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June 2, 2020: "Oh, Mary, Don’t You Weep"


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"There is only one way to handle looters and arsonists during a riot and that is to shoot them on sight. I've let the word filter down: When the looting starts the shooting starts."—Walter E. Headley (while accusing "young hoodlums, from 15 to 21", of taking "advantage of the civil rights campaign" in 1967), Miami Police Department




Tweet image clipped from Zach Stafford's Twitter by beetle, May 30, 2020.




Amazing Social Media Responses to Anti-Protest Sentiment:

  • May 28: 'Stop complaining about “riots.” Riots gave you 8-hour wordays, gay rights, and free speech.

  • May 29: "The National Guard has marched against US citizens a total of 12 times. 8 of them were in response to segregation protests, 2 were riots over police violence, and 1 to stop riots in the aftermath of MLK's assassination. They're almost exclusively called against black citizens."

  • May 29: "Never forget that a black journalist was arrested before the police officer who killed George Floyd."

  • May 29: "I think it was Lenin who said: There are decades where we fuck around, and weeks where we find out."

  • May 30: "Problem with telling people to vote is a lot of people don’t believe in our electoral system. And for good reason. And since the rate of Black voters in every election is higher than the rate of Americans who vote FULL-STOP. Yet we haven’t been able to vote out racism and all its attendant evils."


Tweet image from GarbageGangHQ's Twitter by beetle, May 30, 2020.




Image of Ijeoma Oluo's tweet.














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List taken from this video's description:

"Trump COWERS In Bunker As America Rises." The Damage Report, Youtube. [9:04] Trump cowers in an underground bunker as America rises during national protests. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. "As protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers continued outside the White House, President Donald Trump was reportedly taken into an underground bunker by the Secret Service for about an hour Friday evening. The New York Times first reported that the president was rushed to a bunker on Friday. CNN senior national correspondent Alex Marquardt confirmed that reporting in an appearance live from Washington, D.C. during a program hosted by Don Lemon. Marquardt discussed the protests that had occurred in D.C. and many other cities across America over the past few nights. Like several other cities, D.C. has imposed a curfew, effective at 11:00 pm local time. Marquardt noted that the protest had been peaceful during the day, but expected that it would start to get “violent” and “unruly” as the sun was setting. The National Guard has been deployed in D.C. to help keep order and was continuing to assist D.C. police and federal park service officers specifically in attempting to maintain distance between the protesters and the White House." June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf313kBIYNg












