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In this episode we discuss issues surrounding the demonstrations in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

Resources

Crowdsourced spreadsheet documenting police violence: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YmZeSxpz52qT-10tkCjWOwOGkQqle7Wd1P7ZM1wMW0E/
DiAngelo, R. (2018). White fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight (June 7, 2020): https://youtu.be/Wf4cea5oObY
Samuel Sinyangwe’s organization, Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/
Samuel Sinyangwe’s twitter thread on research-based solutions to stop police violence: https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1180655701271732224
Wekker, G. (2016). White innocence: Paradoxes of colonialism and race: Duke University Press.
White People, Read This Before You Text Your Black Friends: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomiobaro/how-white-people-can-help