#28: Of Taco Trucks and American Flags
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2016
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Last week, Donald Trump visited Mexico and an African-American church in Detroit, but was he really addressing people of color, or were these speeches simply dog whistles designed to show white voters that he that he connects with communities of color? Also, quarterback Colin Kaepernick continues to silently protest the National Anthem. We ask: “What does the American flag really mean?”
Maria Hinojosa leads a discussion with Jamil Smith, Senior National Correspondent at MTV News, Jamilah King, Senior Staff Writer at Mic, and Julio Ricardo Varela, Political Editor at the Futuro Media Group.
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| 0:00.0 | The flag is a wonderful device to express your views about America, |
| 0:05.0 | whether you burn it, whether you fly it, whether you wear it. |
| 0:08.0 | It's a device around which we can create conversation. |
| 0:11.0 | Conversation that needs to be had. |
| 0:13.0 | Hey, welcome to In Thethick. |
| 0:17.0 | This is a podcast about politics and the diverse perspective of a dynamic and change in America |
| 0:22.0 | and I'm your host, Marianne |
| 0:23.0 | and it's great to be back with you guys in the studio. |
| 0:26.5 | Here we are in September. |
| 0:28.2 | And so in our Harlem studio is Jamil Smith. |
| 0:31.0 | He's a senior national correspondent at MTV News. Welcome back, Jamilah Smith. He's a senior national correspondent at MTV News. |
| 0:33.7 | Welcome back Jamil. Hello. Hello. |
| 0:36.5 | And also joining us for the first time is Jamila King. She's a senior staff writer at |
| 0:40.3 | Mike. Hey Jamila. |
| 0:41.3 | Hello. Welcome. |
| 0:42.8 | And joining us from Boston is Julio Ricardo Barella. |
| 0:46.5 | He's the political editor here at the Futuro media group. |
| 0:48.6 | Hey Julio. |
| 0:49.3 | Hey Julio. |
| 0:49.9 | Welcome back from vacation. |
| 0:51.0 | All right, speaking of vacation, we took a week off, but my God, what a week to take off? |
| 0:57.6 | Kind of brilliant political move on Trump's part to take the slowest newsweek ever and make it into like and crazy but you know they say that the |
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