#67: Suspect Is a White Male
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2017
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
After the Virginia shooting, the media was quick to humanize the shooter, who was a white, male, Bernie supporter. Obviously, this isn’t how it always goes down.
So, when is violence just about the action, and when is it about the identity of the perpetrator? And how much should identity and politics matter when it comes to violence?
Host Julio Ricardo Varela leads a discussion on this and more with Farah Stockman, reporter for the New York Times and Marcela Garcia, editorial writer for the Boston Globe and co-host of the new weekend edition of WGBH’s Boston Public Radio.
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| 0:00.0 | I remember a lot of the media at that time was focusing on the victims. I was like, |
| 0:04.0 | no, the question is the police officers and what is their life experience? |
| 0:08.0 | Do they have a friend who looks like Philano Kistu. |
| 0:11.0 | O'Connor? looks like Philano Kistu. Hey, welcome to The Thicke a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:19.4 | I'm Julio Riccolo Barella, hosting solo this week while my co-hosts Maria N'osa is on a |
| 0:24.9 | reporting trip in El Paso. Joining me here in Boston is Farris Stockman |
| 0:31.5 | reporter for the New York Times. |
| 0:33.2 | Welcome back, Farah. |
| 0:34.5 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:35.8 | And also here with us in Boston is Marcella Garcia, |
| 0:39.2 | editorial writer for the Boston Globe and co-host |
| 0:42.0 | of the new weekend edition of WGBH's Boston Public Radio. |
| 0:45.8 | Hello Marcella. |
| 0:47.0 | Hi, Julia, thank you for having me. |
| 0:48.7 | It's always a pleasure to have my Boston crew. |
| 0:52.4 | Today we're focusing on different types of violence, right, that have |
| 0:55.3 | occurred over the last week. And we're going to try to do this with this overarching question. |
| 1:01.2 | When is violence just about the action and when is it about the |
| 1:06.1 | identity of the actor? All right so let's start this conversation by turning to |
| 1:10.3 | London on Sunday night a white man drove into a group of worshippers |
| 1:14.1 | exiting a mosque after prayer. One person is dead and eight were taken to the |
| 1:17.5 | hospital after the attack which is being investigated as suspected terrorism. |
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