african-americans access to public goods, like public pools. and in the years that followed, the public goods themselves garnered less investment. economist robert reich writes, since the 1970s, almost all the growth from the gains have gone to the top, but as the rich begin shifting to private institutions, they withdrew political support for public ones. in consequence, their marginal tax rates dropped, setting off a vicious cycle of diminishing revenues and deteriorating quality, spurring more flight from public institutions. jeff wolettes, who is the author of the book contested waters: a social history of swimming pools in america explains, when black americans gained equal access to municipal pools, white swimmers generally abandoned them for private pools, and cities downgraded the importance of public pools. 50 right after the civil rights act, the struggle is not just about getting access to the pool for some, it s about keeping the pool open for all. with me at the table, j
and it also says, hey, look, i get to define, what she s saying, i get to define my space for me and for us and my argument. it is not being told to me as to what is worse, racism in her words. right, and it does feel to me like critically important, the assertion of that voice, right? to just kind of stand in this space and say, you know what, us, too, right? but on the other hand, as you pointed out, jeff, the question is then who also gets silenced. so we ve got more to say on this. and brittiney, we ll be talking about something that s been happening during the show, which is black twitter. a little bit on the funny side of black twitter, and it s an actual thing. i didn t just make that up. it s a thing. when folks in the lower 48 think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america.