Lynda Grose and Cecil Johnson
Recorded
May 18, 2022
Archived
May 18, 2022
51:42 minutes
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Id:
ddv001719
Description
One Small Step partners Lynda Grose (62) and Cecil Johnson (58) discuss their relationships to family and consider how their backgrounds have influenced their political views.Subject Log / Time Code
Lynda (L) talks about her relationship with her estranged father and the experience of losing him.
Cecil (C) compares life in New York City and in Rochester, NY.
C considers his parents, his paster, his wife, and his best friend to be his biggest influences. L shares that her mother is her biggest influence.
C describes himself as a conservative, saying he used to be a Democrat. L says she’s a Democrat and is left of center, and considers how growing up working class in Margaret Thatcher’s England shaped her political views.
C and L discuss race and class in the US and in England.
C and L talk about the differences between different political labels, and use sex education and abortion as examples.
L and C reflect on people’s engagement with the news and critical thinking.
C recalls the reactions to him becoming a Republican as a Black man.
Participants
- Lynda Grose
- Cecil Johnson