Fighting the Same Beast: White Supremacy

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IN THIS EPISODE:

In this episode, we take stock of major news headlines from the latest police violence in Minnesota to the onslaught of voter suppression in Georgia and around the country. We also discuss Republican attacks on transgender rights as a part of their strategy to instill fear among their constituents by “othering” trans youth.

We end with a song called “A Prayer for Melvin Truss” by Jon Jang and Francis Wong and we offer it as a prayer for Daunte Wright, George Floyd and the countless others killed by police violence.

REFERENCES:

Queer Silicon Valley // 1985: Fatal Police Shooting of Melvin Truss Sparked Public Outcry

Prayer for Melvin Truss’ - written and performed by Jon Jang, Francis Wong, AsianImprov Arts

George Floyd Wikipedia

Daunte Wright Wikipedia

Virginia Delegate Marcia Price Website and @PriceforDel95

Campaign for Voting Rights #StopJimCrow2

Film

HBO Documentary Exterminate All The Brutes

Cinemablend // Corey Chichizola – Will Smith And Antoine Fuqua Explain Why They're Pulling Emancipation Movie Out Of Georgia In New Statement


Articles

Vox.com // German Lopez – Police officers are prosecuted for murder in less than 2 percent of fatal shootings

Brennan Center for Justice – State Voting Bills Tracker 2021 and Congress Must Pass the ‘For the People Act’

Politico.com // Nolan D. McCaskill and Zach Montellaro – All Eyes On Georgia. Again.

NYT// Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein – What Georgia’s Voting Law Really Does

NYT// Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti – Virginia, the Old Confederacy’s Heart, Becomes a Voting Rights Bastion

Opinion: Roll Call // Sylvia Albert – Why Congress must pass HR1 and the John R. Lewis Rights Act

Washington Post // Michael Scherer – Zuckerberg and Chan to give another $100 million for local election administrators despite conservative pushback 

Washington Post // Todd C. Frankel – More than 100 corporate executives hold call to discuss halting donations and investments to fight controversial voting bills

Seattle Times // Joseph O’ Sullivan – Bill restores voting rights to Washingtonians with felonies upon release from prison

The Appeal // Kera Lerner – Oregon Bill Would Enable People to Vote From Prison 

Anti-Trans News

19thnews.org // Kate Sosin – Arkansas lawmakers override governor’s veto of youth gender-affirming care and Senior White House official: Any attempt to discriminate against trans kids is ‘against the law’

Advocate.com // Trudy Ring – Reggie Greer Named White House Senior Adviser on LGBTQ+ Issues

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