Code Switch: A Decade Of Watching Black People Die

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🗓️ 6 June 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The last few weeks have been filled with devastating news — stories about the police killing black people. So today, we're turning the mic over to our colleagues at NPR's Code Switch. Now, as always, they're doing really important work covering race and identity in the United States. In this episode, they spoke with Jamil Smith, who wrote the essay "What Does Seeing Black Men Die Do For You?" for The New Republic. Thank you for listening.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, Maddie Sifai here, and I'm Emily Kwong.
0:02.8	Bringing you a recent episode from our colleagues at NPR's Code Switch,
0:07.0	a podcast which has been reporting on race and identity in America for four years this May.
0:13.2	And they marked that anniversary with an episode about how all that's going on right now
0:18.0	is not new to them, not the protests over racial injustice,
0:22.4	nor the outpouring of grief over violence against black people.
0:26.4	So today we are turning it over to Jean Dumbie and Shireen Marisol Maraji,
0:31.2	the host of Code Switch to put what's going on right now into historical context.
0:36.6	We promise you are in good hands with them.
0:39.3	Okay, here's their episode.
0:41.2	Just a heads up this episode contains language and content that may be disturbing to some listeners.
0:46.6	I'm Jean Dumbie.
0:47.6	I'm Shireen Marisol Maraji, and this is Code Switch.
0:51.6	From NPR.
0:53.1	The family of a Kentucky woman shot and killed by police is demanding answers.
0:57.6	The former cop and his son both white are accused of killing the unarmed black man.
1:02.0	We begin with the breaking news from Minneapolis.
1:04.4	Violent protests raged for a second straight night following the death of George Floyd
1:10.2	after being arrested by a Minneapolis police officer.
1:13.3	Last night protesters turned their attention to the city's third police precinct.
1:18.9	The last few weeks have been filled with devastating news.
1:22.8	Stories about police killing black people.
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