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🗓️ 17 July 2015

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Listening in on the national conversation about race, on Twitter and beyond. Plus, the re-release of a satirical novel about bi-racial identity, and upheaval at Reddit.

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0:00.0	And I'm not calling all white people racist because y'all not, but for the ones who want to get on my page talking about all lives matter, show me in American history where all lives have mattered.
0:13.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:16.4	Bob Garfield is away this week. I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:19.8	This week, another suspicious death in police
0:23.0	custody, another trending hashtag, Sandy Speaks. Sandra Bland often posted videos on Facebook
0:31.2	about racial justice and police brutality under the rubric Sandy Speaks. Driving to a new job at her alma mater, Prairie View
0:40.0	A&M, she reportedly failed to signal a lane change. A state trooper in Waller County, Texas,
0:47.2	pulled her over and then arrested her for allegedly assaulting him. Three days later,
0:52.8	she was found hanging in her cell. Suicide, said the
0:57.0	officials, inconceivable, said her family and friends. This is from one of her videos.
1:03.0	Show me in American history where all lives have mattered. Show me where there has been
1:08.0	liberty and justice for all.
1:17.3	White people, if all lives mattered, would there need to be a hashtag for black lives matter?
1:19.1	Think about that.
1:21.9	Just truly think about that.
1:27.7	Yes, black on black crime numbers are extremely high.
1:36.0	Yes, they are, but that is because there are uneducated people who are hell-bent on self-extermination.
1:37.4	I am not one of them.
1:39.8	I am into building up my kings and queens.
1:42.2	So for me, black lives matter.
1:45.0	And then subset All Lives Matter.
1:48.9	Take it and leave it. Sandy Speaks.
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