#78: It's Not Activism, It's Journalism
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2017
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Joy Reid, the host of AM Joy on MSNBC, has been called biased or even activist, but in the age of Trump, what do terms like that really mean? And do journalists of color have unique responsibilities to stand up right now? Hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela lead a discussion with Joy Reid. Plus, a conversation about what's been missing in the coverage of Hurricane Irma. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of In The Thick is brought to you by Hello Fresh. |
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| 0:10.7 | When we as people of color try to explain this history to white America, they take it as an accusation against them personally. |
| 0:17.0 | This idea that we are the servile class, that we are a second class of American, cannot ever be made normal, and we have to tell our kids that. |
| 0:24.6 | Hey welcome to In The Thick. |
| 0:29.3 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:33.2 | I am Maria Ina Hosa. |
| 0:35.2 | And I'm Joyo Rico-Barela. |
| 0:36.2 | And today Joy Ann Reed from MS NBC, AM Joy Show, is in our studio. |
| 0:42.5 | So excited to be here. |
| 0:44.6 | We're so happy here here. |
| 0:46.9 | In our little immigrant studio. |
| 0:47.9 | Okay, so, which is the most adorable studio I've ever seen? |
| 0:51.0 | It's cozy. |
| 0:52.0 | It's intimate. I love it. So I love that we're kind of laughing. |
| 0:55.8 | Again, we're going to start talking about some stuff that is a little bit more challenging. |
| 1:00.9 | Sunday afternoon, Hurricane Irma, or as I would say Hurricane Irma made |
| 1:06.0 | landfall on the west coast of Florida near Naples leading to a reported |
| 1:10.9 | right now for deaths in Florida. |
| 1:13.2 | Right, and today we want to focus on the people in the path of the hurricane who have been |
| 1:17.4 | covered less by the media. |
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