A Culture of Silence
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio are joined by Pam Campos-Palma, senior political strategist at the Working Families Party, and Gina Peréz, cultural anthropologist and professor at Oberlin College to dig deep into the case of Vanessa Guillen, and the issues of sexual assault, structural racism and a culture of impunity in the U.S. Military. They discuss the military's history of recruitment in Latino communities, and how Latina servicewomen have led the fight for justice by reclaiming their stories. ITT Staff Picks: - In an article for Luz Collective, Sarah M. Vasquez speaks with guest Pam Campos-Palma and other Latinx veterans about the significance of the #IAmVanessaGuillen campaign for their communities. - A fierce athlete, a vibrant daughter and older sister in an immigrant family, a story that mobilized the country. This Houston Chronicle profile narrates the life of Vanessa Guillén through the eyes of her family and community. - In a lecture at the Oberlin College Library, this week's guest Prof. Gina Pérez speaks about the findings of her ethnographic research from her book Citizen, Student, Soldier: Latina/o Youth, JROTC, and the American Dream Photo Credit: Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool
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| 0:35.8 | My dear ITT listener, |
| 0:37.8 | how are you? |
| 0:38.8 | It's Maria Ingohosa here. |
| 0:40.8 | And it's Julio de Calovare, right here. |
| 0:42.8 | So we're coming off of a July 4th weekend. |
| 0:45.8 | And we decided that we're going to share one of our favorite episodes |
| 0:50.8 | from 2020. |
| 0:51.8 | That's really super powerful. |
| 0:52.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:53.8 | It's about militarization in this country and how the military recruitment targets specifically |
| 0:59.8 | POC communities, particularly Black Americans, Latinos, also very high in the Pacific Islander |
| 1:06.8 | community. |
| 1:07.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:08.8 | Guam. |
| 1:09.8 | So this particular episode is going to focus on the case of Vanessa Yinn, who was a soldier |
| 1:14.3 | in the US Army at Fourth Hood in Kaleen, Texas. |
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