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Race: The Power of an Illusion

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Race: The Power of an Illusion Season 1, Episode 2: The Story We Tell

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The Story We Tell uncovers the roots of the race concept in North America, the 19th century science that legitimated it, and how it came to be held so fiercely in the western imagination. The episode is an eye-opening tale of how race served to rationalize, even justify, American social inequalities as "natural." Watch Race: The Power of an Illusion Season 1, Episode 2 The Story We Tell in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Race: The Power of an Illusion Season 1, Episode 2 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

3 episodes
Season 1
1

The Difference Between Us

The Difference Between Us examines the contemporary science - including genetics - that challenges our common sense assumptions that human beings can be bundled into three or four fundamentally different groups according to their physical traits.
2

The Story We Tell

The Story We Tell uncovers the roots of the race concept in North America, the 19th century science that legitimated it, and how it came to be held so fiercely in the western imagination. The episode is an eye-opening tale of how race served to rationalize, even justify, American social inequalities as "natural."
3

The House We Live In

The House We Live In asks, if race is not biology, what is it? This episode uncovers how race resides not in nature but in politics, economics and culture. It reveals how our social institutions "make" race by disproportionately channeling resources, power, status and wealth to white people.