Revolution 2.0

(N. B. With video coming in a few weeks, this space will become more and more of a summary, pointing to both the audio podcasts and the videos.) Introduction: A University of Michigan music professor is facing backlash after showing the 1965 film “Othello” with star Laurence Olivier in blackface. President Joe Biden issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus toward an appreciation of native peoples. Sanitizing, well, rewriting, history is deeply wrong and will lead nowhere but to the destructive–and intended–results. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing: 1984 Super Bowl.  “Professor Sheng’s actions do not align with our school’s commitment to anti-racist action, diversity, equity and inclusion,” David Gier,  dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, said last week, adding that Sheng has bee