FDR3350 Let’s Talk About Race Relations - Call In Show - July 13th, 2016

Question 1: [1:41] – “I'd like to ask Stefan on his view on the runaway hit musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. I have a split opinion on the show. On one hand I'm a big fan. I love the music and am in awe of the artistic brilliance of Miranda, who composed, wrote and starred in the show. A great achievement. There's no denying that.”“On the other hand Miranda chose to cast a racially mixed group to portray the founding fathers, and he chose to use hip-hop, to express the struggle and energy of the American revolution of 1776. Those are viable artistic decisions ... but they're a little bit too PC for me. The founding fathers were straight, white men after all. And to portray them in another way seems wrong to me. It's re-writing history in a PC way. Should you cast a black George Washington - who was a wealthy slave owner himself?”“Regarding the recent trend for political correctness in art and entertainment. How would the black community react, if Malcolm X or Martin Luther King were cast as white guys? It would be an outrage. But to cast a black George Washington and Thomas Jefferson is the hip thing to do. I don't agree.”Question 2: [43:00] – “What is the state of black and white relations after the Alton Sterling and Philando Castile shootings? Is there a war between whites and blacks or police and blacks? When will black community feel the backlash of constantly verbally abusing white people? Is it already happening?”Question 3: [1:44:41] - "I've listened to a few shows where Stefan talks about hypergamy and understand why it's part of our social fabric. As a woman, I'm wondering if hypergamy is rationally or scientifically correlated to feelings of sexual desire and arousal. Does a man with more money, education, and status elicit a stronger sexual desire from a woman that lasts past the initial lust phase?”Question 4: [2:46:50] - "Last we spoke, I proudly took on the badge of honor for speaking the truth in a time where lies and hatred is profitable. I tried talking sense into my family and friends but they've all rejected me with irrational ideals based purely on emotions and no facts. They call me a disgrace to my own race and my black friends reject everything I say by repeating ‘you're not black, you're an uncle tom and whites are only tolerating your kind for now.’”“I've lost a great sense of hope and optimism in society. I feel that we are on a path of self-destruction on a level we have not seen for a long time... How else can I get through to them when they refuse to look at facts?"Freedomain Radio is 100% funded by viewers like you. Please support the show by signing up for a monthly subscription or making a one time donation at: http://www.freedomainradio.com/donate