#SundayCivics
#SundayCivics
L. Joy Williams
Building An Economy Worthy of Us
1 seconds Posted Jun 21, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
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L. Joy is back under the glow of the porch light as she continues reimagining democracy in this series. This time she is focusing our attention on the economy. She cites Rev. James Lawson’s description of the economic system as “plantation capitalism,” giving us a lesson that takes us from the seizure of Indigenous land to chattel slavery, to Jim Crow, and the present-day economic order that continues to treat human beings as units of labor for profit instead of people with dignity. She then brings Saqib Bhatti to the front of the class to dive even further into our economic condition.