Joining me is long time friend and colleague, Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola – an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Utah State University. Her areas of research include race, ethnicity, and culture. She is the author of soon-to-be-published, “The Bricks before Brown”, which is a study of race, class, and gender across three school desegregation cases involving Chinese, Mexican, and Native American plaintiffs, which took place before Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
In this interview Dr. Martinez-Cola covers:
* The historical perspective and context of what led to George Floyd’s death, and how we make sense of it* Why George Floyd’s death has ignited the entire world* White privilege* What people can do to meaningfully support people of color?* How to know if you are “woke”* The Media’s treatment of recent events * Advice to leaders and change makers
To connect with Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola go to:https://michicanaphd.com/ Twitter: @MiChicana4ever Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marisela.cola USU website: https://sociology.usu.edu/people/directory/marisela-martinez-cola A link to all her research/articles: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marisela_Martinez-Cola
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Resources Referenced during the interview:
White Privilege: Dr. Peggy McIntosh’s list of taken for granted/unearned benefits of whiteness: https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf
Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: https://newjimcrow.com/
Ava Duvernay’s The 13th: https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741
White People Rioting for No Reason: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/11/white-people-rioting-for-no-reason.html
Example of attempting to stop Looters: https://youtu.be/XAbTOcVJgM8
Anti-racism resources for doing the work: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasichttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1PrAq4iBNb4nVIcTsLcNlW8zjaQXBLkWayL8EaPlh0bc/mobilebasic
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