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Multimedia

  1. "Ep. 883 | Trump Threatens to Shoot "Thugs" | Reporter Arrested on Air." The Benjamin Dixon Show, Youtube. [29:49]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egYLISIADOg
  2. "Mississippi John Hurt - Oh Mary Don't You Weep." MyMoppet52, Youtube. [3:29] You are invited to the 2012 Mississippi John Hurt Blues Gathering. The link is below. This gentle man and great Bluesman is honored each year. This is his version of "Oh Mary Don't You Weep" from his album, "Worried Blues". Mississippi John Hurt was a treasure. Is a treasure, and will always be a treasure. We will not forget!   This is the link that I thought brought us closest to this great Bluesman. I tried to find a Home Page. This is the best choice I could find. I hope you enjoy the information here and if you have vacation time, I hope you can join in honoring this great man. http://msjohnhurtmuseum.com/. May 10, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEuKX61H1mY
  3. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] '"Moment of Reckoning": Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Cornel West & Bakari Sellers on Nationwide Uprising.' Democracy Now!, Youtube. [38:25] In the largest nationwide uprising since the 1960s, protesters shut down cities across the United States over the weekend following the police killing of George Floyd, an African American man in Minneapolis. Police in many cities responded with extreme force, targeting protesters, members of the media and even children in what Princeton scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor characterizes as a "national police riot." Taylor joins Harvard professor Cornel West and author Bakari Sellers for a roundtable discussion on the protests against racism and police brutality. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org. June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_B6nwBmM54
  4. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Woman Who Captured George Floyd Killing Returns To Scene | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. [3:05] GEORGE FLOYD WITNESS SPEAKS: The woman who recorded the now-viral footage of police killing George Floyd returned to the scene the next day to recount the traumatic experience. In US news and current events today, Darnella Frazier, who filmed cops kneel on George Floyd’s neck, revisited the emotional scene the next day. Thousands of protesters gathered around the Minneapolis intersection where Floyd pleaded for his life as he was pinned to the ground, dying just hours later in the hospital. The police say they were responding to a report of forgery in progress and claim that Floyd physically resisted arrest. Four of the officers involved have been fired, but Floyd’s family is calling for their arrests. May 27, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXKMih20Ur0
  5. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "‘Groundhog Day for a Black Man’ Shows Danger Black Men in America Face | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. [3:05] This short film demonstrates the danger Black men in America face when interacting with police. In US news and current events today, protests have broken out across the country, with demonstrators calling for justice for George Floyd. George Floyd was a Black man who died after a police officer kneeled on his neck during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  ‘Groundhog Day for a Black Man’ shows the dangerous reality Black men in America face every day, especially regarding police brutality and police violence. Watch the full film at www.cynthiakao.com. May 30, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTrsfvJcJA
  6. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Op-Ed: Amy Cooper and the Power of White Supremacy | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube.  [4:01] ‘She is abusing her power to such an extraordinary degree’ — Author and activist Baratunde Thurston is breaking down the Amy Cooper Central Park incident and what it says about the power of white supremacy. In US news and current events today, here's how the Amy Cooper Central park incident was a great lesson in the power of white supremacy and patriarchy.  See more of Thurston's work at: Youtube.com/baratunde. May 30, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceFK5S7ACs4
  7. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Rights or Rebellion 5/29/2020." Irami Osei-Frimpong - The Funky Academic, Youtube. [30:10] If you enjoy the work, please share and subscribe. For more videos, please go to: www.thefunkyacademic.com. May 29, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPn5E2HKcvk
  8. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Rebellion and Local Officials 5/31/2020." Irami Osei-Frimpong - The Funky Academic, Youtube. [10:36] If you enjoy the work, please share and subscribe. For more videos, please go to: www.thefunkyacademic.com. May 31, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppbs_3n3KhQ
  9. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Eric Gale - Oh! Mary Don't You Weep."  Jovan Dudic, Youtube. [7:23] Oh! Mary Don't You Weep by Eric Gale  Arranged By, Adapted By – Bill Eaton  Album: Multiplication Released: 1977 Genre: Jazz Style: Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk  I just uploaded this, all credits go to Eric Gale. June 19, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjTjpnmc3P8
  10. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Georgia field hands - Mary Don't You Weep." Mike *--_--*, Youtube. [1:56] Times ain't like they used to be [videorecording] : early rural and popular American music, 1928-1935. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDh2zRm1dwQ
  11. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Watch Police Instigate & Escalate All Across The U.S." Rational National, Youtube. [18:56] It's undeniable what the Police are doing to peaceful demonstrations all across the U.S. May 31, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3DX3SLGB34
  12. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Protestors: Beware of the Traps." Karen Hunter Show, Youtube. [48:13] Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr on Twitter) discusses the history of Black protest against systemic and police violence and how we have to be careful of the set-up to not only infiltrate our protests but the reaction that government will take to quell the unrest. May 30, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuvBtmbwbg
