#5: Systems Change Vs. Representation

Content Warning: an instance of sexual assault is mentioned.

On this episode, BSA members Demetrius, Shenell, LaKase, Tony and Glen discuss how the representation of blackness is emphasized over actual material change for the black community as a whole.

Show Notes

Biden campaign win (https://www.npr.org/2020/11/07/928803493/biden-wins-presidency-according-to-ap-edging-trump-in-turbulent-race)

Vote counting (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-challenges-state-count/2020/11/10/45148fac-2378-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html)

Voting lawsuits (https://time.com/5908505/trump-lawsuits-biden-wins/)

Food insecurity study (https://www.feedingamerica.org/sites/default/files/2020-04/Brief_Impact%20of%20Covid%20on%20Child%20Food%20Insecurity%204.22.20.pdf)

Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict update (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/10/nagorno-karabakh-armenia-pm-signs-deal-to-end-war-with-azerbaijan-and-russia)

Peruvian protests (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-peru-is-always-just-one-step-away-from-chaos/2020/11/13/12d4b898-2597-11eb-9c4a-0dc6242c4814_story.html)

Q-Anon supporting congresswoman (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/03/us/politics/qanon-candidates-marjorie-taylor-greene.html)
(https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/house-republicans-condemn-gop-candidate-racist-videos-325579) (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/14/marjorie-taylor-greene-falsely-claims-dc-gyms-clos/)

Neo-Nazi congressman (https://www.vice.com/en/article/88aa7k/election-results-youngest-member-congress-republican-madison-cawthorn-hitler-vacation-home-instagram)
(https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/madison/2020/08/20/madison-cawthorn-nc-katrina-krulikas-sexual-assault/3394391001/)

Million MAGA March (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/trump-supporters-million-maga-march-dc)

Texas jails Covid-19 article (https://www.vox.com/2020/11/12/21562278/jails-prisons-texas-covid-19-coronavirus-crime-prisoners-death)

Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davis (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/angela-y-davis-are-prisons-obsolete)

Kamala Harris Left Voice article (https://www.leftvoice.org/a-background-check-on-kamala-harris)

Kamala Harris Huffington Post article (https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c995789e4b0f7bfa1b57d2e/amp)