With the help of social media platforms, movements for marginalized groups are becoming more popular. But as their message grows, does it come with a cost? The UPanic’d team along with our special guest Stephen Hamilton discuss the current trends within the “woke” community and the potential dangers of their popularity.
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How Blind Is Lady Justice
How Blind Is Lady Justice During Episode 32, our friend Dispo, Assistant District Attorney joined us to give further insight on popular court cases that trend on social media. Dispo defends the court system by showing these cases from law enforcement and the judicial system’s point of view. It then became a discussion on the law vs ethics where Sheens argued that police officers should use non lethal tactics to deescalate dangerous situations.
Closing Track by: Furgersen7, “What Up Black Man” (produced by Furgersen7) https://soundcloud.com/f7beats/what-u…
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How Blind Is Lady Justice Pt. 2
How Blind Is Lady Justice Pt. 2 We continued our discussion with Assistant District Attorney Dispo (check out part 1). On this episode we discussed solutions that can better improve police relations with the Black community. We also discussed unpopular tactics by some on how to interact with police officers to minimize police mistreatment. Rome and Sheens took issue with Gee’s views on how some Black people interact emotionally with police. What are your thoughts?
Closing Track by: Biz20, “Younge” https://soundcloud.com/biz20/younge
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Straight Black Pride vs Black Media pt1
This episode stems from a viral video which took place on Blue Hill Ave in Boston, MA, that shows the Straight Black Pride Movement hosting an event. A freelance writer/journalist arrived and was confronted, being taken as a Black Lives Matter advocate. From here, writer Arielle Gray took her thoughts to AfroPunk to write about her experience… O Salih Rowe, President of the Boston Chapter of SBP tells us his side of the incident and gives more clarity about the SBP Movement.