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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 786 - A key lesson from the strategy of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson in Tennessee

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

I know the conservative white supremacists in the Tennessee State Legislature thought they were teaching these two young Black men a lesson, but the truth is that the bravery of these two young brothers taught the entire world a lesson. When used in the right place, at the right time, non-violent civil disobedience functions as both a mirror and spotlight on the bigotry of this country - showing the nation just how racist it truly is. Let me unpack and explain it. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast.If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us. Love and appreciate you all. Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Happy Monday, everybody. Glad to be back right here on the breakdown. Happy Easter to all

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of you who celebrate. And I want to talk about something that I had some time to reflect

1:13.8

on over the weekend. As you know, last week I think one of the biggest stories in the

1:20.6

country was the protest of three Democrats in the Tennessee State legislature and eventually

1:28.8

the expulsion and removal of the two black Democrats among the three. And I had a chance

1:36.8

to reflect on what Dr. King called the power of nonviolent resistance and how it exposes

1:50.1

the strategies and in particular in the United States context, the bigotry of those that

1:57.4

are fighting against you. And I don't know that I've seen in the modern context, the bigotry

2:06.6

be exposed better than how it just was in the Tennessee State legislature. I want to

2:12.9

talk about it. I want to unpack and explain it. Many of us in the 20, 23 setting are

2:21.5

undefense about nonviolent resistance are on defense about civil disobedience. And

2:29.4

we're just wondering like how does this work? And I think what Justin Jones and Justin

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