3 chapters across the catalog
April Rainn discusses the importance of having marginalized people in the Academy to view films through a different lens. However, the hosts argue that corporate diversity initiatives often become a "homogenous catch-all" that fails to address the specific needs of individual groups while keeping the C-suite unchanged.
The hosts break down Girard's three groups: the Model (elites), the Rival (masses), and the Ritual Victim (marginalized). They argue that the system encourages the Rival to mimic the Model, leading to competition and violence that is eventually deflected onto the Ritual Victim. Mo Facts suggests that even successful black men like LeBron James must present themselves as "victims" to function within this social fabric.
The debate over "racist math" continues with a focus on how statistics have historically been used for "scientific racism." The hosts argue that statistics are often manipulated with variables to achieve desired outcomes, citing the failure of 2016 election polling as evidence of statistical unreliability.
