EPISODE · Apr 24, 2024 · 1H 42M
Why are so many Black people Pro-Police??
from Olay & Friends · host Olayemi Olurin
Follow Olay's friends: Malcolm Mays: https://www.instagram.com/imalcolmmays Rena Karefa Johnson: https://twitter.com/ReenNahMean Imani Gandy: https://twitter.com/AngryBlackLady Lil Bill: @lilbilliam Masai Lord: https://www.lordlawgroup.com Follow Olay on all socials @msolurin Twitter: https://twitter.com/msolurin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msolurin/ CashApp: $oolurin11 Olay's Website: https://www.olayemiolurin.com/ Subscribe to Olurintatti on Sub Stack: https://olurinatti.substack.com/ Edited By: https://twitter.com/sherlock0ats Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:05 The bIack perception of copaganda & politicians 10:00 BIack respectability politics & classism 15:46 Why is society conditioned to trust the police? 28:50 Can the police be made better? 40:37 How do we get resources to the right people? 43:54 Black politicians that hurt the community 50:11 The challenge of mobilizing our communities 1:00:29 Speaking out against systems is not profitable 1:12:09 It comes back to Capitalism & the symbol of BIack Excellence 1:19:53 We need to stop celebrating exploiters as symbols 1:26:45 Does the left have a marketing problem? 1:31:42 Activism can't be done for free all the time 1:36:42 Back to Marketing
What this episode covers
Follow Olay's friends: Malcolm Mays: https://www.instagram.com/imalcolmmays Rena Karefa Johnson: https://twitter.com/ReenNahMean Imani Gandy: https://twitter.com/AngryBlackLady Lil Bill: @lilbilliam Masai Lord: https://www.lordlawgroup.com Follow Olay on all socials @msolurin Twitter: https://twitter.com/msolurin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msolurin/ CashApp: $oolurin11 Olay's Website: https://www.olayemiolurin.com/ Subscribe to Olurintatti on Sub Stack: https://olurinatti.substack.com/ Edited By: https://twitter.com/sherlock0ats Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:05 The bIack perception of copaganda & politicians 10:00 BIack respectability politics & classism 15:46 Why is society conditioned to trust the police? 28:50 Can the police be made better? 40:37 How do we get resources to the right people? 43:54 Black politicians that hurt the community 50:11 The challenge of mobilizing our communities 1:00:29 Speaking out against systems is not profitable 1:12:09 It comes back to Capitalism & the symbol of BIack Excellence 1:19:53 We need to stop celebrating exploiters as symbols 1:26:45 Does the left have a marketing problem? 1:31:42 Activism can't be done for free all the time 1:36:42 Back to Marketing
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Why are so many Black people Pro-Police??
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