3. Jan 6th: An American Story - America In Black and White
PART 3: The investigators take us deep inside to reveal how race touched every piece of the January 6th investigation. Their perspective is necessary to show how ethnic identities still define so much of how this nation operates. Stephanie Jones, who was an editor on the January 6th report and daughter of one of the leads on the Kerner Commission of the 1960s, provides historical context on how the government does – and doesn’t – address structural racism
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Show Notes
By now, the story of what happened on January 6 2021 is seared into the public psyche. But there is still an untold story.
Many of the investigators and team leads on the January 6th Committee were people of color. In this podcast, we bring you the story of their leadership, and why their mix of lived experience as descendents of enslaved people; children of immigrants; or immigrants themselves deeply shaped the committee’s quest to protect and uphold a multiracial pluralistic democracy.
The story they tell about the inner workings of the committee also reveal deep rifts over the role of race and Christian Nationalism in the insurrection, and how much of that inquiry should be told while proving former President Trump’s role in the insurrection.
As America winds up with endless court cases over the former President and his alleged co-conspirators, it is also, arguably winding up for an increase in domestic violent extremism. In “January 6th: An American Story,” we show – through the investigators of color and lawmakers helping lead the committee – that January 6th is not over, and the ways we continue to make sense of its reverberations could save – or imperil – us all.
The story of January 6 is an American Story.
It just might be different from the one you thought you knew.