"When we identify where our privilege intersects with somebody else's oppression, we'll find our opportunities to make real change." Ljeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race.
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WHAT TO WATCH
WHAT TO LISTEN TO
- U of M President Announces Plans to Cut Some Ties with Minneapolis Police Department, WCCO covers U of M President Joan Gabel’s announcement to reduce contracting with MPD, stating, ““We have a responsibility to uphold our values and a duty to honor them. We will limit our collaboration with the MPD to joint patrols and investigations that directly enhance the safety of our community or that allow us to investigate and apprehend those who put our students, faculty, and staff at risk.” Source: WCCO 4 CBS Minnesota
- “Tearful CNN commentator: There's just so much pain” CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers reacts to the death of George Floyd after he was pinned down by police in Minneapolis. Source: CNN
- The Hate U Give, a film based on the YA novel offering an intimate portrait of race in America
- Just Mercy, a film based on civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson’s work on death row in Alabama
- The 1965 debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley
- My hour on the history of Confederate statues in Nat Geo’s America Inside Out
- Becoming, a Netflix documentary following Michelle Obama on her book tour
- Let It Fall, a documentary looking at racial tensions in Los Angeles and the riots over Rodney King’s death
WHAT TO LISTEN TO
- Next Question with Katie Couric podcast episode with Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, and Bryan Stevenson about Just Mercy
- Still Processing, a New York Times culture podcast with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morrison
- Seeing White, a Scene on the Radio podcast
- Code Switch, an NPR podcast tackling race from all angles
- Jemele Hill is Unbothered, a podcast with award-winning journalist Jemele Hill
- Hear To Slay, “the black feminist podcast of your dreams,” with Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom