Posts Tagged ‘Black Lives Matter’

Seen the protests on TV? No, you haven’t.

August 13, 2020

Journalism professor Jason Johnson and Kainaz Amaria of Vox explain that news media can show you what a protest’s dramatic incidents look like, but not why it’s happening.

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A Christian cartoonist explains systemic racism to white folks

August 10, 2020

A video by Phil Vischer, creator of Christian cartoon series VeggieTales, explains to his white evangelical audience why people are in the streets protesting racism and police brutality. “I’m not here to tell you what the right solutions are, because I don’t know. I’m just here to ask you to do one thing — it is the thing that begins every journey to a solution for every problem. What am I asking you do to? Care.”

18 minutes and well worth it, even if Bob the Tomato isn’t involved.

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Signing ‘Black Lives Matter’

June 12, 2020

American Sign Language interpreter Rorri Burton, who has been working for Los Angeles County, explains why not everyone signs “Black Lives Matter” the same way.

More:

“How do you sign ‘Black Lives Matter’ in ASL? For black deaf Angelenos, it’s complicated,” Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times

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What It Means

October 19, 2016

“What It Means,” written by Patterson Hood and recorded by him with Drive-By Truckers.

“And that guy who killed that kid down in Florida standing ground
Is free to beat up on his girlfriend and wave his brand-new gun around.”

Drive-By Truckers website

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