Patrisse Cullors On Black Lives Matter, Jay-Z & NFL, Prison Reform

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On this special episode of the People's Party Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with friend and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement Patrisse Cullors. They discuss her experience growing up in LA during the war on drugs campaign. She tells the story of how BLM got started, and later explains the guiding principles of the cause. Other topics include corruption inside LA's Sheriff's department, LGBT social movements, the making of Talib's album "Prisoner Of Conscious", how the FBI labeled them a terrorist organization, Jay-Z's recent deal he made with the NFL, reparations, and the serious problems within the US prison system.

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0:00.0	What's up party people it's Tyler quality the host of the people's party. I know you've been enjoying it so far
0:05.2	We thank you for your love of support. We got more people's party coming up in the future. We got godfrey
0:11.0	We got merged we got razz cast we got so much going on right now with the people's party
0:17.0	You don't want to miss it Tyler quality Jasmine Lee the people's party up rocks. This how we do it. See y'all in a second
0:30.0	What we don't start it? Look what we don't start it. Just the people party
0:36.2	Peace of love party people's Tyler quality is your host of the people's party welcome back to another
0:42.0	Fantastic addition of the people's party of course and as always I am my lovely and talented co-host
0:47.5	Jasmine Lee give it up Jasmine Lee
0:50.5	Hey Jasmine how you feeling? I'm feeling real creepish today got my TLC fit on I know you look like you are
0:56.0	I'm about to just do the dance. Yeah, I'm in practice. I like that outfit
1:00.6	Today should be a special special special episode of people's party and today's guest is
1:07.4	Why I do this today today today's guest is
1:12.2	You know, we have a lot of guests that people know and people are excited to meet but
1:16.7	Today's guest represents the people's part other people's party and not to say that she don't turn up and get lit because I know she do
1:24.0	But you know, she has represented the people so well
1:28.2	She's a friend of mine. She is a very important to the culture
1:32.0	She's absolutely one of the most important activist voices of our generation
1:37.2	She's a founder of dignity and power now
1:40.3	She is one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter, which is one of the most important political social movements of our time a
1:47.0	beautiful special person
1:48.6	People's party give it up for Patrice Kalores
1:58.5	Fortes
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