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Danielle kicks off by asking Rebecca what “collective identity” means to her. As a Black American woman she has a sense of herself as a part of a community that is larger than herself. It is a community she can rely on and one that she feels a strong sense of responsibility to the collective as a whole and the people in it. Danielle wonders what collective identity mean for the Mexican Americans community, feeling that Latinx or Latin Community is too big. “It's more specific to country and culture and ethnicity…” in the way our identity id developed and in the way we think about Advent.Rebecca is mindful as Danielle is speaking around the American or US way of thinking around race and ethnicity. There's a tendency to put things into boxes, she says the census is a perfect example: there's no place for you to identify as “Mexican” or “Cuban” or “Puerto Rican”, you have to pick Hispanic. She said she refers to herself as a Black American Woman and for African American, there is the loss from the transatlantic slave trade of the ability to name a particular country or tribe. She's aware of the differences in their stories and each of their ability to name who they belong to, who's their tribes. Rebecca says “Black American Woman” when she identifies herself because she has been to the continent of Africa more than once. She's knows that her roots are in African but she is aware that there is something distinctly American about her orientation to the world. She remembers visiting Nigeria and when they began to de-board the plane, her blue-covered American Passport gave her preference to exit the plane first. “It might be the first time in my life I've ever had a sense of privilege.” She had the distinct and keen awareness that this was because she was American. In the US she doesn't feel privileged as a Black person living here. And while she cognitively knows her roots and ancestry are in Africa, she is very aware of the second part of the hyphen (in African-American.)Danielle mentioned an article that Rebecca sent her saying, “Collective identity refers to the shared definition of a group that derives from its members common interests, experiences and solidities. It is the social movements answer to who we are locating the movement within the field of political actors.” Danielle remarks it is both very specific as well as nuanced. For Rebecca, she remembers turning on the news to see that at the death of Philando Castile, right on the heels of Alton Sterling, that there was a shooting of police officers in Dallas by a Black male. She remembers feeling those three events like it was her own family. Even though she never met Philando Castile or Alton Sterling; she's wasn't in Dallas… Her sense of belonging in and to this community, seeing something happen to any member of the community, whether they act or are acted upon, she feels the sense of “this affects me” and needing to understand her reaction and responsibility. How do I pass what I know of this to my two teenage children?Rebecca came of age when Affirmative Action was in it's heyday, and when the country elected the first African American to the Oval office. There is almost a sense of perhaps we have already reached these moments of overcoming, that perhaps the racial violence as she has known through the Civil Rights Movement is over. But then Treyvon Martin. Then Sandra Brown. Then Michael Brown. And a long list of names. So when it came to Philandro Castile and Alton Sterling, she knew she needed to talk to her kids, because she is raising them in a time when racial violence against them is a very real thing. At that time of Philandro, her son was still a kid (8 years old) and she thought “I have more time, he's just a little kid.” Except Tamir Rice was her son's age when he lost his life in park as a police officer mistook his nerf gun for a real gun. Rebecca had a sense was that perhaps she didn't have to talk to her daughter because “girls are more safe then black men” except Sandra Bland was a Black Woman (and also a member of her same sorority Sigma Gamma Ro, a historically Black). The sense on the morning of Philandro was that “I am out of time and I need to educate my kids about the world that they grew up in. It's looking like Barak Obama is more of an anomaly and a Trevon Martin is more of a common occurrence in their world. That is where collective identity hit both as a trauma and a need for a person, who belongs to a community that is victimized in that trauma, to actually protect my kids and arm them with a sense of awareness so they can protect themselves.” Rebecca says this is a part of collective identity development: How do we make meaning out of the traumas we see? And how do we pass and interpret that meaning to the next generation?To make meaning of the Trauma for Danielle, from her cultural perspective, when Adam Toledo was murdered in the Chicago area, with the exception of the massacre outside of a Walmart in El Paso, it was the first experience she had where she knew someone's name. Usually we don't know their names, thinking of the lynchings along the border, usually there are no names unless you're in the thick of it. Collective identity and orientation around trauma from her perspective has been around how do we bury it? How do we hide it? How do we make sure the story is not re-told because at some level they cannot bear that it happened in the first place.Having this conversation illustrates the difference in their collective identity experience and orientation to trauma, offering a broader context to understand what's happening internally for individuals as well as the White Supremacy in the world. Culturally we respond differently to trauma, Rebecca says. And each culture calls its members to respond. In the African American community there is an active campaign called “Say her Name” (or Say Their Names) and it is a call for the community to tell the stories over and over again so the name doesn't disappear. This comes from a want and a need to control their own narrative for fear that the Establishment will tell a false/untrue narrative. This causes her to ask both, what is the larger establishment asking us to understand the narrative to mean? And what is our cultural orientation asking us to do about the narrative?Rebecca returns to Danielle's comment about “the names you don't know” referring to the hundreds of kids at the US-Mexico border who are separated from the parents and are lost in the foster care system in the US; we don't know their names or where they are or even the names of the relatives they travelled with to the US … We cannot reconnect them with their family. She wonders, how will we metabolize this in the generations to come, the generation of kids that were lost in that space?Danielle said