills of Oakland and During the Turbulent '60s

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MOVE is in the Heart: Episode 25 (The West Philly MOVE Bombing, and the Real History of Thanksgiving)

November 2, 2020 Tux Loerzel

ALSO DISCUSSED:Cutting the mustard, MTV's Diary, #notallblackpeople, Karen, More Than a Crush podcast, when the groove is coming from inside your heart, Festivus, Tux's mental gymnastic genes, the Mary Had a Little Lamb empire, shopping holidays, wholesome buckles, sturdy white men, Masters of Social Gastronomy podcast, the co-opting of Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springstein's songs.

This episode we stack up our multi-colored scrunchies and sip on some Triple Berry Wine Coolers in honor of Tux’s 80’s scandal. This classic retro cocktail is a fruity refreshing treat that is very easy to make (hint hint)! Treat yourselves!
🍸 - Triple Berry Wine Cooler

ALSO DISCUSSED:Cutting the mustard, MTV’s Diary, #notallblackpeople, Karen, More Than a Crush podcast, when the groove is coming from inside your heart, Festivus, Tux’s mental gymnastic genes, the Mary Had a Little Lamb empire, shopping holidays, wholesome buckles, sturdy white men, Masters of Social Gastronomy podcast, the co-opting of Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springstein’s songs.

For more info on our episode cocktail the:
The Weird and Wavy History of Wine Coolers
How To Turn a $5 Bottle of Wine into a Wine Cooler

TUX shines a light on that day in Philadelphia when law enforcement dropped a bomb on a civilian neighborhood and let the fire burn. We toast to black lives and black communities!
Can Philly Fix the Block It Razed, Then Shabbily Rebuilt, After MOVE Bombing?
The day police bombed a city street: can scars of 1985 Move atrocity be healed?
The 1985 Philadelphia bombing that changed the city forever
Wiki - John Africa
Wiki - MOVE
The MOVE Bombings 29 Years Later | Let the Fire Burn | Independent Lens
Never Forget: In 1985 Police Dropped a Bomb on a West Philly Neighborhood; Killing 11 and Destroying 61 Homes
I'm From Philly. 30 Years Later, I'm Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombing
Police Drop Bomb on Radical's Home in Philadelphia (Published 1985)
City Council issues overdue apology for 1985 MOVE bombing
After rehab, homes destroyed by MOVE bombing find buyers
Philadelphia Move Bombing Documentary
*Unfortunately, the documentary I watched in researching this episode is no longer available on this site and I’ve been unable to find it elsewhere.
Let the Fire Burn Documentary

STEPHANIE explores the invention of Thanksgiving in honor of Native American Indian Heritage month. We raise our glasses to massacres, myths, and the making of our beloved November holiday!
This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving
The Invention of Thanksgiving
The First Thanksgiving Took Place in Virginia, not Massachusetts.
5 myths about Thanksgiving - The Washington Post
Everything You Learned About Thanksgiving Is Wrong
How the 'Mother of Thanksgiving' Lobbied Abraham Lincoln to Proclaim the National Holiday
8 Interesting Thanksgiving Day Facts - Why We Celebrate Thanksgiving
The Truth About Thanksgiving: What They Never Taught You in School
The dark history of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving's history: Where was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?
Did Florida Host the First Thanksgiving? - HISTORY
A Nation of Thanksgiving
Tisquantum and the Pilgrims

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Sounds About White: Episode 23 (United Daughters of the Confederacy & Mount Rushmore's History)

September 7, 2020 Tux Loerzel

In our first episode of Season 3 we drink a southern classic and favorite of Huey P. Long (see episode 11 & 12), the Ramos Gin Fizz. https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails This frothy vintage cocktail created in 1888 used to require twelve minutes of shaking to create its iconic foam top.

In our first episode of Season 3 we drink a southern classic and favorite of Huey P. Long (see episode 11 & 12), the Ramos Gin Fizz. This frothy vintage cocktail created in 1888 used to require twelve minutes of shaking to create its iconic foam top. We learn about the history of this labor-intensive but delicious cream-based concoction and how it relates to Tux’s scandal.

