Episodes

Episode 9 examines the Kerner Commission's 1968 warning that America was splitting into two societies — wealthy suburbs and impoverished, predominantly Black inner cities. Connie Morris reviews how missed investments in housi...

Connie Morris examines the Kerner Commission's findings on how 1967 media coverage distorted Black uprisings by focusing on violence and fear while ignoring causes like racism, poverty, and housing discrimination. She explore...

In episode 7, Connie Morris examines the Kerner Commission's findings on the 1967 uprisings, detailing mass arrests, emergency courts, and how the legal system punished Black communities while excusing white violence. She exp...

Connie Morris revisits the Kerner Commission’s 1968 findings on policing in Black neighborhoods: police encounters that sparked unrest, abusive tactics that symbolized white authority, and the escalation of force that deepene...

Episode 5 of The Morris Perspective explores the Kerner Commission's on-the-ground findings about life inside Black ghettos: widespread unemployment, strained families, overcrowded and unsafe housing, and chronically underfun...

Host Connie Morris examines how federal policies, redlining, restrictive covenants, white flight, and urban renewal deliberately created and maintained the ghetto, trapping Black families in poverty and blocking access to wea...

Host Connie Morris explores the Kerner Commission's findings on the 1967 uprisings, revealing how systemic racism, redlining, segregation, unemployment, failing schools, and police brutality created modern ghettos and fueled ...

Host Connie Morris examines the Kerner Commission's investigations into the 1967 uprisings in Detroit, Newark, Tampa, Cincinnati, and Atlanta, revealing a clear pattern behind the unrest. The episode details police-triggered ...

Connie Morris examines how mass incarceration became America’s answer to the Kerner Commission—tracing the explosive growth of prisons, the policies that fueled racial disparities, and the human cost to families and communiti...

Host Connie Morris introduces a season-long deep dive into the 1968 Kerner Commission Report, exploring the 1967 uprisings, the commission's finding that America was becoming "two societies, one black, one white, separate and...

In this closing episode of the "Fire Still Burning" series, Connie Morris summarizes Elizabeth Hinton's American on Fire, tracing the continuous pattern of rebellion from the 1960s to 2020 and showing how structural injustice...

In Episode 11 of The Morris Perspective, host Connie Morris examines chapter 10 of Elizabeth Hinton’s America on Fire to reveal how "reform" became a tool for preserving, not fixing, systems of oppression. Through historical ...

In episode 10, host Connie Morris examines Chapter 9 of Elizabeth Hinton's American on Fire, revealing how 1970s federal proposals for youth programs, housing, and community-centered safety were rejected and replaced with pun...

Host Connie Morris breaks down Chapter 8 of Elizabeth Hinton’s America on Fire, exposing how the U.S. criminal legal system was designed to control rebellion and manage populations rather than deliver justice. The episode tra...

In this episode Connie Morris examines Chapter 7 of Elizabeth Hinton's America on Fire, "The Commissions," showing how federal investigations like the Kerner Commission exposed police brutality, segregation, and economic ineq...

Host Connie Morris explores chapter six of Elizabeth Hinton's American on Fire, revealing how student protests for real education, Black teachers, and dignity were met with policing, arrests, and surveillance. The episode con...

Episode 6 examines Elizabeth Hinton’s “The Poisonous Tree,” showing how poverty, segregation, underfunding, and aggressive policing poisoned communities and produced youth rebellion as a predictable response. Using historical...

Episode 5 of The Morris Perspective explores Elizabeth Hinton's "The Snipers" (America on Fire), revealing how a false sniper narrative was used to justify militarized policing, destroy neighborhoods, and silence Black commun...

Episode 3 examines how post‑World War II public housing was racialized and transformed into zones of surveillance and containment, concentrating poverty while being presented as support. Host Connie Morris uses Elizabeth Hint...

Host Connie Morris examines Elizabeth Hinton’s chapter "The Cycle," tracing how policing, government crackdowns, and federal funding created a repeating loop of violence and rebellion from the 1960s to Ferguson and beyond. Wi...

Host Connie Morris launches a new series, Unequal by Design, using Elizabeth Hinton's America on Fire to trace how police violence and deliberate policy created a pattern of rebellion across decades. The episode reframes so-c...

Welcome to the Morris Perspective Podcast, hosted by Connie Morris, where we delve into the challenging and often uncomfortable realities of representation. In this eye-opening episode, titled "When Representation Replicates ...

Welcome to another enlightening episode of the Morris Perspective, hosted by Connie Morris. In episode eight of our 'Unequal Design' series, we dismantle the myth of 'superior genes' and explore the real science behind geneti...

Welcome to episode seven of Unequal by Design, titled "Hair, Skin, and the DNA of Disrespect." Join host Connie Morris as she delves into the societal policing and cultural misappropriation of Black features. From historical ...