(2015/11/03) Death by stereotype, the dehumanizing of women of color

Edition #965

Today we take a look at the dangerous intersection women of color inhabit, how their very lives are at risk for simply being who they are and how society tends to turn a blind eye

 

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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Black Girls Matter: Pushed out, over-policed and underprotected - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 2-6-15

Ch. 3: Song 1: Put Your Records On (Acoustic) - Corinne Bailey Rae

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Ch. 4: Act 2: Say Her Name- Families Seek Justice in Overlooked Police Killings of African-American Women - @democracynow - Air Date: 5-20-15

Ch. 5: Song 2: You'll Find A Way - Santigold

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Ch. 6: Act 3: Black Women Suffer Death By Stereotype - The F Word with @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date: 5-25-15

Ch. 7: Song 3: Making Progress - Freedom's Progress

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Ch. 8: Act 4: Serial killers hunted down mostly Black women for three decades in South Los Angeles - @Making_Contact - Air Date 9-9-10

Ch. 9: Song 4: Suffering of the Innocents - Squire Tuck

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Ch. 10: Act 5:  Obama highlights sexual abuse to prison pipeline - Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHPshow) - Air Date 9-20-15

Ch. 11: Song 5: I feel you - Scala & Kolacny Brothers

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Ch. 12: Act 6: Why some try to justify the Spring Valley High assault - This Week in Blackness (@TWiBprime) - Air Date 10-28-15

Ch. 13: Song 6: How Do You See Me - Matrimony

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Ch. 14: Act 7: The Story of a "Absolutely Angry Black Woman" - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 10-23-15

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Ch. 15: Final comments on the value of slaves at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

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Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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