Episode 024: When Pandemic meets Police Brutality: Making Sense of the Death of George Floyd, with Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola and Mark Botros

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Joining me is long time friend and colleague, Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola – an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Utah State University. Her areas of research include race, ethnicity, and culture. She is the author of soon-to-be-published, “The Bricks before Brown”, which is a study of race, class, and gender across three school desegregation cases involving Chinese, Mexican, and Native American plaintiffs, which took place before Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

In this interview Dr. Martinez-Cola covers:

The historical perspective and context of what led to George Floyd’s death, and how we make sense of it
Why George Floyd’s death has ignited the entire world
White privilege
What people can do to meaningfully support people of color?
How to know if you are “woke”
The Media’s treatment of recent events
Advice to leaders and change makers

To connect with Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola go to:
https://michicanaphd.com/
Twitter: @MiChicana4ever
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marisela.cola
USU website: https://sociology.usu.edu/people/directory/marisela-martinez-cola
A link to all her research/articles: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marisela_Martinez-Cola

To connect with Mark go to:
https://markabotros.com
Instagram: @markabotros
Twitter: @markbotros
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbotros/
Email: mark@markabotros.com
The LIFE WORKS Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-life-works-podcast/id1475582936

Resources Referenced during the interview:

White Privilege: Dr. Peggy McIntosh’s list of taken for granted/unearned benefits of whiteness:
https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf

Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow:
https://newjimcrow.com/

Ava Duvernay’s The 13th:
https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741

White People Rioting for No Reason:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/11/white-people-rioting-for-no-reason.html

Example of attempting to stop Looters:
https://youtu.be/XAbTOcVJgM8

Anti-racism resources for doing the work:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PrAq4iBNb4nVIcTsLcNlW8zjaQXBLkWayL8EaPlh0bc/mobilebasic

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H-Vxs6jEUByXylMS2BjGH1kQ7mEuZnHpPSs1Bpaqmw0/mobilebasic?utm_source=CreativeMornings+Global&utm_campaign=af38b8f544-WEEKLY_HIGHLIGHTS_215_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1768cc808f-af38b8f544-324587345&mc_cid=af38b8f544&mc_eid=e5d6110188#id.2bwn4teflt1v

Books to read:
https://nymag.com/strategist/amp/article/anti-racist-reading-list.html https://www.amazon.com/Thick-Essays-Tressie-McMillan-Cottom/dp/1620974363 https://www.amazon.com/How-Less-Stupid-About-Race/dp/0807050776

Music Credit:

Track: Memories — INOSSI [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus
Watch: https://youtu.be/GePAKPB6vQY
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