So Y’all Finally Get It

Still Processing

Excerpts from our June 12 live event, where we caught up about the uprisings and resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement. This is the first of three special summer episodes.

Discussed this week:

• Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris in a live New York Times event (June 12, 2020)
• “‘Cops,’ Long-Running Reality Show That Glorified Police, Is Canceled” (The New York Times, June 2020)
• “LEGO Pulls Back Police Playset Affiliate Marketing Amid George Floyd Protests” (ToyBook, June 2020)
• “NASCAR Says It Will Ban Confederate Flags” (The New York Times, June 2020)
• Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris on “CBS This Morning” (Aug. 18, 2017, CBS)
• Speech by Stokely Carmichael (a.k.a. Kwame Ture) (Oct. 29, 1966, Berkeley, Calif.)
• “John Lewis: Good Trouble” (directed by Dawn Porter, July 2020)