Catch Da Flava talks Black Lives Matter
Catch Da Flava held
another show on March 12th 2019! This time around, our hosts
Shejuanah, Thalia, Kylie, and Meredith held a discussion about the Black Lives
Matter movement.
Our hosts started off by
defining the movement (“a member led organization with missions to build local
power and to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities”) and its
origins.
Intending to hold
protests and speak out against issues like police brutality and racial
profiling, the movement ignited after the murder of 17-year old Trayvon Martin,
committed by George Zimmerman, and was further emboldened following the murder
of Michael Brown, at the hands of police officer Darren Wilson. Both
perpetrators were let off. Our hosts take some time to confirm that these incidents
are not purely circumstantial and that racialized individuals in the United
States, particularly unarmed black men, are statistically twice as likely to be
shot by police.
They also discuss the
prevalence of this issue in Toronto, and the frequent notion that our society
is often quick to dismiss these kinds of problems in Canada because of the issue
is not as statistically widespread as in the United States. Other
misconceptions and counter-arguments are also mentioned.
To conclude the
discussion, our hosts take a moment to recognize the role of Black Lives Matter
Toronto, particularly the demands they requested in 2016 as the guest of honor
at the Pride parade. They requested increased funding in Pride programming for
Black and other racialized youth, as well as for the exclusion of uniformed
police officers marching in the parade.
Have a listen to the
entire podcast here:
https://www.regentparkfocus.com/radio/media/2019-03-12.mp3
https://www.regentparkfocus.com/radio/media/2019-03-12.mp3
If you’d like more
information on the BLM movement, please visit the following link for Alicia
Garza’s (the co-founder of the movement) visions and goals for BLM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-1KoOd0aS0
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