30 min
Black Lives Matter WaleedxAhmed
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- Society & Culture
This podcast is a response to the issues surrounding all lives matter, addressing desi community racism, and providing resources to support the Black Lives Matter movement from the perspective of a Pakistani American.
Links/Resources:
Introductory Voiceover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVVAk6U_rHI
Conclusion Spoken Word - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYOQjnhkroA
What You Can Do Right Now - https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Background on the George Floyd Murder - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/30/video-timeline-george-floyd-death/?arc404=true
Background on the Trayvon Martin Murder - https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/george-zimmerman-trial-trayvon-martin-case/
Colin Kaepernick - https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/the-making-of-colin-kaepernick/2017/09/07/d4d58e20-9320-11e7-8754-d478688d23b4_story.html
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf - https://theundefeated.com/features/abdul-rauf-doesnt-regret-sitting-out-national-anthem/
NFL Wrong on Kneeling - https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/05/871290906/nfl-on-kneeling-players-protests-we-were-wrong-commissioner-says
Gook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Duh20o-qWs
Uighur Concentration Camps - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50511063
Kashmir Detention Camps - https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/01/17/india-failing-kashmiri-human-rights
Hong Kong Protest News - https://www.aljazeera.com/topics/events/hong-kong-protests.html
Research Paper on the N-Word - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254089775_The_N_Word_Its_History_and_Use_in_the_African_American_Community
Conversation Starters in Desi Communities - https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/talk-parents-difficult-things-indian-perspective-phtz/
Sidis - https://qz.com/india/440978/meet-the-fast-disappearing-community-of-indians-and-pakistanis-of-african-origin/
Lupe Fiasco Albums - https://youtu.be/ZYOQjnhkroA ; https://youtu.be/hW-dbAzXnQc ; https://youtu.be/zOz_Q-7BR58
There's much more I want to add but cannot due to a limit on the word count. Please reach out for links to more information on what I discussed. On Instagram, I'll have more resources you can access under my story highlight called "BLM".
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waleedxahmed/support
This podcast is a response to the issues surrounding all lives matter, addressing desi community racism, and providing resources to support the Black Lives Matter movement from the perspective of a Pakistani American.
Links/Resources:
Introductory Voiceover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVVAk6U_rHI
Conclusion Spoken Word - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYOQjnhkroA
What You Can Do Right Now - https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Background on the George Floyd Murder - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/30/video-timeline-george-floyd-death/?arc404=true
Background on the Trayvon Martin Murder - https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/george-zimmerman-trial-trayvon-martin-case/
Colin Kaepernick - https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/the-making-of-colin-kaepernick/2017/09/07/d4d58e20-9320-11e7-8754-d478688d23b4_story.html
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf - https://theundefeated.com/features/abdul-rauf-doesnt-regret-sitting-out-national-anthem/
NFL Wrong on Kneeling - https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/05/871290906/nfl-on-kneeling-players-protests-we-were-wrong-commissioner-says
Gook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Duh20o-qWs
Uighur Concentration Camps - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50511063
Kashmir Detention Camps - https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/01/17/india-failing-kashmiri-human-rights
Hong Kong Protest News - https://www.aljazeera.com/topics/events/hong-kong-protests.html
Research Paper on the N-Word - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254089775_The_N_Word_Its_History_and_Use_in_the_African_American_Community
Conversation Starters in Desi Communities - https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/talk-parents-difficult-things-indian-perspective-phtz/
Sidis - https://qz.com/india/440978/meet-the-fast-disappearing-community-of-indians-and-pakistanis-of-african-origin/
Lupe Fiasco Albums - https://youtu.be/ZYOQjnhkroA ; https://youtu.be/hW-dbAzXnQc ; https://youtu.be/zOz_Q-7BR58
There's much more I want to add but cannot due to a limit on the word count. Please reach out for links to more information on what I discussed. On Instagram, I'll have more resources you can access under my story highlight called "BLM".
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waleedxahmed/support
30 min