Topic: Cbs News

A report from Harvard University's Hutchins Center reveals a long history of white supremacy being taught in American public education textbooks. Authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman are cited as having used language that dismissed people of African descent. The segment explores how the royalist political model of Europe was adapted into a color-based hierarchy in the United States to maintain power.

A CBS News report examines the "sea change" in the Latino vote, noting that while 70% supported Biden nationally, significant blocks in Florida and Arizona favored Trump. The report mentions that Republicans successfully portrayed Biden as a "socialist" to Cuban and Venezuelan exiles. The hosts note the demographic shifts in Arizona are being compared to those in Georgia.

LaTasha Brown of Black Voters Matter discusses how black voters are primarily concerned with healthcare and the coronavirus. She predicts a record turnout despite a drop in 2016. The hosts question how such massive registration and turnout were achieved during a pandemic when "ground games" and door-knocking were restricted.

The contradiction between Hollywood's glorification of drug dealers and the news media's "horror" reporting is analyzed. The CBS special 48 Hours on Crack Street is used to illustrate the media's role in creating public panic. While the news focused on the destruction of neighborhoods, it also noted that affluent professionals on Wall Street were significant consumers of the drug.

A 1967 CBS News special profiles Black families who moved from Alabama to Chicago's South Side during the Great Migration. The segment highlights the harsh reality of northern tenements and mentions the stoning of a Black child on a segregated Chicago beach, contrasting it with the more famous Emmett Till narrative.