what she wanted Rebecca to say to her is that collective identity doesn't involved trauma and there is a pure form of it, but what she is hearing from her is that collective identity is nuanced and connected. There are parts of collective identity and trauma that are together and painful, and yet we've created ways to deal with it. At the same time, it's important to know how trauma has shaped collective identities. Rebecca said there probably is a pure form of collective identity that isn't touched by trauma but what's hard to orient identity around is dealing with a hyphenated existence: “African-American.” For her that means a people who exist only out of the trauma of slavery, but for that there would be no orientation African-American. Rebecca said it's hard to imagine a collective identity that isn't marked by trauma and she admits that is coming out of her story. Its just hard to imagine an identity that isn't borne out of trauma. It's the same for Danielle and yet she wants something different. Longing for something different feels especially connected to Advent. For Mexican-American community there's a sense of “we were here first;” indigenous communities colonized by Europeans and then recolonized/colonized again by the so-called “United States Americans.” How do you find your identity in that? It paralyzing: that's where we come from but where do we go from here?Talking about the good or generous parts of collective identity, Rebecca turns to “what's on the table at Christmas dinner?” For her it is a reflection of my identity as African-American: macaroni and cheese, collard greens, candied yams. These recipes are connected to a long line of Black women who learned to make something fantastic out of nothing. When she makes these dishes, it is a shout out to these women (Mama Bland in West Virginia!). The table is a reflection of cultural identity and pays homage as a celebration, but it comes with a hint of trauma. For Danielle, she didn't know about Posadas growing up because her family had become Evangelical and viewed Catholic as not Christian. There is a Catholic Tradition that is starting actually right now on these dates where you go to someone's house and there is a call and response of singing asking if there is any room in the inn, the house that you're visiting. There's usually candles and a gathering of people singing at a house and once the singing is done you go in the house and eat or have a traditional drink. You do this over a period of nights, going to different houses on different nights and it's a retelling of the story of Mary and Joseph were trying to look for space. Danielle thinks when you put this tradition up against what's happening with the immigrants at the border or displaced Mexican Americans, it feels so relevant; it's this migrant pattern of looking for space; “where is there space for us? Where can we come eat?” When she started participating in this tradition a few years ago it was like a deep breath. For Rebecca, that moment came 5-6 years ago when she was listening to a sermon by a Black preacher who re-told the story of Jesus from the perspective of a Man-of-Color who was wrongly accused, wrongly convicted and then wrongly executed. For the first time she understood her orientation as a Christian in a different sense. She recalls in Scripture it says we have a God that understands us; that we have a high priest that has been where we are, so when we go before Him, we can go with confidence. To understand that Jesus was the first Man-of-Color who was wrongly accused, wrongly convicted and then wrongly executed… makes the following Tamir Rices, Michael Browns, Treyvon Martins take on an entirely different orientation for her. There's a sense that she follows a God that understands the pain of that story, the depth of what it costs and this has opened up Advent for her in a new way. Danielle said she had not thought of it in that way, but the idea that our cultures can add a search for belonging and an identity that Jesus came into the world and was set up from birth to have to endure this injustice. This changes the story of his birth. It changes the impact. Rebecca agrees.Danielle continues, it changes the legacy that would have left with Mary and Joseph… Joseph was the adopted dad. “Yeah, the baby daddy.” Rebecca adds. The other thing that comes to her mind in a conversion story of an East Indian man, who talked about what drew him to Jesus was the story of the nativity. As a Black American with a Baptist background, the nativity is about Mary, Joseph and Jesus. But this man the thing that drew him to the Gospel was the three kings of the Orient who traveled far. In that reference what he saw is the traditions of his people and their deep reverence and understanding of the stars and the celestial bodies that comes out of the religions that are native to his people. In that one small piece of the story that often gets over looked in an American Orientation, this man saw an invitation to his entire people to go on the search for the child. And when they reached him, they would be welcomed.  Rebecca has never forgotten that story and how amazed she is that someone from an Eastern country saw themselves in the story, a piece that she may skip over. Danielle asks, what does this tells us about the importance of collective identity in engaging not only our own stories but also the advent story and how we actually do need to hear from one another?Rebecca is struck by Revelation 7:9 where it says that every tribe and every tongue will be present at the thrown of grace. What is noted in this passage is ethnic identity and collective identity – of tribes and people groups. We noted not by gender or age not even by faith but by our collective identity based on ethnicity. Jesus shows Himself in each people group that is unique. Somehow my picture of God is incomplete if every tribe and every tongue is not present, and the story of how God shows himself in that culture is not told, I'm missing something of the God I serve. What Rebecca learned from Danielle today from her orientation as a Mexican woman is the story of looking for a place to belong, as one as an invitation to an immigrant. I learned something new about Jesus today and that makes my picture of God a little more fuller. This is my sense of what we need.Danielle says this is the beauty of being in community. It is invitational to know where you come from and it's an invitation to know Jesus, your faith, and to know your own face more. It's not the circle of people facing out with swords saying you can't come in.Rebecca says, yes an invitation to know my own face AND an invitation to know your face better. It's also an invitation to know the hands, voice and face of God in a more complete sense because of the way He shows himself in different cultures.

