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
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
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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?
The Atlantic: James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
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'
BBC: Boris Johnson Speech
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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).
Main Image: Black Lives Matter by Tom, inspired by the list of names at Baby Names