ITT Sound Off: We're Not Okay
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 ā¢ 1.9K Ratings
šļø 29 May 2020
ā±ļø 25 minutes
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Summary
As protests continue in Minneapolis and spread across the country, Maria and Julio talk about anti-black racism and violent policing in the United States. They reflect on the ways in which white supremacy shows up in police interactions, as well as in daily life ā for instance in threats from a white woman walking her dog in Central Park. ITT Staff Picks: - A former classmate of George Floyd says his nickname was "gentle giant" in this profile by theĀ Ā Associated Press. - ITT All-Star, Jelani Cobb gives context to the death of George Floyd inĀ The New Yorker. - Amanda MarcotteĀ writes for SalonĀ about the differences in police response to the Black Lives Matter protests compared to the anti-lockdown protests. Ā
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| 0:23.0 | Grasias. |
| 0:25.0 | Dear dear listener, |
| 0:29.0 | welcome to In The Thick. |
| 0:31.0 | It's great to have you here. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Maria Nocosa. And I'm Mariano Rosa and I'm huliorica |
| 0:34.6 | loberila and it's Friday and a tight-tichy sound off and you know we're doing |
| 0:38.8 | this because you know our hearts are breaking honestly. We're just trying to be upbeat for you |
| 0:46.2 | dear listener and to let you know that we're going to talk this through because you |
| 0:51.7 | know how is it possible that it could possibly you know it's like |
| 0:54.9 | black men getting killed pandemic black men getting killed |
| 0:59.7 | black men getting killed black men getting killed so we going to talk about anti-black racism and specifically |
| 1:06.7 | policing in this country because the Gente's time cabronada. |
| 1:11.0 | Yes, they are. I'm sorry Julio and it doesn't bring me joy but when you hear people saying |
| 1:16.0 | just destroy the police as an institution it's kind of like you know what we need to do a |
| 1:21.9 | truth and reconciliation. We're talking about the |
| 1:25.4 | murder by police officers of 46 year old black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
| 1:29.7 | His name was George Floyd. He was much more than just a 46 year old black man. So on Monday, |
| 1:36.3 | Minneapolis police responded to a call by a store owner about a counterfeit bill, which is a little bit weird, |
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