Topic: Sandra Bland

2 chapters across the catalog

The Big Jump
Episode 749 1:15:33 - 1:24:12

749: The Big Jump

Huffington Post, White Feminism and Intersectionality

The hosts deconstruct a Huffington Post video featuring Ziba Bley and Emma Gray discussing "white feminism" and "intersectionality." They mock the use of terms like "cisgender" and "checking privilege," arguing that the video promotes racial division and unfairly attacks white women for not centering their activism on police brutality and the wage gap for women of color.

A.Q. in the Maghrim
Episode 742 18:42 - 22:50

742: A.Q. in the Maghrim

Alan Dershowitz on Police Encounters and Civil Rights

Law professor Alan Dershowitz is criticized for advising students on CNN to waive their constitutional rights when confronted by police. The segment references the Sandra Bland case in Texas, where a traffic stop for a failure to signal escalated into an arrest. Dershowitz argues that being "contemptuous" toward officers, particularly for African Americans, leads to dangerous outcomes in a racist society.