”Black and White”

Jennie's address on Sunday was "Black and white" - about (racial) inequality and how it can so easily become culturally entrenched.

Jenny refers to Thomas Piketty's "The Brief History of Equality" - that there are reasons for us to be optimistic that we are moving towards global Equality and Justice. But oh, how slowly!

As an example of how racism can become so easily entrenched, Jennie discusses the racial assumptions underlying "Golliwoggs" - at a time when Afro-Americans were caricatured by the toy - but "had neither the motivation and the confidence to object to the design". There were even "white guys (minstrels) impersonating black guys" to make money. To further entrench the racism, the minstrel became a toy - a Golliwogg - and even a trademark!
Listen on for Jennie's exploration of this"trough" in our journey toward racial equality and justice. Picketty - an optimist? Listen on!