250 - Take it to the Bridge: Cultural Views - A Conversation on Gun Violence

Be the Bridge Podcast with Latasha Morrison

Be the Bridge

Education

4.9 • 774 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

With the gun violence epidemic in our country, one brave step we can take is to have courageous conversations. This episode is part of our Take is to the Bridge series where we do a deeper dive into societal and cultural issues with the intent of exposing our listeners to opportunities for the reassessment of their own values and perspectives. Have you ever wondered about the history of gun ownership in the U.S. or of the original intent of the Second Amendment? In a time where we have more guns than people, what does a collective response to this gun idolization and violence look like? Elizabeth Behrens and Gina Fimbel join Latasha Morrison to give historical context into the gun debate. May this conversation remind us that we are all connected and allow lament and hope to foster needed change.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor, & Music - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:
“When we're able to apply that lens of history, we're able to really shift our perspective and make some more informed decisions.” -Elizabeth Behrens

“Part of racial bridge building is to be able to have vulnerable, historically informed, nuanced conversations about race and racism in America. Let's embrace that same mindset, that same sort of path forward with this debate too.” -Elizabeth Behrens

“Hope requires us to take action.” -Gina Fimbel

“We've made a mistake of thinking that military superiority is a moral superiority.” -Gina Fimbel

“My citizenship is just not tied to me, but it's collective. It's tied to other people.” -Latasha Morrison

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The Brady Plan

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Sandy Hook Promise

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Not all views expressed in this interview reflect the values and beliefs of Latasha Morrison or the Be the Bridge organization.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. If this is your first time listening or you are a regular Be the Bridge podcast listener, you're in for a treat. Today's conversation is a part of a series of conversations we call Take It to the Bridge. In our Take It to the Bridge series, we do a deeper dive into societal and cultural issues. Our intent is to expose our listeners to opportunities for the reassessment of their own values and perspectives.
0:25.8	In other words, listening, learning, leveraging, and lamenting.
0:31.5	Without further ado, let's jump into this special Take It to the Bridge episode of the Be the Bridge podcast.
0:38.1	Be the Bridge, Be the Bridge. You are listening to The Be the Bridge podcast with Latasha Morrison.
0:44.0	What are you guys doing today? It's exciting.
0:47.4	Each week, Be the Bridge podcast tackles subjects related to race and culture with the goal of bringing understanding.
0:55.0	But I'm going to do it in the spirit of love.
0:57.0	We believe understanding can move us toward racial healing, racial equity, and racial unity.
1:03.0	Latasha Morrison is the founder of Be the Bridge, which is an organization responding to racial brokenness and systemic injustice in our world.
1:12.0	This podcast is an extension of our vision to make sure people are no longer conditioned
1:16.9	by a racialized society but grounded in truth. If you have not hit the subscribe button,
1:22.3	please do so now. Without further ado, let's begin today's podcast. Oh, and stick around for some important information at the end.
1:32.8	Okay, be the bridge community, family. I have a treat for you today. I had to lean into some of my friends and colleagues that are part of the Be the Bridge community and team and staff that actually have been with me since the beginning.
1:55.5	I have Elizabeth O. Here and Gene, I'm going to let them introduce themselves, but we're going to be
2:03.7	talking about something. For many of you, it may be a little uncomfortable because it is
2:09.6	controversial, but it's something that I want to understand in a deeper way. And so I always like to go back to the beginning, to the root, to the history.
2:22.3	And we talk about that.
2:24.3	You know, in order to understand the present, we have to understand the history.
2:28.3	And that's why it's important that we do not erase history.
2:33.3	We don't have to edify history. We don't have to put history on display
2:37.7	in a memorial. But history has its place for us to understand what is happening today.
2:45.8	And as it relates to the conversation that we are having on guns and gun violence. I wanted to really look at the
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