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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 248 - Having an abolitionist worldview

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

It's not enough to do good here and there. What do you believe about the world? What is your philosophy? Because that's what drives your actions - or lack thereof. Let's talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Moments ago, we just learned that one of the four officers who murdered, who lynched George

0:09.0

Floyd in the middle of the street in broad daylight was finally arrested and will be held accountable for

0:16.7

Georgia's murder. But today I need to teach a lesson. Yesterday we continued the conversation on what it means to be an abolitionist.

0:26.1

I need us to start at the point of understanding that the only justice we will ever get in this country is the justice we fight for.

0:38.0

And if you're not fighting for it, it means you are accepting the system as it is.

0:44.0

And so on yesterday's episode of the breakdown,

0:47.0

we talked about what it means to be an abolitionist.

0:51.0

Today I want to dig deeper and talk about what it means to have

0:56.0

an abolitionist worldview. What is your worldview? What is your philosophy?

1:04.0

I want to dig in,

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I want to press you in a way that may be uncomfortable

1:09.0

to start asking yourself,

1:12.0

what is it that I actually believe about the world.

1:16.4

This is Sean King.

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You are listening to the breakdown.

1:20.3

The breakdown. Break down.

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Break down.

1:25.0

The breakdown.

1:26.0

The Break down. As many of you may already know, I'm actually not with my family, but I'm in Georgia,

1:40.0

with my mother who's been in the hospital for the past week and I have a home studio set up here.

1:46.0

I brought most of my equipment and I am amazed at how good the audio is in the guest bedroom at my mother's house. The acoustics are super good in this room.

1:58.0

But today I'm not recording a new full-length episode, but we're playing the audio from one of our most popular

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