What if the racial divisions we see today make more sense when we understand the history we were never fully taught? In this episode of From Dirt We Grow, we continue with part 4 of the conversations we avoid series with the topic of the racial divide so prominent in society.

Before we can have progressive discourse about the subject, we need to be properly informed with the facts. Not the white-washed, selective history that's often taught in schools across America, but going beyond slavery and asking what happened afterward is an important piece of the puzzle that matters more to understanding how we got here. From Jim Crow and segregation to redlining, housing, education, healthcare, banking, employment, and the criminal justice system, this episode looks at how inequality can become embedded in systems—and how the effects of history can continue across generations.

We’ll also talk about white privilege, inherited advantage, personal responsibility, unconscious bias, and the assumptions people can bring into positions of authority. This is a conversation about what we inherited.

Truth and understanding go a long way toward breaking the barriers kept in place to keep us divided. Because united we stand, divided we fall.

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*intro/outro audio: The Plot Thickens by Joshua Spacht

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