Dr. Angela Davis and Tamika Mallory join the Red Table for a very candid conversation about racism, cancel culture and voting (via toofab)
June 19, 1865 is widely commemorated as the end of slavery in the U.S. -- when an army general rode into Galveston, Texas to tell slaves of their liberation, two and a half years after slavery was already outlawed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
For the special, the hosts were joined by civil rights leader Dr. Angela Davis and activist Tamika Mallory. They began the episode by watching video ofWaiting for your permission to load the Facebook Video."Thank goodness for social media because we could at least film it," added Adrienne."But you just think about all the times that it's happened and all the cases that we don't know about.
"I feel like right now, [this is] the first time I've ever seen so many people on the same page," said Willow."On one hand, that's really inspiring and gives me a lot of hope and on the other hand, it kind of feels like justThey then turned to Rayshard Brooks, who was shot and killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy's parking lot.
"I think one of the most painful things for me is the idea that Black men are the most dangerous creatures on the planet," said Jada after watching the footage."So that, if he's drunk in a drive-thru at Wendy's, that justifies him being murdered or everyone talking about whatever George Floyd's rap sheet might have been as if any of that has anything to do with his rights to be treated as a human being.
After also bringing up the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice -- who was shot by police who came upon him with a toy gun -- and Breonna Taylor -- who was killed by police in her own home after allegedly executing a search warrant for the wrong house -- Dr. Davis said,"As long as this violence continues to be inflicted on Black people, no one is safe."
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