Catch Da Flava talks Black Lives Matter

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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

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

Please also visit the website itself at: https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/





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