  13. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Demonstrator Shares Heartfelt Message About Why He’s Out There." Rational National, Youtube. [5:26]  Minneapolis demonstrator tell CNN what this is all about.June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyD6U0dzr6g
  14. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "#GeorgeFloyd #Minnesota #BreonnaTaylor Police Are Attacking Journalists Covering George Floyd Protests | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. [4:13] In US news and current events today, protests have broken out across the country calling on justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and other Black people killed. And police appear to be attacking both protesters and reporters who are covering the George Floyd protests.  WCCO photojournalist Tom Aviles was shot with a rubber bullet, forced to the ground, and arrested before being freed hours later in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Police fired pepper balls at a crew with WAVE 3 News in Louisville, Kentucky. Linda Tirado, a freelance photographer, says she is permanently blinded after being shot in the eye with a projectile during the protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRArltsEyH8
  15. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "A Former Baltimore Cop Explains Why the Department Targets Black Men." Slate, Youtube. [13:40] This past year has seen an enormous amount of attention paid to the toxic divide between police departments and the poor, black communities they serve. One thing we’ve learned is that tribal loyalty often prevents police officers from criticizing each other or their departments publicly—and at least sometimes, they lie when one of their own faces charges of misconduct. That’s why the recent emergence of Michael Wood Jr., a retired Baltimore cop, as a critic of law enforcement culture landed with impact: His voice was the relatively rare one that spoke with the knowledge of an insider but the unforgiving skepticism of an outsider.  In this video, you’ll meet Wood while he drives the streets of the city where he served as a police officer for 11 years, and hear him lay out his conception of what’s going wrong in the world of policing and how it could be made right. August 12, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HyKlFUMBiA
  16. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] '"When Will The Other 3 Officers Be Arrested?"' Karen Hunter Show, Youtube. [26:26] A day after taking over the prosecution of The George Floyd case, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joins Karen and Drew McCaskill to discuss the killing by police and why the other three officers have not been arrested. June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLtXHS1XWN0
  17. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "George Floyd Independent Autopsy DRAMATICALLY Different from County’s Medical Examiner." The Young Turks, Youtube. [6:04] June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhLXsMk3snk
  18. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: We must defund the police." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [4:55] As continuous protests over the police killing of George Floyd are met with further police violence, calls are mounting to defund police departments across the country. In many major cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York, police departments absorb nearly a third of the budget, and Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor says the reprioritization of resource distribution is urgent. "Public schools, public hospitals, public libraries, all of the things that make a city function — those have been systematically defunded, increasingly privatized," says Taylor. "Because of the COVID crisis, every city is talking about massive budget cuts — but not to the police. The police almost never have to incur layoffs. They almost never have to incur budget cuts, because they are seen as the public policy of last resort." June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAwRMNGPiqw
  19. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] '"A Declaration of War Against Americans": Trump Threatens to Deploy Military to Quell Protests.' [20:48] As a historic week-long uprising against police violence continues and curfews are in place across the United States, President Trump has declared himself "the president of law and order" and threatened to send thousands of heavily armed soldiers into the streets. "President Trump's speech almost amounted to a declaration of war against Americans," says Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. We also speak with William Arkin, longtime reporter on the military, who notes Trump is getting "no pushback" from Defense Department officials.  June 2, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bSG69MsN08
  20. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Dr. Greg Carr Discusses Martial Law." The Karen Hunter Show, Youtube. [20:53] On the heels of announcement from the president to send in troops to break up the protests, Dr. Greg Carr breaks down the history and the legality of "martial law" with Karen. June 2, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKMYDjwch5M
  21. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "A System Designed To Oppress | w/ Jen Perelman." The Rational National, Youtube. [7:33] FL-23 congressional candidate Jen Perelman joins me to discuss the recent events and the justifiable anger in the streets. June 2, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ7IXAb7574
  22. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Charges filed against 6 Atlatna police officers after AUC college students tased, pulled from car du." 11Alive, Youtube. [19:15]  The officers charged are Ivory Streeter, Mark Gardner, Lonnie Hood, Willie Sauls, E. Armond Jones and F. Roland Claud. June 2, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4EcMMO6FFE
