Patrisse Cullors on the State of the BLM Movement and Reforming Prisons

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Bakari Sellers welcomes author of 'An Abolitionist's Handbook' and cofounder of the Black Lives Matter movement Patrisse Cullors to discuss progress, or lack thereof, since the movement’s inception (6:00), the importance of 911 alternatives during mental health crisis (14:35), and actionable ways to reform the U.S. prison system (18:37). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Patrisse Cullors Producer: Donnie Beacham Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to be okay.
0:16.0	Welcome to another episode of the Picardy Sellers podcast. If you actually are watching this and you see me in a hotel room,
0:20.0	shout out to the Marriott across the street from LaGuardia, because I'm about to go catch a flight as soon as I get done with this and by the way in the B terminal they got this fried chicken restaurant I need to check out it is delicious.
0:29.0	But I'm here across from somebody who I can honestly say is a hero of mine.
0:35.0	None other than Patrice Colors.
0:36.4	What's going on?
0:37.4	How me?
0:38.0	How are you?
0:38.4	I'm doing well.
0:39.4	I just recovered from COVID like the rest of the world.
0:42.1	And yeah, I'm more, like I, on the eighth day,
0:46.6	I was like, I survived.
0:49.1	You made it.
0:50.0	You made it.
0:50.7	I felt like it was an initiation. But look, I mean, you got 90 days, well, you can go out and do whatever you want to do.
0:56.8	You got, you got your antibodies.
0:59.0	You can hit Magic City, you can go out there and shake hands and hug people. You do whatever you want to do now. You good.
1:05.0	Look, I've been waiting on this conversation. I'm glad to get on your calendar.
1:11.0	You know, we start each one of our conversations by having our guests walk us through
1:14.7	the arc of their career and I think it's important for those people listening so they know that you
1:19.1	just didn't wind up where you wound up, how do you got there? And you've had a career in education and activism
1:24.4	and now entertainment as well.
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