Episode 2.4: Sundown
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This episode, Don and Amy invite two guests into their conversation. Aleisha Kropf asks Dr. LaShawn Williams to help her explore what it means to discover your hometown was a Sundown Town, even when you don't visit anymore. Along the way, the group discusses the culture of silence, parenting children of color, and passing as a means of survival.
Additional resources:
- "Was your town a sundown town?" (James Loewen, UU World, 2/18/2008)
- "'Sundown towns': Midwest confronts its complicated racial legacy" (Jack Shuler, CSM, 3/27/2017)
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