The Protests about the Death of George Floyd

In this episode we discuss issues surrounding the demonstrations in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Resources Crowdsourced spreadsheet documenting police violence: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YmZeSxpz52qT-10tkCjWOwOGkQqle7Wd1P7ZM1wMW0E/ DiAngelo, R. (2018). White fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight (June 7, 2020): https://youtu.be/Wf4cea5oObY Samuel Sinyangwe’s organization, Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ Samuel Sinyangwe’s twitter thread on research-based solutions to stop police violence: https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1180655701271732224 Wekker, G. (2016). White innocence: Paradoxes of colonialism and race: Duke University Press. White People, Read This Before You Text Your Black Friends: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomiobaro/how-white-people-can-help