  23. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Peaceful Black Lives Matter Protesters Get Creative | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. [3:03] In US news and current events today, the Black Lives Matter protests have continued to boil over in over 140 cities across the US. Most stories you see are of riots, looting, and police brutality, but the George Floyd protests have been predominantly peaceful, and these Black Lives Matter protesters have come up with creative ways to have their voices heard in a peaceful manner.   From the Cupid Shuffle dance to taking a knee in powerful moments of silence, peaceful protesters are simply trying to make a difference in the world and fight for racial justice, equality, and against police brutality. The BLM protests have opened the eyes of the world to injustice, and as the unrest continues, we should focus on the vast majority of peaceful protestors instead of the few bad actors trying to turn a beautiful movement into a riot. June 2, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF9qi-FTTz4
  24. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "NYPD Union Targets Bill de Blasio's Family." The Rational National, Youtube. [4:14] An NYPD union appears to have no restraint in anything, including going after NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's daughter. June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMxuEr1cudE
  25. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Minnesota Officials Search for Man Filmed Smashing Windows | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. [7:08] Minnesota officials are searching for this man dressed in all black who casually smashed the windows of a Minneapolis business amid the protests calling for justice for George Floyd. In US news and current events today, people on social media are raising questions about this man clad in black casually smashing the windows of a business in Minneapolis.   Footage circulating on social media shows a man wielding a hammer casually walking up to an AutoZone during the Minneapolis protests for George Floyd and smashing windows as other protesters plead with him to stop. This was one of the first and only stores vandalized during the first night of Minneapolis protests. June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvUe7pJVYD4
  26. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Amy Cooper is Sorry?" Karen Hunter Show, Youtube. [32:25] She called the police on Christian Cooper for chastising her for not having her dog on a leash (as was required in Central Park). She lied and said an "African American is threatening my life!" This is how it starts...with a white woman lying on a Black man. Emmett Till, Black Wall Street, Rosewood all started with a lie. May 28, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJY1YwzMpQI
  27. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "White Woman Harasses Latinx Family at Park | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. [4:58] ‘F*ck this music. It sucks. You’re in America.’ — This Trump supporter berated a Latinx family for playing music while barbecuing in a park. In US news and current events today, watch this white woman and proud Trump supporter harass this Latinx family at the park who was BBQing and playing music.  May 29, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP0L1uWzKG4
  28. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Trump COWERS In Bunker As America Rises." The Damage Report, Youtube. [9:04] Trump cowers in an underground bunker as America rises during national protests. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. "As protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers continued outside the White House, President Donald Trump was reportedly taken into an underground bunker by the Secret Service for about an hour Friday evening. The New York Times first reported that the president was rushed to a bunker on Friday. CNN senior national correspondent Alex Marquardt confirmed that reporting in an appearance live from Washington, D.C. during a program hosted by Don Lemon. Marquardt discussed the protests that had occurred in D.C. and many other cities across America over the past few nights. Like several other cities, D.C. has imposed a curfew, effective at 11:00 pm local time. Marquardt noted that the protest had been peaceful during the day, but expected that it would start to get “violent” and “unruly” as the sun was setting. The National Guard has been deployed in D.C. to help keep order and was continuing to assist D.C. police and federal park service officers specifically in attempting to maintain distance between the protesters and the White House." June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf313kBIYNg
  29. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Tomi Lahren & Other Right-Wingers Clutch Their Pearls Over Minneapolis Uprising."  [10:04] The Humanist Report (THR) is a progressive political podcast that discusses and analyzes current news events and pressing political issues. Our analyses are guided by humanism and political progressivism. Each news story we cover is supplemented with thought-provoking, fact-based commentary that aims for the highest level of objectivity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Df7rGiWXdI
  30. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Minnesota, Minneapolis RIOT: ABC News Reporter playing fake gun sounds on his speakers 28 05 2020." [0:14] A massive crowd of demonstrators descended upon a police headquarters in Minneapolis to protest a recent killing of an unarmed man. They were met with an arsenal of riot control weapons, including stun grenades and rubber bullets. Thousands of marchers could be seen around the 3rd police precinct headquarters in Minneapolis on Tuesday, demanding answers after a local man, George Floyd, was killed by an officer’s chokehold, despite repeatedly stating that he couldn’t breathe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc1w97rtLO8
  31. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Learn how to pronounce Sturmabteilung." Howtopronounce.com. Accessed June 2, 2020. https://www.howtopronounce.com/german/sturmabteilung
  32. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes." Rightpronunciation.com, accessed June 2, 2020. https://www.rightpronunciation.com/languages/latin/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-37295.asp






Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  1. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising." Michael Harriot, Theroot.com. Without the proper context, it is impossible to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across the country in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others. To contextualize the anger, frustration and desperation that forced protesters to recreate the lawlessness and chaos that black people experience on a daily basis, The Root has created a timeline of some of the events that led up to black people across the country collectively saying: “Aight, den.” May 30, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/a-timeline-of-events-that-led-to-the-2020-fed-up-rising-1843780800
  2. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Here's What Happened During the Week Following George Floyd's Death." Joe Jurado, Theroot.com. The month of May has been taxing. It began with growing awareness about the deaths of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery and ended with a video of a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, killing him. The week following Floyd’s death has been tumultuous, with tensions rising and police violently trying to tamp down the uprisings that have occurred nationwide. Below is a timeline of everything that has happened in the week following Floyd’s death. June 1, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/heres-what-happened-during-the-week-following-george-fl-1843827818
  3. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Live Updates on George Floyd Protests: Military Confronts Protesters in Nation’s Capital." Nytimes, regularly updated. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/floyd-protests-live.html
  4. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Police Prove Point of Protests by Instigating Violence Across the Country." Ishena Robinson, Theroot.com. The blaze of protests that spread across the country this weekend in response to the police killing of George Floyd and countless others throughout American history is being responded to by policing so brutal even Alanis Morissette could clock the irony. Videos posted on social media by demonstrators, journalists, and even people sitting on their porches at home show militarized police officers who appear eager to enact violence on the streets rather than help quell it. May 31, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/police-prove-point-of-protests-by-instigating-violence-1843797562
  5. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Outrage in Phoenix After Dion Johnson Shot by State Trooper Who Wasn't Wearing a Body Camera." Joe Jurado, Theroot.com. This weekend, protests were held nationwide protesting police violence in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police. Unfortunately, another black life has been added to the list of those taken by law enforcement. June 1, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/outrage-in-phoenix-after-dion-johnson-shot-by-state-tro-1843830705
  6. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "The Sturmabteilung." Wikipedia.org, accessed June 2, 2020. Ltierally Storm Detachment, was the Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing. It played a significant role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s. Its primary purposes were providing protection for Nazi rallies and assemblies, disrupting the meetings of opposing parties, fighting against the paramilitary units of the opposing parties, especially the Red Front Fighters League (Rotfrontkämpferbund) of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), and intimidating Romani, trade unionists, and, especially, Jews – for instance, during the 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses. The SA were colloquially called "Brownshirts" (Braunhemden), from the color of their uniform shirts, similar to Benito Mussolini's blackshirts. Brown-colored shirts were chosen as the SA uniform because a large number of them were cheaply available after World War I, having originally been ordered during the war for colonial troops posted to Germany's former African colonies.The SA developed pseudo-military titles for its members, with ranks that were later adopted by several other Nazi Party groups, chief amongst them the Schutzstaffel (SS). The SS originated as a branch of the SA before being separated. After Adolf Hitler ordered the "blood purge" of 1934, he withdrew support from the SA. This event became known as the Night of the Long Knives (die Nacht der langen Messer). The SA continued to exist, but was effectively superseded by the SS, although the paramilitary forces were not formally dissolved until after Nazi Germany's final capitulation to the Allies in 1945. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
  7. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Trump's Phone Call With George Floyd's Family Went as Well as You'd Expect." Ishena Robinson, Theroot.com. Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, says President Trump barely gave him a chance to speak during a recent phone conversation about the killing of his brother by police in Minneapolis. May 31, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/trumps-phone-call-with-george-floyds-family-went-as-wel-1843802172
  8. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Dear White Friends." ELyse Cizek, Medium.com. Dear White Friends, Thank you to the five of you who have reached out to ask me how I’m doing. I have been your black friend for decades. Black people all my life have told me that white friends will only be there for me for so long and I disagreed with them. I fought for you. I believed in you. And for the five of you who have reached out to me, thank you. May 30, 2020. https://medium.com/@elysecizek/dear-white-friends-335d6088077
  9. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Stop Trying to Control How Black People Respond to Racism." Delta B. McKenzie, Medium.com. John Boyega says he hates racists. That’s not a cause for debate. May 28, 2020. https://level.medium.com/stop-trying-to-control-the-way-the-black-community-responds-to-racism-5328e6654624
  10. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "And the Pulitzer Prize for Caucasity Goes to...." Michael Harriot, Theroot. June 2, 2020. This weekend, as I watched COVID-19’s racial disparities blow a 104,600-point lead to extrajudicial police killings, I pondered the effectiveness of nonviolent protest versus “riots.” I imagined strategies that might deter police brutality. I even considered if chaos was a good thing. But, of all the things that crossed my mind, there was never even a microsecond where I thought to myself: “I bet Russell Wilson could solve this.” Maybe I am stupid. https://www.theroot.com/and-the-pulitzer-prize-for-caucasity-goes-to-1843835336
  11. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Black Folks Stop Having ‘The Talk’ With Your Kids." W. Island, Medium.com. The Coronavirus exposes the police. May 24, 2020. https://medium.com/we-know-what-we-know/black-folks-stop-having-the-talk-with-your-kids-19e86595b17d
  12. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "White women in Louisville line up to form human shield to protect Black protesters." Nicole Duncan, Thegrio.com. A viral image shows the human shield blocking the Louisville Metro Police from getting to Black demonstrators. May 30, 2020. https://thegrio.com/2020/05/30/white-women-louisville-black-protesters/


  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisk_Jubilee_Singers
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Don%27t_You_Weep
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Truth
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolefeed
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolesec
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proletariat
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%3F
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormtrooper
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fire_Next_Time
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_looting_starts,_the_shooting_starts
  • https://genius.com/Traditional-oh-mary-dont-you-weep-lyrics
  • https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Stormtrooper
  • https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/342783-there-are-decades-where-nothing-happens-and-there-are-weeks
  • http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/










Music Playlists





FreedomWalker's Playlist:



  1. No Doubt: "Trapped in a Box"
  2. Faithless: "Insomnia"




beetle's Playlist:

  1. Ursine Vulpine & Annaca: "Wicked Game" ( live cover)
  2. Mississippi John Hurt: "Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep" (traditional)




LYRICS



  • Geniuslyrics.com










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