Episode 71: A Personal Response to White Frustration and Thoughts on Being a Good Ally

In this episode, we talk about an interaction Leslie had on Facebook with a frustrated guy he went to highschool with. Leslie runs through the interchange and interjects his thoughts and experiences. Laura follows up with what she’s learned about being a white person in the comments. The point of this exercise is to discuss what makes a good social media ally, and how we can improve from where we’re at.

In this episode, we talk about an interaction Leslie had on Facebook with a frustrated guy he went to highschool with. Leslie runs through the interchange and interjects his thoughts and experiences. Laura follows up with what she’s learned about being a white person in the comments. The point of this exercise is to discuss what makes a good social media ally, and how we can improve from where we’re at.

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Erica Garner, Who Became An Activist After Her Father's Death, Dies : The Two-Way : NPR — Erica Garner became a prominent figure calling for an end to police brutality, as her father's last words became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement. She began staging weekly "die-ins" on the sidewalk in front of a beauty supply store in Staten Island, the site where the New York City police officer put her father in the fatal chokehold.Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System | Pregnancy | Reproductive Health | CDC — CDC initiated national surveillance of pregnancy-related deaths in 1986 because more clinical information was needed to fill data gaps about causes of maternal death.New York City Launches Committee to Review Maternal… — ProPublica — Amid intensifying concerns about deaths and near-deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth, New York City will review cases in depth to protect mothers and improve data collection.New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive HealthErica Garner | The Marshall Project | The New Yorker - YouTube — Content Warning: includes video of the homicide-by-police of Eric Garner. Erica Garner describes the agony of finding out her father was killed while in a chokehold by NYPD officers — and the aftermath of the trial and protests.
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[Trigger warnings: sexual assault, racist police violence, anti-Muslim bigotry, anti-Semitism, child sexual abuse]5 Steps To Being A More Effective White Anti-Racist Ally — There has been a lot of discussion surround "white allies" and "white allyship". Most of the mainstream discussions about the topic do not really take into account what people of color need in an ally. This is one Afro-Boricua's take on what White people need to do if they want to be an effective, anti-racist ally.How to Win Your Next Political Argument — Psychologists who study political belief and persuasion think it’s adorable how obsessed argumentative people are with those cute little things called facts. When it comes to winning arguments, truthfulness and details simply don’t matter as much as we think they do.The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy — Learn to recognize these; this is what you'll be dealing with more often than not.A Letter from Black America: Yes, we fear the police. Here's why. — As Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author of The Condemnation of Blackness, puts it, “White people, by and large, do not know what it is like to be occupied by a police force. They don’t understand it because it is not the type of policing they experience. Because they are treated like individuals, they believe that if ‘I am not breaking the law, I will never be abused.’”The White Nonsense Roundup — “If a white person is filling your social media with white nonsense – anything from overt racism to well-intentioned problematic statements – tag us and a white person will come roundup our own.” Michael Che Hilarious "Black Lives Matters" - YouTube — Michael Che's hilarious but yet true commentary on Black Lives Matter.Welcome To The Anti-Racism Movement — Here’s What You’ve Missed — Hi! I see you there! Welcome to the anti-racism movement. I know you were kind of hoping to sneak in the back of class in the middle of this semester and then raise your hand in a few days to offer up expert opinion like you’ve always been here — but you’ve been spotted, and I have some homework for you, because you’ve missed A LOT and we don’t have the time to go over it all together.There Is No Middle Ground Between Racism And Justice — I’m going to say something about race that may seem to fly in the face of everything we’ve been taught about how to handle complicated and divisive adult issues—but, as unproductive as it may sound, it’s the truth: There is no compromise.

There is no compromise to be had, none whatsoever, when it comes to racial justice. There are no baby steps that are acceptable. There is no middle to meet in.

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