Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Desire, Fortune, Hope, Prosperity are the names of the first four slave ships to leave US shipyards. They are also the four foundations of American statehood, economy and politics. Jeffery Robinson, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer and founder of the Who We Are project documenting the history of racial prejudice and violence against African Americans, reminds audiences that the United States is a country built for centuries on white supremacy, systemic hatred against African Americans and an economy of ruthless exploitation of minorities. Who We Are is a recording of a lecture given by Robinson in 2018 supplemented with a record of his journey in the footsteps of American racism: from the motel in Memphis, where Martin Luther King was murdered, through the museum of slavery, to the places where Confederate monuments still stand. Passionate, full of bitterness, but also energy and hope for a different future, this is a must-see history lesson.