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What is Racial Passing?

What is Racial Passing?

Season 2 Episode 12
10:06
Why are Patriotic Songs All the Same?

Why are Patriotic Songs All the Same?

Season 2 Episode 13
12:36
Why Do We Have Hobbies?

Why Do We Have Hobbies?

Season 2 Episode 14
9:06
Why Do Schools Teach Sex Education?

Why Do Schools Teach Sex Education?

Season 2 Episode 15
11:04
Why Are We Obsessed with Cults?

Why Are We Obsessed with Cults?

Season 2 Episode 16
10:52
Why Do We Have Private Prisons?

Why Do We Have Private Prisons?

Season 2 Episode 17
10:11
Why Does the Government Pay for Art?

Why Does the Government Pay for Art?

Season 2 Episode 18
10:39
Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?

Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?

Season 2 Episode 19
12:14
Why Do We Have Housing Projects?

Why Do We Have Housing Projects?

Season 2 Episode 20
11:23
Do We Still Need Libraries?

Do We Still Need Libraries?

Season 2 Episode 21
13:12
Why Do We Go to Prom?

Why Do We Go to Prom?

Season 2 Episode 22
11:01
Why Did We Plant a Flag on the Moon?

Why Did We Plant a Flag on the Moon?

Season 2 Episode 23
10:07
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Origin of Everything

What is Ethnicity?

Season 2 Episode 11

What's the difference between race and ethnicity? Can a person have more than one ethnic identity? Today Danielle explores the history and evolution of different ethnicities that make up America.

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Why Do We Drink Milk in School?
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9:42
Why does the government care about race?
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8:37
How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?
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10:49
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9:16
When did makeup ads become less about beauty and more about science?
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8:05
When did tattoos shift from counterculture to mainstream?
Why Is There a Minimum Wage?
9:10
Why does the Minimum Wage exist at all?
The Origin of Gender
8:39
Why do we think there are only two genders? And how are sex and gender different?
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8:00
Why did humans start domesticating animals as pets and not livestock?
Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?
6:46
What do the Great Depression and farm subsidies have to do with eating popcorn at movies?
Why Was Crossdressing Illegal?
7:23
Why was it illegal for women to wear men’s clothing and for men to wear women’s clothing?
Six Historically True Facts about Money
11:11
How did money come to be such a driving force of modern life?
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