2 chapters across the catalog
The hosts discuss the historical "Three-Fifths Compromise" and how scientific racism was used to justify the dehumanization of Black people. They use the character Forrest Gump as a real-world example of how intelligence testing could lead to sterilization under eugenics laws. The discussion concludes with the observation that modern "cancel culture" leads to pervasive self-censorship.
Three-Fifths Compromise, Lincoln's Deportation and Colonization Plans
Author LaRon Bennett Jr. discusses Abraham Lincoln's desire to create an all-white nation through the deportation and colonization of Black people to places like Panama or Africa. The discussion also touches on the Three-Fifths Compromise, noting the irony of the South wanting to count enslaved people as full humans for political representation while maintaining their status as property.
