Kalief Browder’s story is one that inspires change. Through every injustice that Kalief faced, he tackled it head on, not letting up for a second. All to fight for the one thing he knew he had, his truth.
Sources for this episode:
TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
https://stopsolitaryforkids.org/kalief-browder-lost-to-solitary-confinement/
The September 23, 2012 incident in Rikers
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/exclusive-video-violence-inside-rikers
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-law
https://innocenceproject.org/remembering-kalief-browder-year-suicide-rikers-island-shutdown/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyregion/kalief-browder-settlement-lawsuit.html
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-browder-in-his-own-words
https://www.kaliefbrowderfoundation.com/
Some links about the topics we covered today:
https://www.raceforward.org/videos/systemic-racism
https://www.elle.com.au/news/black-lives-matter-ally-23575
https://www.elle.com.au/news/performative-allyship-23586
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01394
