Choose Your Fight

Pod Save the People

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.7 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

DeRay, Myles, De'Ara and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including accountability for celebrities and online harassment, the predatory nature of the parent plus loan, single mothers forced to reveal sexual histories or forfeit welfare benefits and a case for leaving America to escape racism.

News:

Myles https://www.thedailybeast.com/nicki-minaj-fans-came-for-youtuber-kimberly-nicole-foster-so-shes-suing-them

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axq5b/can-you-sue-nicki-minaj-stans-for-harassment

De’Ara https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/09/26/case-leaving-america-escape-racism/?request-id=ae2e66c2-489f-41ca-bda8-31ddb9ce5f48&pml=1

Kaya https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/17/your-money/parent-plus-loans.html?searchResultPosition=3

DeRay https://www.propublica.org/article/to-get-public-assistance-these-single-mothers-are-forced-to-share-intimate-details-about-their-families?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Dere.
0:05.0	I'm welcome to positive to people in this episode, it's me, DR Kaya Miles talking about
0:10.1	the under-apported news regarding race and social justice in the past week.
0:15.0	We talk about accountability with online harassment, the predatory nature of the parent plus
0:19.5	alone, single mothers forced to reveal sexual histories or forfeit welfare benefits and other
0:25.2	things.
0:26.2	There's a lot going on this week, probably news that you didn't know in the national conversation
0:30.1	venues that you should know.
0:31.6	Here we go.
0:33.4	My advice for this week is, you know, people often say pick your battles, but it's really,
0:37.4	my father's always say, figure out who you're sending into the battle and sometimes you just
0:43.2	don't need your general for every battle.
0:45.9	Sometimes you can send private, sometimes you can send caramel and not a tough conversation
0:50.8	recently and I was so used to sending the general and I'm so used to fighting hard.
0:55.7	And this conversation was like, you know what, we just didn't need to fight to the nail
0:59.6	about it.
1:00.6	We could go back and forth and we could disagree, but I didn't need to go because it's blazing
1:05.6	like I'm used to.
1:06.6	So I'd say, think through who you send to the battle.
1:11.1	Here we go.
1:14.1	Family, welcome to another episode of Pod Save the People, IMDR a Ballinger.
1:18.4	You can find me on Instagram and Twitter at DR a Ballinger.
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