ALSO DISCUSSED: Blanche Devereaux, Golden Palace, Howard Zinn, laughing oneself into a sweat, making Orwell fiction again, sturdy well-endowed white men, Peculiar Picture Show, eyeholes, Petty Pendergrass, and Indian “promenades.”

For more info on our episode cocktail and the Ramos Gin Fizz::
Ramos Gin Fizz (Henry C. Ramos Recipe Optimized)
Ramos Gin Fizz cocktail
Cocktails Every Southerner Should Master

TUX’s dives deep into the Daughters of the Confederacy, the construction of confederate monuments, and the mythology of the Lost Cause. We toast to symbols of hate and oppression and the white women who love them.

Lost Cause of the Confederacy
TWISTED SOURCES: How Confederate propaganda ended up in the South's schoolbooks
Happy slaves? The peculiar story of three Virginia school textbooks
Persective | Untangling the Lost Cause myth from the American story will be hard
7 things the United Daughters of the Confederacy might not want you to know about them
Perspective | Untangling the Lost Cause myth from the American story will be hard
Poll: Americans divided over whether slavery was the Civil War’s main cause
For 10 years, students in Texas have used a textbook that says not all slaves were unhappy
Wiki - United Daughters of the Confederacy
As Confederate monuments tumble, die-hards are erecting replacements
How I Learned About the “Cult of the Lost Cause”
Lost Cause, The
WHOSE HERITAGE? 153 YEARS OF CONFEDERATE ICONOGRAPHY
Confederate Flag Golden Girls Episode

STEPHANIE shines a light on the century-long fight over Mount Rushmore, America’s highly problematic national landmark that never should have been built. We raise a glass to struggle, what the aim of the struggle depends on who you ask.
Wiki - Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Wiki - Gutzon Borglum
“He Wasn’t Invited”: How Trump’s Racist Mt. Rushmore Celebration Violated Indigenous Sovereignty
Mt. Rushmore has a racist history | Op-eds – Gulf News
Native Americans and Mount Rushmore | American Experience
The Sordid History of Mount Rushmore | History
The Black Hills of South Dakota
Mount Rushmore Historian: Monument 'Is Like A Rorschach, It Says Different Things To Different People'
IN HISTORY: Congress Approves Carving of Mount Rushmore
The real history of Mount Rushmore
Lakota in America
In 1868, Two Nations Made a Treaty, the U.S. Broke It and Plains Indian Tribes are Still Seeking Justice
How the mountain got its name
George Washington's 'Tortuous' Relationship with Native Americans | Essay
President Jefferson and the Indian Nations
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
Teddy Roosevelt Laid Bare

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Summer Break Re-Release: Obama's Tan Suit

August 3, 2020 Tux Loerzel

STEPHANIE introduces her favorite scandal TUX has ever done on Beyond Reproach, Episode 17: Obama's Tan Suit. TUX's scandal centers upon that time in 2014 when the nation lost its collective shit over the color of the president's suit because they were still pissed about the color of the president's skin.

STEPHANIE introduces her favorite scandal TUX has ever done on Beyond Reproach, Episode 17: Obama’s Tan Suit.

