Episode 005: Looting Is Not the Issue

This week on White & Working on it, Brittany talks about the events in Los Angeles where sheriff deputies killed Dijon Kizzee while riding his bike. Next up, a history lesson on the reparations that were promised and taken away from freed slaves after the civil war. Brittany educates us on why looting is not the issue in the 2020 civil unrest.

TAKE ACTION:

- Sign the petition demanding justice for Dijon Kizzee: https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/demand-justice-dijon-kizzee/?sp_ref=669914425.176.210470.o.1.3&referring_akid=.11528476.emsnGj&source=c2c

- Send a letter to your local House Representatives in support of H.R. 40: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/reparations-slavery-now

- NPR Code Switch article/interview with Vicky Osterweil, author of “In Defense of Looting”: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting

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