Take A Step Back (with Dr. Marcus Johnson)

Pod Save the People

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.7 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including sickle cells, police reform, critical race theory, and the midterms. DeRay interviews Dr. Marcus Johnson about racial and class disparities in the world of dental health. DeRay: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/us/african-americans-sickle-cell-police.html Kaya: https://www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/feature/black-women-will-be-force-be-reckoned-2022-midterm-elections-ncna1267133 De'Ara: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/gops-critical-race-theory-fixation-explained/618828/ Sam: https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/05/15/brooklyn-center-passes-sweeping-public-safety-resolution-reform-policing/ For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Doraia, welcome to Positive People.
0:03.6	This episode is me, Kai Samdr, and we cover the under reported news of the week.
0:07.6	And then I said down with Dr. Marcus Johnson to discuss the racial discrimination in the
0:10.9	world of dental health.
0:12.9	So my advice for this week is to step back a little bit and to just like, you know, make
0:19.2	the decision that needs to be made to look at all the options, like I'm an options guy.
0:24.8	I like to like think all the things through even if the option, even if we know we will
0:29.2	probably take one path, there's really power and going through what the options are,
0:33.0	but you need the perspective to be able to do that.
0:35.3	So step back, take the perspective and then make the informed decision.
0:39.7	Here we go.
0:40.8	Welcome to another episode of Pod Save the People.
0:44.0	We're so excited to have you.
0:45.4	I'm Kaya Henderson at Henderson Kaya on Twitter.
0:48.9	And I'm Samson Young, way at Sam's way on Twitter.
0:50.9	And this is Doraia, at D.I.Y on Twitter.
0:53.1	All right, so friends, family.
0:54.9	Dora is going to be joining us in a few minutes.
0:57.0	She's running late, but in the meantime, what big news happened this week?
1:01.9	The CDC came out with new guidance on masking and social distancing.
1:07.2	And effectively has said that if you are vaccinated, this is the part that people seem to miss.
1:13.2	If you are fully vaccinated, that you do not have to wear a mask and you do not have to
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