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Episode 104 - #BlackLivesMatter

Instead of listening to an episode of Front End Happy Hour this week, we want to encourage you to use the hour to listen to, watch, and read educational materials about the long history of structural racism and injustice Black people have & continue to face as well as learn how you can be actively anti-racist to affect real change. In our show notes, we’ve provided a list of picks that includes podcasts, videos, books, and articles available for you to learn more. The list of resources will be in the show notes. Simply put, Black lives matter.

Picks:
Video
- 13th(Netflix)
- Explained: The Racial Wage Gap (Netflix)
- Who Killed Malcolm X?(Netflix)
- When They See Us (Netflix)
- TED Playlist - Talks to help you understand racism in America

Books
- Stamped from the Beginning - The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Free on Spotify)
- So You Want to Talk about Race
- The Colors of Us
- Waking Up White

Podcasts
- 1619 (NYTimes)
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Pod Save the People
- Our National Conversation About Race

Articles
- The Death of George Floyd, In Context
- How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
- For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies

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