Please join me and my guest Tina Strawn of ‘Speaking Of Racism' podcast- owner of Legacy Trips !! As a Black, Queer, woman in the US- the murder of Philandro Castile and the subsequent murders lead her to realize the necessity of her Blaxit! (Explained in the episode) she joins us from Jamaica !! Check it out, it's an anniversary episode! Please consider supporting the podcast by donating $5 thru patreon! www.patreon.com/blackgirlfromeugene_1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ayisha-elliott/message

Before we start rest in peace to Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Laquan McDonald, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, Jamar Clark, Alton Sterling, Philandro Castile, Stephon Clark, Botham Jean, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. All of their lives taken by the very people who swore to protect them, the Police. This is short list believe it or not, because for decades this has been an ongoing trend between the Police forces of America and our black brothers and sisters. It's the same old story, a black man/woman killed by a police officer and the officer goes free. The most recent murder of George Floyd has sparked protests all over the world, but here in the US many of those protests were met with a brutal police reaction that has led to countless people fighting back. Other far right and far left radical groups have infiltrated the movement for change, and have instigated looting and destruction, taking away our message that we as a people are sick and tired of being marginalized, brutalized and murdered in cold blood because the color of our skin. One of the bros had the courage to step up and go protesting this past Sunday and he opens up about his experience. We also discuss what happens going forward. Does change happen? Do we come together as a people and force the change? Or do we return to the norm of a militarized police force brutalizing its black citizens with impunity? What the bros do agree on is it can't just be blacks vs racists, it needs to be the people vs racists. Jump in and enjoy.

