ITT Sound Off: We Have to Do Better
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio talk about the latest incident of gun violence after a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado left 10 people dead. They also unpack the latest in immigration news, including President Biden's first ever news conference of his presidency. Finally, they look at the fight for voting rights in Georgia after Republicans pushed through a voter suppression bill this week. ITT Staff Picks: - Mother Jones' database to track mass shootings in America reveals a "distinct phenomenon—from the firearms used and mental health factors to the growing copycat problem." - Don't miss Julio's latest op-ed for The Washington Post, where he writes "Individuals fleeing violence and poverty have been reduced to an amorphous threat. Such dehumanization is dangerous and serves only to sensationalize the moment". - We shout out the legendary activist Barbara Smith on today's show. Read more about the intersectional Black feminist movement she helped lead, via Teen Vogue. Photo credit: Office of Rep. Henry Cuellar via AP Â
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| 0:00.0 | Hey dear listener, a quick favor. |
| 0:03.5 | We're conducting an audience survey and we'd be really grateful if you could take just |
| 0:07.8 | a few minutes and answer it. |
| 0:09.8 | So please visit survey.prx.org slash futuro. |
| 0:15.6 | To take our survey today, that's survey.prx.org slash futuro. |
| 0:22.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:33.3 | I am so happy to say, welcome to In the Thick, I'm Marien Gohosa. |
| 0:38.8 | And I'm Julio Ricardo Valela. |
| 0:40.8 | And it is ITT Sound off. |
| 0:44.4 | Yo, I'm making myself smile right now just to say welcome. |
| 0:47.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:48.5 | Because seriously, we know it dear listener. |
| 0:51.0 | Another tough week. |
| 0:51.9 | This has been another one of those weeks where you're like, so what is going on in this |
| 0:57.3 | country? |
| 0:58.3 | And then it's like the same thing that has been going on in this country since its inception. |
| 1:03.4 | And it just is bringing a lot of pain to the surface, right? |
| 1:06.3 | So right now we are thinking so much about so many of us who have friends and family |
| 1:11.6 | and Boulder, Colorado, yet again, another act of violence that is just horrific and senseless. |
| 1:18.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:19.3 | After noon, less than a week after the shootings in Atlanta, where eight lives were taken, |
| 1:23.5 | a gunman opened fire at a grocery store in Boulder, killing 10 people. |
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