Learned how much I didn’t know about Affirmative Action
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“I thought I understood Affirmative Action. This illuminating series from Uncommon Law showed me how much I had to learn and, even better, answered questions I wasn’t even aware I should be asking. And I grew up in the segregated South, experiencing school integration in action from third grade on.
In a marked departure from regular newscasts (thank you!), the host doesn’t just fly through a preplanned list of questions but actually followed up on Ed Blum’s responses and posed questions I would have wanted him to ask. The result was that a got a much clearer understanding of Blum’s thought process and motivation. In fact, hang on past the credits for a question—and thoroughly unexpected answer from Blum. It’s a wow moment that virtually turns everything else Blum has said on end.
There are many points in the podcast that really brought to the forefront for me the facts of the case the current court is facing. Particularly memorable (maybe “chilling” is a better word) was the juxtaposition of Sandra Day O’Connor’s words in 2003, that in 25 years the US might no longer need affirmative action, with harrowing audio from the reporting following George Floyd’s murder. It was an effective means of illustrating how far we have not come since the Supreme Court decisions of 2003 upheld the earlier Bakke decision.
I really like that this wasn’t just a “tip-of-the-iceberg” report—that someone had done all the legwork and sifted through (what appear to be) mountains of Supreme Court documents and recordings so I didn’t have to. If future series are as thoroughly researched and reported as this one, Uncommon Law will have earned a place on my must-listen podcast list.”
mainely concerned via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/16/23
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“The best podcast I’ve found about commercial beekeeping. Well produced and great mix of commercial beekeepers, apiarists, and scientists.”
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United States of America ·
07/16/20
“This podcast seems to specialize in the life changing yet rarely covered issues in the world of law, but don’t let that scare you. Uncommon Law is both approachable and entertaining, while also remind us why to be ignorant of the law is to be like a bird without knowledge of the wind.”
MattLed via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/25/23
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