GUESTSCourtney Phillips is the Co-founder of Gumbo Media and leader of GumboFit. She is a curator, project manager, and entrepreneur with a passion for social equity and empathy.Matthew Manning is the Co-Founder of Gumbo Media. He is a storyteller, brand consultant, and social entrepreneur with a creative propensity and passion for inclusion and equity. He earned his BA in Art and Architectural History and his MA in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University. He is energized by collaboration with the world’s most audacious ideators, innovators, and entrepreneurs to tackle pressing global issues with creativity, intention, and impact.Courtney and Matthew currently live together in Hyde Park, Chicago. Gumbo Media curates content, community, and services that expand the narrative of Black life.OVERVIEWBrownTown and the Gumbo Media founders investigate the importance, struggles, successes, and nuances of making culturally-specific and -relevant media while centering their experiences as Black and Brown creators and full human beings. Courtney and Matthew begin by explaining how they came to create Gumbo: An idea they had thought about and discussed for some time hit a crescendo in July 2016, summer of police killings of Alton Sterling and Philandro Castile as well as the Republican National Convention honoring then-nominee Donald Trump.The group discusses making space for and within their communities and what it means for your identity to inform the work and explore within it. Matthew affirms that "Blackness is infinite" before the group dissects depictions of what Blackness is presented and interpreted as by all peoples. How do Black people and intentionally Black entities unequivocally make space to be unapologetically Black while navigating traditionally white spaces and/or inequitable structures? Here the gang speaks on valuing ourselves by our own standards, the white gaze, the importance of the global diaspora, and, as Courtney states, "prioritizing Black authenticity above everything else." With that, they call on allies (of all identities and issues) to do the work versus strictly relying on the oppressed for education. Other topics include the gentrification of silk scares, macro-analysis of a scene from Moonlight, and comrade Hoda Katebi's brilliant response to deeply problematic questioning on WGN-TV.At the end of the day, all media is cultural media no matter how much it's coded otherwise. As we constantly move within an ever-expanding digital ecosystem while simultaneously coming into new consciousness, we must curate media as the medium of which our audiences, our communities, and most of all, ourselves, learn, grow, and reflect.--
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Show Notes Episode #161: “What Kind of White Nonsense Is This?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is accused of virtue signaling until people discovered he lacks any. On the show we talk about why White Folks are so quick to call 911 on Black People. (Hint: They are Black.) Along the way we discuss why White People are so quick to call the police for EVERYTHING! (Their dog looked at me funny officer!) We examine the long history caucasian passive aggression (Witch Hunt!) and Cookout do's and don'ts. (Do: Bring a bottle of brown liquor, don't go back for seconds before everyone else has a chance to eat.) Then we get down in the weeds and explain why Black people are uncomfortable around the police in a way White people can identify with. (You could say we Whitesplain it.) Our Sponsor this week is 9-1-2, it's like 911 for petty shit you call 911 about,. We open the show with KevOnStage explaining cookout etiquette and close Z-Flo signing about White People. Show Music: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed Slow Golfing While Black https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/28/golf-club-twice-called-police-after-black-women-told-they-were-playing-too-slow/561206002/ Starbuck While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/us/starbucks-philadelphia-black-men-arrest.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article Air BnBing While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/us/airbnb-black-women-police.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article House Inspecting While Black https://www.theroot.com/white-woman-called-the-cops-on-black-real-estate-agent-1826044836 Yaling While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/nyregion/yale-black-student-nap.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article Harvarding While Black http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063001356.html Why White People Call the Police and Black People Don't https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/when-calling-the-police-is-a-privilege/558608/ Same Cops, Different Worlds https://www.propublica.org/article/yes-black-america-fears-the-police-heres-why The Names John Crawford, Rekia Boyd, Aiyana Jones, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sean Bell, Abner Louima, Tamir Rice, Philandro Castile, or Stefon Clark. Double Standard Much https://www.propublica.org/article/deadly-force-in-black-and-white Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our most recent episode, Professor Erika Wilson joins me to discuss the Philandro Castile verdict and how the law seems to have difference toward law enforcement when it comes to cases dealing with African American males.

