318: Black Lives Matter

Rob and Tom discuss the death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests worldwide with a specific focus on the US and UK protests and government responses. BLACK LIVES MATTER RESOURCES - 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice - Me And White Supremacy - How To Be An Antiracist - Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - YouTube: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Support Podcasts in Colour - Support Black People Google Doc - Petitions and Donations Google Doc TOPICS - [0:00] Intro - [0:51] George Floyd - [8:33] Protests - [16:01] Facing Our White Privilege - [19:30] Structural Racism - [22:02] Trump's Response - [29:06] James Mattis Speaks Out - [36:42] Biden's Response - [40:28] UK Protests - [47:32] Removal Of Statues - [57:16] UK Government Response SUPPORT Support all TTSS shows on Patreon SHOWNOTES - 'Say their names': Stories of black Americans killed by police - YouTube: John Oliver: Police - Left, Right & Centre: Will waves of protest bring waves of change? - Rocket 282 - The Atlantic: James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution - BBC: Biden: Trump ‘despicable’ for invoking George Floyd - BBC: Biden on George Floyd: Death is great 'inflection point in US history' - BBC: George Floyd death: 'We have a pandemic of black people dying every day' - Twitter: BBC London News as statue is take down - BBC: Boris Johnson Speech - Join us on Discord! DISCUSS - Reddit - Twitter - Facebook ATTRIBUTION - Recording engineer: Ennuicastr - Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0). - Black Lives Matter by Tom, inspired by the list of names at Baby Names