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Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Episode 8 : Race
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
RACE TO ME
If I am going to talk about Race, then I think I should start with personal statement about what I believe…
GEORGE FLOYD
George Floyd was brutally and callously murdered by four Minneapolis policemen…
RAYSHARD BROOKS
Even if we assume that Mr. Brooks did in fact assault an officer, steal his taser, and then fire it at …
BLACK LIVES MATTER
First off, let us distinguish between the popular slogan “Black lives matter” and the political activism…
ABOLISH THE POLICE
I don’t think we will ever live in a world without police. Calls to “abolish the police” just sound …
MINNEAPOLIS
I don’t know about you but when I think about Minneapolis the picture that comes to my mind isn’t …
THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES
I don’t think there is systemic racism in Minneapolis, I think a lot of clever politicians came up with …
REPUBLICANS
While I am slinging mud, I don’t want to exempt many of the leaders from my party, the …
COPS
Police are exactly as we have made them. There’s no question that law enforcement officers have a …
CHAZ
I can’t resist taking aim at the local democrats over their allegiance to the same party that supported …
CANCEL CULTURE
There are a lot of times I wish humans had some means to transfer experiences directly, words fail …
MERITOCRACY
IDENTITY POLITICS WILL SAVE US
Maybe not a lot of people know it, but Identity politics comes in two forms. We are all probably …
FIN
I want to end this episode with some quotes from people I admire deeply both for their political …
SHOW NOTES
BLACK LIVES MATTER
https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/
Minneapolis City Council
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_City_Council
List of mayors of Minneapolis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Minneapolis
American Rhetoric: Movie Speech - "Malcolm X" (1992)
https://americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechmalcolmxharlem.html
Frederick Douglass statue torn down at NY park
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/frederick-douglass-statue-torn-down-at-ny-park
'You're gonna kill me!': Dallas police body cam footage reveals the final minutes of Tony Timpa's life
Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial defaced during protests
https://www.wcvb.com/article/shaw-54th-regiment-memorial-defaced/32733306
CSPAN - Author Discussion on Race, Riots, and the Police
https://www.c-span.org/video/?473226-1/author-discussion-race-riots-police
Malcolm X 1965 Pierre Berton interview
http://www.malcolm-x.org/docs/int_pbert.htm
I Have a Dream speech by Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr
https://www.archives.gov/files/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf
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