TUX’s scandal centers upon that time in 2014 when the nation lost its collective shit over the color of the president’s suit because they were still pissed about the color of the president’s skin.
Lessons from Obama's tan suit 5th anniversary
For Lawmaker Examining Terror, a Pro-I.R.A. Past
Obama's tan suit debuted five years ago and sparked a huge controversy
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Eternally Outraged Congressman Not Trying to Be ‘Trivial,’ But Doesn’t Think Obama’s Tan Suit Was Appropriate
A Republican Congressman Is Actually Upset About Obama's Tan Suit
Wiki - Obama Tan Suit Controversy
Obama's tan suit controversy hits 5-year anniversary
In Defense of Barack Obama's Tan Suit
Obama: 'We don't have a strategy yet' to combat Isis militants
Should President Obama Have Said There's No Strategy Yet Against ISIS?
Obama Says 'We Don't Have A Strategy Yet' in Syria
ISIS rise surprised Obama, US intelligence
Arrest Glenn Greenwald — and 5 other crazy things Peter King says
Dems shocked after Chuck Schumer praises retiring GOP “anti-Muslim bigot” Peter King as “principled"
Politicians, Community Leaders Denounce Rep. Peter King's Use of Derogatory Term
Irish Republican Army
No One Heard Anything Obama Just Said Because His Tan Suit Was So Loud

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The Audacity of Wong Kim Ark: Episode 17 (The Chinese Exclusion Act & Obama's Tan Suit Scandal)

February 3, 2020 Tux Loerzel

We cheers to the Martinez, gin-based spin on the Manhattan that predates the Martini. It is a must-try classic! Also discussed: Stephanie's plants Stephanie explores the little-known landmark Supreme Court Case, Wong Kim Ark vs The United States, it's arguably one of the most overlooked civil rights cases in American History.

We cheers to the Martinez, gin-based spin on the Manhattan that predates the Martini. It is a must-try classic!

Also discussed: Stephanie’s Plants, STOOPITS, Beauty and the Beast, Tux does a swear, Lizzo breaks, Beyond Reproach: Racism Edition, Christopher Columbus, Ben Rosen on twitter, and Voltron.

Stephanie explores the little-known landmark Supreme Court Case, Wong Kim Ark vs The United States, it’s arguably one of the most overlooked civil rights cases in American History. Ark’s scandal is a vehicle to shed light on the much larger issue of the Chinese Exclusion Act, that time when the US banned an entire race.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE The Chinese Exclusion Act
Born in the USA: The Immigrant Son Who Fought for Birthright Citizenship
Wiki - United States v. Wong Kim Ark
White Supremacy Has Never Been Fringe
Wiki - Burlingame Treaty
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
Case: United States v. Wong Kim Ark
“To This We Dissented”: The Rock Springs Riot
MILESTONES: 1866–1898
The Burlingame-Seward Treaty, 1868
Chinese Exclusion Act UNITED STATES [1882]
Wiki - Hells Canyon Massacre
Wiki - Seattle Riot of 1886
Wiki - Tacoma Riot of 1885
Forgotten Los Angeles History: The Chinese Massacre of 1871
Chinese Exclusion Act
Review: A New Film Investigates the Time America Banned an Entire Race
Birth of a Birthright
A History Of Indentured Labor Gives 'Coolie' Its Sting

Tux’s scandal centers upon that time in 2014 when the nation lost its collective shit over the color of the president’s suit because they were still pissed about the color of the president’s skin.
Lessons from Obama's tan suit 5th anniversary
For Lawmaker Examining Terror, a Pro-I.R.A. Past
Obama's tan suit debuted five years ago and sparked a huge controversy
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Eternally Outraged Congressman Not Trying to Be ‘Trivial,’ But Doesn’t Think Obama’s Tan Suit Was Appropriate
A Republican Congressman Is Actually Upset About Obama's Tan Suit
Wiki - Obama Tan Suit Controversy
Obama's tan suit controversy hits 5-year anniversary
In Defense of Barack Obama's Tan Suit
Obama: 'We don't have a strategy yet' to combat Isis militants
Should President Obama Have Said There's No Strategy Yet Against ISIS?
Obama Says 'We Don't Have A Strategy Yet' in Syria
ISIS rise surprised Obama, US intelligence
Arrest Glenn Greenwald — and 5 other crazy things Peter King says
Dems shocked after Chuck Schumer praises retiring GOP “anti-Muslim bigot” Peter King as “principled"
Politicians, Community Leaders Denounce Rep. Peter King's Use of Derogatory Term
Irish Republican Army
No One Heard Anything Obama Just Said Because His Tan Suit Was So Loud

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Minisode 12: Representation in the Media

December 16, 2019 Tux Loerzel

This minisode we discuss media representation of marginalized people. We talk about why it is important to us personally and to the world at large. STEPHANIE chats Rugrats' Suzy Carmichael and how refreshing it was to finally see a regular black family, that mirrored her own, represented in a multi-dimensional way.

