Before we're

begin, you should know that this episode deals with the trauma of police brutality.

This season, we're highlighting other indie black podcasts.

The While Black Podcasts is a space designed by and especially for us.

You're here for all the moments. The times you want to scream. The times you just need someone to say it plain and make it make

sense. The times you need to laugh or some inspiration and motivation. While Black

is here to help you, entertain you, inform you, and inspire you.

So do yourself a favor and ride with them wherever you listen to podcast. Hey, welcome to the mid-season finale of You Had Me at Black. I'm Martina

Abraham Zalunga. Before we begin, you should know that this episode deals with the trauma of police brutality.

When our team thought of this season's theme, unravelling, I couldn't help but to picture a piece of string wound up tightly in a ball.

You can't see where it begins or ends, or the parts where it's stronger or more worn down. You can't really do too much with it to be honest. But as the

ball of string unravels you can begin to see its qualities, how it's woven, how

strong it is, and you can begin to think of all the possibilities of how it can be used or what it can be made into.

That image was on my mind working on this story.

As we grieve the lives of Macaya Bryant, Dante Wright, Adam Toledo,

Dominique Lucius, and so many other members of our communities,

this spring also marks one year since the

global uprisings sparked by the deaths of Briona Taylor, George Floyd, Tony

McDade, and countless other folks killed by police.

At the time, Kennedy was a college student in San Jose, California

and active in supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, mostly online.

She hadn't ever been to a protest, but this time felt different. Like many of us,

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