Imara Jones on All Things Politics and Trans Rights

In The Thick

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🗓️ 7 December 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In the United States, deadly violence against the transgender community —in particular, against trans people of color— has been increasing since 2016. To talk about this issue, and to get wonky about politics too, Maria and Julio are joined by All-Star Imara Jones, founder and president of Oria Media, host of The Last Sip and a Voqal fellow.

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0:25.0	Yo what's up, welcome to In The Fake a podcast.
0:28.0	Oh, it's a guy who is.
0:30.0	Seriously?
0:31.0	Sounded like, like, you know... It's Marianne Hosa and TV rap. Seriously. It's like the 80s hip-hop and yeah.
0:43.0	I know seriously.
0:44.0	Yo yo yo big rops.
0:46.0	All right.
0:47.0	I don't know what the matter with me.
0:48.0	Okay.
0:49.0	Hey, welcome to In The Thick.
0:52.0	This is a podcast about politics, race, and culture.
0:54.5	From a POC perspective, I'm Marianne Hosa and seriously I'm just cracking up right now.
0:58.8	And I'm Julio Riccaldo Barella. Our guest is the award-winning journalist Imara Jones.
1:05.0	She's the founder and president of Oraia Media.
1:08.0	She's the host of The Last SIP, and she's a fellow with the Vocal Foundation.
1:12.0	So hey Imara, welcome to the show. And she's a fellow with the Vocal Foundation.
1:12.6	So hey Amara, welcome to the show.
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