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Podcast: The C.O.W.S.
Episode: The C.O.W.S. Essie Mae Washington-Williams’ Dear Senator Part 2 #DeadBeatWhiteDad
Description: The Context of White Supremacy hosts the second study session on Essie Mae Washington-Williams' Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond. **Unfortunately, a tech issue caused distortion in Gus's audio during the middle portion of the broadcast. The problem was corrected before the end of the program.** Gus was really excited to read a different book, but then Dr. J. Russell Hawkins made some likely Racist commentary about not knowing that Senator Thurmond raped a black child and omitting this sexual deviance from his book. Dr. Hawkins mentions Sen. Thurmond throughout his book, documenting the countless letters...