About this episode
My thoughts on what this moment and movement surrounding Black Lives Matter, #DefundThePolice and the death of George Floyd requires of white people. Namely musicians. -- Quick links: 1:20 - About the Black Lives Matter movement and the system that has been setup to strongly favor white people 3:30 - Attending the Black Lives Matter protest in Hollywood, California and the work the black America needs us to do 10:45 - What does defunding the police actually mean? 14:00 - Alicia Garza's interview on Meet The Press about defunding the police 15:24 - Patrisse Cullors on defunding the police 17:09 - "But all lives matter!" 20:18 - Trevor Noah on the right way to handle things 24:06 - This not a time to tune out and why the show had to be paused on June 2nd 30:00 - Two actionable things you can do to educate yourself 31:18 - Ta-Nehisi Coates testifying in Congress about reparations for HR-40 -- Resources mentioned: Who in Music is Supporting the Black Community (spreadsheet): https://aristake.com/post/music-supporting-black-community The Case for Reparations: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ 13th: https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741 Rolling Stone: The Music Industry Was Built on Racism: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/music-industry-racism-1010001/ Sonya Renee Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/sonyareneetaylor/ The Show Must Be Paused: https://www.theshowmustbepaused.com/ Trevor Noah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c Ta-Nehisi Coates testimony on reparations at House hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcCnQ3iRkys Meet the Press interview with BLM’s Alicia Garza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxwFJIQUWfg&t=1424s BLM’s Patrisse Cullors on Defunding the Police: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYa1WjHtzKc&t=119s -- Connect with Ari’s Take: Website: https://aristake.com Academy: https://aristakeacademy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aristake_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aris.take Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArisTake YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aristake1 Facebook: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.