Eat The Rich
Art by Qieer Wang Qieer Wang for NPR hide caption
Art by Qieer Wang
Qieer Wang for NPRThe summer of 2020 a lot of folks were asking this question: what should we do? The layered crises of a pandemic, unemployment, and police-sanctioned violence against Black folks left many anxiously searching for some sort of action to take. For a couple of young Black people in Vermont, their action was to try to collect a debt. What resulted was a social experiment with money, focused around a contentious topic: reparations. What happens when you demand white people give up their wealth?
Additional Information:
- My Face is Black is True by Mary Berry
- Freedom Dreams by Robin DG Kelley
- Face Value by Michael O'Malley
- From Here to Equality by William A. Darity and Kirsten Mullen
- The Color of Money by Mehrsa Baradaran
- "The Case for Reparations" by Ta-Nehisi Coate
While the list we discuss in the episode is no longer active, the group who started it has since formed a non-profit to extend their community work - if you're interested in learning more, follow them on Instagram @wovencollectivevt.
Special thanks to the following musicians:
- Infinity Knives (theme music and custom compositions)
- Connor Lafitte
- Connor Moore of CMoore Sounds
- William Cashion
- Arts the Beatdoctor
- Solxis
- Firephly
- Physical Fitness