As the co-creator of Bitch Planet, comic artist Valentine De Landro gets to explore intersectional feminism and build a world representing all kinds of women of all kinds of races, minorities and body types, a far cry from his days as an African-Canadian comic fan when he didn't often see himself represented and had to tolerate a spate of heroes with “Black” in front of their name. We talk about that awkwardness and the eerie way Bitch Planet's second arc began to allude to Hilary Clinton's defeat in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election without really meaning to. While De Landro thanks fans for their overwhelming support of the series and the way they've created a family in the comic book's back matter, we openly wonder whether society is really as woke as it purports to be with incidents like the shooting of Philandro Castile still happening at an alarming frequency. This episode sponsored by Hairy Tarantula.@val_delandro (Twitter)@val_delandro (Instagram)Valentine's WebsiteBitch Planet's websiteThe Pushpin (Buy a Valentine De Landro print)Milk Fed (Kelly Sue Deconnick's company)Image's Bitch Planet Page#noncompliant#visiblewomen (send your portfolio to Kelly Sue Deconnick)Episode Sponsor: Hairy Tarantula

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about... things other than Trump! Amazing! Topic include the Senate healthcare bill, Philandro Castile, Charleena Lyles, Grenfell Tower, useless press briefings, escalation in Syria, the special elections in Georgia and South Carolina, layoffs at pollster.com, Uber, Sam's thoughts on recording candidate forums... and even some movies Ivan watched recently! A lot packed in this week... but relatively Trump light! OK, we couldn't avoid him entirely. But closer than we have come for awhile!

On this episode, we discuss the passing of legendary rapper Prodigy, the acquittal of officer who shot and killed Philandro Castile, #StraightFacts about Independence Day, NBA Draft picks, natural hair tips, and the fear of black men in today's society. Check out the interview with Jeremy Torres & Shhhean Allen here: https://youtu.be/Dyj8G0qAYXU We Break Silence Show hosted by E.Charlez, Rosie, Mike Laawery & Vania.

Introducing: #Millennial voicemails. A way for you to harass us and an even better way for us to laugh at you.  Not in my house: liberals get a' talkin' to for some blatant, disturbing hypocrisy that's run roughshod over the Otto Warmbier story.  Justice is an elusive hero, and this week, we question whether it's just that a girl who told her boyfriend to kill himself is found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.  Gun Rights Matter, unless you're black. We lament the tragic outcome in the Philandro Castile case.  Amazon and Whole Foods, sitting in a tree, f-u-c-k-i-n-g.  Patron's Choice topics and a quick game of Who Said It? round out this mess of a show. And in this week's After Dark: It's the economy, stupid: but the economy is changing. For the first time ever, solar jobs outnumber coal jobs in Virginia. Questions to Make You Fall in Love: Part III. The Dark and Dirty. When did you last cry by yourself? What would you regret most if you suddenly died tomorrow?

In episode 60, we welcome guest host Eleanor Curry (@ACCE_Law) to discuss the latest legal news of the land. We dive deep into the Philando Castile trial where the murderous cop has been acquitted. We also discuss the mistrial that has given ease to Bill Cosby. Plus, Texas has a new adoption bill that has surely raised a few eyebrows. This and more on #InJustice.

In episode 60, we welcome guest host Eleanor Curry (@ACCE_Law) to discuss the latest legal news of the land. We dive deep into the Philando Castile trial where the murderous cop has been acquitted. We also discuss the mistrial that has given ease to Bill Cosby. Plus, Texas has a new adoption bill that has surely raised a few eyebrows. This and more on #InJustice.

In episode 43, we discuss the latest in the Philandro Castile killing by a police officer. Also, the Asian community has began hate crime tracking, which is growing rampant. Plus, another office has been let off the hook in Chicago with the accidental killing of unarmed victims. This and more on #InJustice.

In episode 43, we discuss the latest in the Philandro Castile killing by a police officer. Also, the Asian community has began hate crime tracking, which is growing rampant. Plus, another office has been let off the hook in Chicago with the accidental killing of unarmed victims. This and more on #InJustice.

After the deaths of Alton Sterling & Philandro Castile, as well as the Dallas shooting, two of Stevie Wonder's songs seem particularly fitting: "Heaven Help Us All" and "Love's in Need of Love Today". We look at how these songs speak to our current times, and delve into the wisdom within. Music in this podcast by Jackie Venson. Recorded 7-10-16. The post Holy Highlights Podcast Ep. 19 – Send the World LOVE Right Away appeared first on Free Souls Church.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, the show was recorded before the attack in Nice, Trump's final VP pick, and the attempted coup in Turkey. So there will be nothing about those things! But Sam and Ivan do of course talk quite a bit about Election 2016 anyway. The other major topic is racial tensions in the wake of the Philandro Castile and Dallas shootings. The show is rounded out with shorter discussions of hard drive failures, summer camp, the UK prime minister... and Pokemon Go!

