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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

How to Activate Black Voters With LaTosha Brown of Black Votes Matter

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Bakari is joined by the cofounder of Black Votes Matter, LaTosha Brown, to talk about the organization's mission, why their organizing work often starts the day after election day (3:41), what most Democratic campaigns get wrong about Black voters (17:46), and why it's important for the Biden campaign to win over Black "infrequent" voters (24:47). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: LaTosha Brown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So thank you for tuning in to another episode of the Bakari Cellars podcast. Thank you so much. We are over 20 episodes and shout out to Kaya who's the best producer in the podcast game and my good friend Jerry Lohode was the EP of this show.

0:25.0

I want to thank you guys for downloading, subscribing, sharing.

0:29.0

I mean our last episode was so dope with the HBCU med school college presidents both Dr Frederick and

0:37.9

Dr Carlisle from Charles Drew University and Howard University respectively University, respectively.

0:43.0

Today's interview will be amazing.

0:44.9

If you want to understand how to activate the black voter,

0:49.4

Latasha Brown is the person to really dig deep on that.

0:53.0

But before I get into our interview with

0:55.0

Latasha, I wanted to talk about Kyle Witton House

0:59.0

for a few minutes.

1:00.0

You remember Kyle Witton House.

1:02.0

He's back in the news because y'all, President's son,

1:05.0

said something stupid recently.

1:06.9

We're waiting for due process.

1:08.9

We're not jumping to a conclusion.

1:10.7

If I put myself in Kyle Rittenhouse, maybe I shouldn't have been there.

1:13.7

He's a young kid, I don't want 17 year olds running around the street with AR-15s.

1:17.4

Maybe I wouldn't have put myself in that situation, who knows, but we all do stupid things at 17.

1:22.8

But again, I think we have to...

1:23.8

A little bit beyond stupid.

1:25.8

Really stupid, fine.

1:26.8

But we all have to let that process play out and let due process take its course.

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