Episode 23: Say Goodbye To White Supremacy?
As Black History Month comes to a close, Andrea and Hostion take on one of the most charged and misunderstood terms in public discourse: white supremacy.
Is it only the KKK and overt racism? Or is it something far more structural, embedded in hiring practices, beauty standards, policy, and power systems?
In this episode, we unpack:
The historical foundations of white supremacy in Canada and globally
The role of systemic racism in shaping institutions
How racial hierarchies influence masculinity, belonging, and identity
Why some scholars argue we should replace the term “white supremacy” with racial empire logic
Whether racism can realistically end by 2050
Through personal reflection, historical analysis, and hopeful imagination, we explore what it means to dismantle inherited systems — and whether we are ready to build something better. This episode challenges listeners to examine not just racism as individual prejudice, but as a governing structure — and invites white Canadians in particular to confront their responsibility in dismantling it.
Episode Sources
Racial Empire Logic: A Call To Surrender the Term ‘White Supremacy’ - LinkedIn
How We Ended Racism: Realizing a New Possibility In One Generation - Book by Williams & Tygielski
Racial Science, Geopolitics, and Empires: Paradoxes of Power - The History of Science Society
The Racial Fracture - Solutions For Post Modern Living
White Supremacy and the Racial Logic of the Global Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Agenda - Third World Quarterly
White Supremacy and the Making of Anthropology - Annual review of Anthropology
Race, Empire and Epistemic Exclusion - American Sociological Association
White Supremacy: The Study of Hate - UCLA
What About White Supremacy? - Toronto Metropolitan University
A Word For White People, In Two Parts - Adrienne Maree Brown
The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Canada - And Why It’s Lasting Impact Still Matters - CBC
Estimate Number of Enslaved Africans Transported from 1501 to 1866 - Statista
Justice AI - Christian Ortiz
Quiz Sources
Race In the Canadian Census - Race & Racism: Canada’s Challenge
A Sikh Politician Just Became The First Person Of Color To Lead A Major Canadian Political Party - Huffington Post