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Citizen Thind (Seeing White, Part 10)

Citizen Thind (Seeing White, Part 10)

FromScene on Radio


Citizen Thind (Seeing White, Part 10)

FromScene on Radio

ratings:
Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jun 14, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The story of Bhagat Singh Thind, and also of Takao Ozawa – Asian immigrants who, in the 1920s, sought to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that they were white in order to gain American citizenship. Thind’s “bargain with white supremacy,” and the deeply revealing results.
Released:
Jun 14, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Scene on Radio is a Peabody-nominated podcast that dives deeply into issues central to American society, exploring who we were and who we are. Recent many-part series include Seeing White, looking at the roots and meaning of white supremacy, and *MEN, *exploring the past and present of sexism and patriarchy. Produced and hosted by John Biewen, Scene on Radio comes from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University (CDS) and is distributed by PRX.