#449 - Solidarity and Actor Utkarsh Ambudkar

This Week in Marvel

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4.2 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

First and foremost, This Week In Marvel would like to acknowledge the current state of unrest in the United States, and to express our commitment to solidarity with the Black community. In addition to the latest Marvel news, this week's episode features a statement of support from Ryan, Lorraine, and James, an honest conversation with rapper/actor Utkarsh Ambudkar, and hope for the future as the hosts discuss the Marvel women of color heroes who inspire them. There are many resources to read, watch, and listen that educate about racism and advocacy. Below are suggestions provided by Ryan, Lorraine, and James for organizations to support and further listening: Organizations: My Brother's Keeper Alliance: https://www.obama.org/donate/ The Pan African Film Festival: https://www.paff.org/donate/ Unidos US: https://www.unidosus.org/ways-to-give/form?utm_source=homepage-unidosus&utm_medium=header-desktop&utm_campaign=institutional Podcasts: Seeing White: https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/ United States of Anxiety: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello True Believers. I'm Ryan Panagos aka Agent M. I'm Lorraine Sink. This is James
0:07.3	Mark Igohart aka JMI. And you are listening to this week in Marvel. Now
0:12.1	given the current state of events in the United States we
0:14.9	wanted to take a step back and acknowledge what is happening in the world and in everyone's
0:20.5	lives at present. We are horrified by the recent killing of George Floyd
0:24.9	and the continued violence being carried out against protesters around the
0:28.8	world. All of us at this week in Marvel and Marvel as a whole recognize that there is a long
0:35.1	history of racism and acts of violence against black and brown people that have
0:39.5	led to this moment. As police violence and protests seeking justice continue to unfold, we just really
0:46.6	think it's important to speak up.
0:48.4	Now, let us be clear.
0:50.9	We stand for inclusion and we stand against racism and white supremacy.
0:57.0	We stand with our fellow black employees, storytellers and creators and we stand with the entire black community because black lives matter.
1:08.0	So what can we do?
1:10.0	What can three of us do?
1:11.7	What can everybody listening do?
1:13.0	Well, one thing is to donate.
1:16.0	Disney, who is our parent company, has pledged to donate $5 million to nonprofit organizations that advance social justice.
1:24.7	And so we're looking at some of the places that Disney supports and some of the places that mean
1:31.0	something to us individually. And I know each of us has connections to
1:35.8	some of those organizations? One of the ones that I wanted to put up there was
1:40.3	my brother's Keepers Alliance. It was started by Barack Obama and it's a really
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