Episode 153 – Moving Blackout Tuesday Conversation Forward
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04:15 – Minneapolis chaos
- ‘Chaos’ in Minneapolis as violence divides protesters.
05:13 – What was Blackout Tuesday?
- Blackout Tuesday is an initiative to go silent on social media, reflect on recent events, and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
- Mid early day Tuesday 14.6 million posts on Instagram with blackout Tuesday.
- Many captions and comments posted with the image express the poster’s desire to educate themselves and others about racial inequality, to stand in solidarity with the wider Black Lives Matter movement, or simply “to do better”.
07:17 – Buildings Trashed, Burned Down Across Minneapolis Overnight
- Dozens of buildings along Lake Street in Minneapolis were broken into, looted, and burned late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. Authorities struggled to contain the riots, which began after protests over the death of George Floyd, who died as a result of police brutality in Minneapolis.
07:56 – #1- Janet Johnson knows that the true nature of people is love
- There’s no hate, there’s no fear, there’s no jealousy, there’s only an absence of love.
09:24 – #2 – There’s some intentional shit going on
- So many buildings were burning and vandals also made their way into Uptown.
10:26 – #3- Except that you and I have zero idea what it is to live black
- Terry reminded that in other times, maybe not this moment, but in other times, the word black could be substituted by people of color and the phrase people of color can be applied to be so many people.
13:52 – #4 – Stop One Upmanship
- Black lives matter and the blue lives matter, you can be sad for the business owners and for George Floyd at the same time.
14:43 – #5 – Trying to understand
- Just shut up and ask questions. Just listen, it’s all we really need to try and do.
19:16 – #6 – Speak out against casual racism
- It’s not an individual color thing.
21:43 – #7 – Stop bringing in stuff that happens in Chicago into the conversation
- Focus on the issue at hand and stop all these comparisons.
24:32 – #8 – Recognize that the man who wrote all men are created equal owned over 600 slaves
27:17 – #9 – Stop saying my black friend or my black friends, let them just be your friend
27:28 – #10 – Have difficult conversations
- Ask questions try and learn to be open-minded.
29:19 – Forget the physical, think about the emotional, the spiritual, think about what happens
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