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Podcast: The C.O.W.S.
Episode: The C. O. W. S. w/ Ben Rappaport: The Abandoned Pools of North Carolina👙🏊🏻♀️
Description: The Context of White Supremacy welcomes Ben Rappaport. A graduate of the Hussman School of Journalism & Media at UNC-Chapel Hill, Rappaport is a reporter at the Border Belt Independent. On last month’s Compensatory Call-In, Gus T. shared an audio interview where Mr. Rappaport described his investigation into the Abandoned Pools of Columbus County, North Carolina. This report resonated with many C.O.W.S. listeners and Victims of White Supremacy. There’s such a robust, global record of people classified as White laboring intensely to restrict black people’s access to pools and beaches. Racists have closed, bombed, and poured...