CS 022: Charlottesville (08/12/2017)




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Summary: Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at <a href="http://patreon.com/champagnesharks">http://patreon.com/champagnesharks</a>. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champagne-sharks/id1242690393?mt=2">Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champagne-sharks/id1242690393?mt=2</a>.<br> <br> I sit down with D. Mills (<a href="https://twitter.com/mdmills79/">https://twitter.com/mdmills79/</a>) and Mike (<a href="https://twitter.com/blackexception1">https://twitter.com/blackexception1</a>) to discuss the Charlottesville Unite the Right protests, a recent Essence article, Blavity Blacks, and Ta-Nehisi Coates.<br> <br> Articles and tweets discussed:<br> <br> * Protestor who confronted the Alt Right with chains <a href="https://twitter.com/Alice_N_Chains_/status/896512399947177984">https://twitter.com/Alice_N_Chains_/status/896512399947177984</a><br> * Thread by the Women's March people about Charlottesville <a href="https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/896393677244964865">https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/896393677244964865</a><br> * Tweet where I put up where the Alt Right said they didn't want women or anyone who wasn't able-bodied on the frontlines. <a href="https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/896282610745446400">https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/896282610745446400</a><br> * Essence article, which admittedly isn't as divisive as the headline suggests: "Dear Cis People: It's Time To Turn To Black Trans Leadership" <a href="http://www.essence.com/culture/black-transgender-non-binary-activists-to-know">http://www.essence.com/culture/black-transgender-non-binary-activists-to-know</a><br> * Twitter thread giving background on Brittany Ferrell and her controversy with Darren Seals <a href="https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/895069484603633665">https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/895069484603633665</a><br> *  Various instances of Darren Seals refusing to join forces with white people trying to join with him to throw his enemies in Black Lives Matter under the bus <a href="https://twitter.com/KingDSeals/status/685546986708180992">https://twitter.com/KingDSeals/status/685546986708180992</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/KingDSeals/status/684864645115453440">https://twitter.com/KingDSeals/status/684864645115453440</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/KingDSeals/status/685546776389005312">https://twitter.com/KingDSeals/status/685546776389005312</a><br>