With the recent and tragic events that have taken place the past week in Minnesota, Louisiana and Dallas TX, we are coming out of hiatus and opening up our line for community dialogue. ALSO we will be interviewing leaders from Indy10 (Indianapolis chapter of Black Lives Matters movement) Call in number: 646-915-8200 Host: Senica Harris, Cie Johnson, Michael Snyder, Brittany Ivy, and Jorge Vazquez Topics: Slaying of Alton Pearson (Baton Rouge, LA) and Philandro Castile (St. Paul, MN) Police Brutality Dispelling the "Black on Black crime" argument Wendy Williams anti-HBCU and anti-NAACP comments/Roland Martin response Jesse Williams speech Voting and being engaged socially and politically Police Brutality Unity in the community White Supremacy....can blacks be white supremacist as well? ("cooning" and "bedwenching" epidemic) 

This episode is inspired by 3 events that have occurred in the since last week's show:  - The shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, LA  - The shooting of Philandro Castile in Falcon Heights, MN  - The subsequent shooting of 11 police officers in Dallas I was reluctant to talk about my story of grief because I didn't want to listen to others talk about theirs. I would compare the two and not give any credibility to your grief if your loved one didn't meet some violent end. Simply put, your narrative wasn't the same as mine, so it couldn't be real. I believer the same holds true for the events of the past week. There is a divide in the U.S. between people who believe police are doing their job and those who feel the police are racist or unfairly treating the very citizens they are supposed to protect. We need to listen to each other and UNDERSTAND what the other side is saying. Only then will we begin the healing process. Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via RSS Click here to subscribe via Stitcher Contact me using any of following: email - darwyn@dealingwithmygrief.com twitter - http://www.twitter.com/dealwithgrief web - http:// www.dealingwithmygrief.com Music provided by Oren Levine (oren@ohljazz.com)        

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan spend the most time on Election 2016. So you will hear all about the latest Trump craziness and the Clinton email scandal. But there is a lot more here too! We recorded before Philandro Castile's death or the attacks in Dallas, so that will have to wait until next week, but Sam has an adventure with the IRS and we talk about our theme music by Ray Lynch! And in a lightning round we briefly cover over a dozen other topics from the space probe at Jupiter to Puerto Rican bankruptcy to how Sam rigs the election polls... and more!

When we sat down in the studio to record this week's show, it was Wednesday evening, and our hearts were heavy with the news of Alton Sterling's death. Sterling was shot and killed by police in Baton Rouge. He'd been selling CDs outside of a convenience store. It's a conversation we've had more times than we can accurately remember in our four years of producing Strange Fruit episodes. The details change, but our analysis stays the same. A police officer who hasn't been trained to recognize his own internal biases is more likely to see a black man as a threat. Media outlets look to the victim's past, and behavior during the stop, for evidence of guilt. Police who shoot people are rarely convicted of crimes. These are all factors in this cycle of police violence we're seeing in the United States — and now that most people have cell phones with video cameras, we actually see the incidents, all over the internet and TV. The morning after we recorded our episode, the whole world was watching a Facebook live video taken by Diamond Reynolds showing the last minutes of her boyfriend's life. Philandro Castile was shot by police during a traffic stop. Reynolds's 4-year-old daughter, who was in the back seat during the shooting, could be heard on the live stream telling her mom, "It’s OK, I’m right here with you." And then, the next night, a sniper shot at police during a peaceful protest in Dallas, killing five officers. The violence perpetrated by and involving the police is so constant, we can't keep up with it. So this week, we're bringing you the show as we originally recorded it, focused on Alton Sterling. We'll be at Louisville's vigil on Sunday, and we'll keep you posted on further developments. And we sincerely hope we never see another week like this.