Nowadays we can sidestep traditional media with social media and technology that allows us to become citizen journalists, to fight against injustice by showing what's shamefully going on.
It was unusual that it King's beating by LAPD in 1991] went viral, though the actions captured by the camera were, sadly, neither unusual nor new. In Rodney King's day, it was rare to get that kind of footage on camcorder. We have the right to film and document police activity. We can't discuss any of it without finally recognizing the role of unchecked capitalism in shaping our attitudes, culture, and lived experiences.Įmily Raboteau: One thing that makes our moment in the struggle unique is widespread cell-phone camera technology. We can't talk about Sandra Bland's tragic death without talking about the failure of our mental health systems, as well as the criminal justice system's failure to properly protect Black women and girls. We can't talk about the death of Eric Garner without acknowledging how "broken windows" policing has caused us to over-police already vulnerable neighborhoods. We can't talk about State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's brave fight to prosecute the police officers involved in the killing of Freddie Gray without also talking about the rise of unchecked prosecutorial power and the deterioration of the public defense system. Marc Lamont Hill: For me, it was important to talk about how these incidents of violence and racism are wrapped up in other issues, processes, and events. The questions Smith asks in this book are urgent-for him, for the martyrs and the tokens, and for the Trayvons that could have been and are still waiting.Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play What's different about this moment, since anti-Black racism and state violence have been an ongoing part of our reality? What needed to be said in your books that hadn't been said yet? Smith unapologetically upends reigning assumptions about black masculinity, rewriting the script for black manhood so that depression and anxiety aren't considered taboo, and feminism and LGBTQ rights become part of the fight. In Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, Mychal Denzel Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years, describing his efforts to come into his own in a world that denied his humanity. It means celebrating powerful moments of black self-determination for LeBron James, Dave Chappelle, and Frank Ocean. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account.
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