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Louder Than A Riot

An update on Episode 5: if you see something, say nothing

Louder Than A Riot

NPR

Music History, Music, Society & Culture, Music Interviews, True Crime

4.4 β€’ 3.1K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Louder was planning to drop a new episode this morning about a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and workplace discrimination at The Source magazine in the early 2000s. But, because of circumstances beyond our control, we need to delay it. Our next episode drops on April 27. Listen for our full statement on the status of Rule No. 5.

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, it's Sydney.

0:02.6

I know we were supposed to drop a new episode of Latter-Down the Feed this morning.

0:06.4

It was an episode about a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and workplace discrimination

0:10.9

at the source magazine.

0:12.6

A suit that happened back in the early 2000s long before the Me Too movement.

0:20.3

It was certainly a big deal and it was, I remember feeling a little bit, I guess scary is the

0:25.7

right, it felt a little bit scary.

0:27.4

Just around a burk, organizer, activist, and founder of Me Too, remembering this case.

0:34.2

Hip hop is a powerful industry and men have a lot of power inside of this industry and

0:42.4

I'm sure they have tried to wipe out.

0:44.8

Now originally, this was a straightforward story about a woman's lawsuit almost 20 years

0:49.8

ago.

0:50.8

The story we were going to bring you was about rule number five.

0:54.7

If you see something, say nothing.

0:57.4

Now that story is evolved and as it's evolved, that rule has only become more true.

1:03.5

Whether it's in the courtroom or the community, there's still structures in place that show

1:07.9

it's safer to keep quiet.

1:09.4

I think people don't understand what survivorship is, it's ongoing, right?

1:13.8

It's not just filing the case, it's not just telling the story, it's showing up every

1:18.4

single time.

1:19.8

People will forever attach you to that thing, to that decision that you made.

1:24.7

So you have to continue to live through that.

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