The Erasure of Black Disabled Voices with Anita Cameron

Black History Year

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🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

White supremacist erasure and whitewashing of Black disabled people’s voices and stories has happened for centuries now—and for centuries, too, ableists have abused our disabled ancestors. This violent erasure bleeds into our present--including in our own community. To give us more insight, we'll be talking to Anita Cameron. As a Black, disabled person, Anita has dedicated almost 40 years to community organizing and making sure that folks with disabilities have equitable rights in society.

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0:00.0	What's up, fam? This is Jay. Letting you know that Push Black has a new podcast called
0:07.2	State of Criminal Justice. Every week, State of Criminal Justice digs into the most important
0:15.4	events happening right now in the legal system. Listen, the future of our community depends
0:23.3	on us understanding how injustice systematically operates in this country. State of criminal
0:29.7	justice is here to ensure you're always up to date on how institutional racism is impacting
0:35.7	Black people nationwide. State of criminal justice is produced by Push Black. You can catch
0:42.3	it on our Push Black YouTube channel, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Thanks for
0:48.9	the support. Peace.
1:08.8	Harriet Tubman, Bradley Lomax, Joyce Ardell Jackson, did Mark Veezy. These are only a handful of
1:18.2	Black activists you may know who were built, demanded justice, fought for freedom, and played
1:25.2	unquestionably significant roles in the continued journey towards liberation. What you might not know,
1:33.3	however, is that these and many more activists were disabled. I'm Jay from Push Black and you're
1:42.2	listening to Black History Year. So today, disabled Black folks represent nearly half of us who are
1:52.6	killed or brutalized by police. And their stories and their struggles are often overlooked when we
1:59.2	talk about liberation. So whether it's a lack of awareness or perhaps bias, our guests today will
2:06.3	shed light on this group that's often made invisible even within the Black community.
2:12.4	As a disability rights activist and advocate, Anita Cameron has dedicated almost 40 years to
2:19.0	community organizing and making sure that folks with disabilities have equitable rights in society.
2:25.3	For protesting and civil disobedience, Anita has been arrested over a hundred times fighting this
2:31.9	fight. She's also the director of minority outreach at Not Dead Yet, a national disability
2:39.2	rights organization that fights against physician-assisted suicide and the euthanasia of people with
2:45.6	disabilities. Whether these disabilities be related to physical or mental health, many of these
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