Jun 29, 2022
Can we move away from caste to create a more equitable society? How do we understand racism by looking at caste and class?
Pull up a seat and join us for a special roundtable episode with the Lagralane Team.
Using the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson as a source of exploration, we help define what caste is, and discuss how race has become the basis of our caste system in the United States. We also talk about how caste affects each of us personally – and what we can do to bring about meaningful change.
Through the lens of our multi-ethnic and multi-generational Lagralane Team, we seek to answer the question: can we move away from caste to create a more equitable society?
How can we be the guardians of truth?
Our team has a myriad of perspectives rooted in being adopted, Black, Asian, White, mixed-race, male, female, fluid and beyond … we are representative of America and we have also lived the experiences presented in Caste. We know first-hand that we’re all living in a time of discontent created by generations before us. While sipping The Comeuppance cocktail, knowing the task before us is huge, we also ask how can we make change? How can we live today so that healing can begin for so many? How do we share the task of being guardians of truth?
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Cheers … and Please Drink Responsibly!
Links:
Guests:
The Lagralane Team
(in alphabetical order)
Peppur Chambers-Soraci -
https://www.instagram.com/peppurthehotone/
AJ Dinsmore -
https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/Amanda-Joy-Dinsmore https://www.instagram.com/aj.dinsmore
Courtney Oliphant -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-oliphant-6546818a/
https://www.instagram.com/cori_anne92/?hl=en,
Matthew Soraci -
https://www.facebook.com/matthew.soraci
Mentions:
Caste:The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653196/caste-oprahs-book-club-by-isabel-wilkerson/
The Gilded Age
https://www.hbo.com/the-gilded-age
The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism by Rosalind S. Chou, Joe R. Feagin
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-myth-of-the-model-minority-rosalind-s-chou/1124310184
Model Minority Myth
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/what-is-the-model-minority-myth
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
by Clint Smith
https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/clint-smith/how-the-word-is-passed/9780316492935/
Belonging - Ben McBride
The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock
https://punchdrink.com/articles/tom-bollock-and-the-forgotten-legacy-of-african-american-bartenders/
https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1917-The-Ideal-Bartender-by-Tom-Bullock/IV/
Additional Links + Special thanks to:
Podcast Haven - https://thepodcasthaven.com/
Liam E. Allen (original music) - @Liamea97
Cocktail Recipe: The Comeuppance
Jason renamed the Bizzy Izzy to “The Comeuppance” to fit the conversation around Caste in this episode. Although many believe it is “un-American” to challenge hateful and hurtful tropes or to demand reparations from the past 250+ years, that is exactly what we should be doing right now.
The Bizzy Izzy is a classic drink by an African American bartender in St. Louis from 100 years ago named Tom Bullock, who included this cocktail in his book, “The Ideal Bartender.”
1oz fresh pineapple juice (Dole or fresh)
1oz sherry (Lustau)
1 oz templeton rye whiskey (Templeton)
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
¾ simple syrup
A couple dashes (or more) of angostura bitters
1 oz chilled club soda
Lemon wheel garnish
Shake and pour into a highball glass.