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
ALSO MENTIONED: The golden age of The Simpsons (seasons 4-6), incantations, ambergris, Ovaltine™, giving the girls fantasy, Bernie Sanders, eating meemah, Roanoke, Scrooge McDuck, labor crisis, “oh my stars and garters”, Michael Bloomberg, the 2%, wigwam theft, misunderstanding the assignment, Shared History podcast, toxic masculinity, theatrics, Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess, Left Eye style burning, dysentery, NYPD, Toni Morrison and the turning of the hand.
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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