This minisode we discuss media representation of marginalized people. We talk about why it is important to us personally and to the world at large.

STEPHANIE chats Rugrats’ Suzy Carmichael and how refreshing it was to finally see a regular black family, that mirrored her own, represented in a multi-dimensional way. The discussion turns to Marvel’s Black Panther and how when people have the freedom to tell their own stories they connect with wider audiences.

RUGRATS, MEET THE CARMICHAELS
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hk6ss

JULIA ROBERTS AS HARRIET TUBMAN
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-harriet-julia-roberts/julia-roberts-once-floated-for-role-as-african-american-slavery-hero-harriet-tubman-idUSKBN1XU2DT

TUX reflects on the one-dimensional gay caricatures in the early 90s (from creepy dude to flamboyant man to the GBF) and how difficult this made navigating identity in a small town as a teen with few allies. Thankfully by the late 90s gay media created by and for gay people debuted starting the wave of real onscreen representation we so desperately needed.

TRICK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIx5PPfmbFY

BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vrycMmkeXs

ALSO MENTIONED: Edward Schrock (Season 1, Episode 1), Shirley Chisholm (Season 1, Episode 6), She’s All Fat pod, and our hopes for future representation.

We want to hear from YOU! Do you agree that it’s important to see diversity in media representation? Do you disagree? If so, why? We’d love to hear stories about the first time you saw something that you really identified with or that made a big positive impression on you. What ways have you’ve felt isolated because you didn’t see yourself represented in media? What/who do you think we are not seeing enough of? Please share some of your favorite movies, shows, musicians, politicians etc that inspire you to live in your truth. Please send your stories and anecdotes—any feedback you have, we’d love to hear it!

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Minisode 3: Your Slavery Education Stories

January 7, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We're back with another minisode with YOUR thoughts and stories on a heavy but important subject: TEACHING CHILDREN ABOUT SLAVERY! We believe that taking a more honest approach to this country's foundation would make this country stronger as a whole. Slavery in the United States is not just Black History, it is American History.

We’re back with another minisode with YOUR thoughts and stories on a heavy but important subject: TEACHING CHILDREN ABOUT SLAVERY! We believe that taking a more honest approach to this country’s foundation would make this country stronger as a whole. Slavery in the United States is not just Black History, it is American History.

With the help of our brave listeners, we discuss the teaching of black history month in a New Orleans public school, a pricey New England boarding school and a predominately LatinX public school in Massachusetts. We hear from parents of kids in public schools, a parent who supplements their child’s education at-home, and another parent who homeschools her children.

Thank you all so so so very much for reaching out to us with such thoughtful insights on this very challenging topic. Y’all came through with such strong feedback this episode! We can’t tell you how much we appreciate it, and how good it makes us feel to know there are so many out there who feel just as strongly about the need to talk openly about American History as we do.

Honestly. It means so much to us.

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To prepare for our next minisode, we also announce next month’s subject, and ask you to write/call in with your thoughts and stories on that subject.

An Instagram post we put up, taken from a Texas textbook, caused quite a stir. The post, which highlights an intentionally misleading portrayal of slavery, introduced us to our first white supremacist troll. As nube podcast hosts are still navigating the world of social media promotion and would love to hear about your experiences with internet trolls. Trolls, according to wiki, is a person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the Internet to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses and normalizing tangential discussion--whether for the troll's amusement or a specific gain. How do you handle trolls, in what situations do they appear, what things are you discussing, on what platforms?

Please listen to the episode and drop us a line by Saturday January 12th. We’ll read our favorite responses on minisode 4 next month!
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