Disaster Capitalism and How To Fight It, with Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Mustafa Santiago Ali
Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu
WarnerMedia Podcast Network
4.8 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2017
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Kamau and Hari dive into the impact of structural and environmental racism with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (professor of African American Studies at Princeton University) and Mustafa Santiago Ali (environmental justice leader with Hip Hop Caucus). Taylor advocates for building a unified movement against racism and economic inequality. Ali explains how disasters such as Hurricane Harvey amplify injustices evident in our society. They both share what can be done about it. Listeners also tell us how they are staying politically active.
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- Mustafa Santiago Ali (@EJinAction) HipHopCaucus.Org
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| 0:00.0 | To call Trump a sexist racist megalomaniac is really section D news. |
| 0:07.0 | This is not headline material. |
| 0:11.0 | From topic and air wolf, this is politically reacting. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm W. Kamaubeau. |
| 0:19.0 | And I'm the future father of your children, Harry Kunderbolo. |
| 0:22.0 | We're two comedians trying to make sense of politics in America. |
| 0:26.0 | In this episode, we talked to environmental justice leader Mustafa Santiago Ali, |
| 0:30.0 | who will break down environmental risks communities faced long after her |
| 0:35.0 | cane harvies. |
| 0:36.0 | And we'll also talk to him about his name and getting to the airport easily. |
| 0:40.0 | And then we talked to Dr. Kiyanga Yamada Taylor. |
| 0:43.0 | She's assistant professor of African American studies at Princeton University. |
| 0:47.0 | She became the target of right wing attacks after her commencement speech at Hampshire College. |
| 0:52.0 | The president of the United States. |
| 0:55.0 | The most powerful politician in the world is a racist sexist megalomaniac. |
| 1:02.0 | Fox News ran four stories about Dr. Taylor's shocking speech. |
| 1:07.0 | In a matter of four days, she received more than 50 vicious messages, including death threats. |
| 1:13.0 | Fox News running a bullshit story about somebody. |
| 1:16.0 | I can't even imagine that. |
| 1:18.0 | None of that seems to matter to Kamaubeau. |
| 1:20.0 | He's happy to stand up on stage and call his opponents Nazis. |
| 1:24.0 | That's not a label you use on people you want to debate. |
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