In this episode of Chats with Chet, Denise opens the door for Chet to give an eye-opening account about the reality of how the Black population has been affected by systemic racism here in Racine, and why he agrees – to a degree – with some of the “typical Black” stereotypes. Listen in… Chats with […]
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By Denise Lockwood
Email: denise@racinecountyeye.com
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Chats with Chet: Ep. 2 White privilege: what Chet wants you to know
This episode of Chats with Chet tackles “that white privilege thing,” as he calls it. When you grow up in a country that was not designed for your race, life is very different than what the rest of the country’s citizens experience. Listen in today to learn how a life of exclusion and discrimination led […]
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Chats with Chet, Ep. 1: There’s no dust on my knees
Welcome to Chats with Chet. The grandson of a sharecropper, Chester Todd, 80, moved to Racine, Wisconsin in 1951 at the age of 9 years old from Mayfield, Kentucky. Racism was blatant back then. But the emotional trauma of being treated as “other” never left him. In fact, those lessons of survival — the dos […]
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Trailer Chats with Chet
Chet Todd and I met several years ago when I did a series about racism in Racine, Wisconsin — the second-worst place in the country for Black people to live. Over the years, we’ve become good friends. Sometimes we talk on the phone for over an hour about Racine; how the community struggles with systemic […]
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Chats with Chet
Chet Todd and I met several years ago when I did a series about racism in Racine, Wisconsin. Over the years, we’ve become good friends. Sometimes we talk on the phone for over an hour about Racine; how the community struggles with systemic racism and how Racine is starting to recognize its role in correcting […]