We are doing something different this week.

As many of you are, our attention has been on the wrongful killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, and the following protests for justice against oppression and systematic racism.

As two privileged individuals, we want to learn, progress, and change.

Instead of doing a classic episode, we want all of you to take the time you would dedicate listening to this podcast, and focus it on listening/reading/learning to and about black voices. It is the least we could do.

The people/resources we have recommended in this episode are the following:

Instagram Followers:

@iamrachelricketts

@ajabarber

@ohhappydani

@theconsciouskid

Podcasts about Race:

The Daily - "Why is the Pandemic Killing So Many Black Americans"

1619 - New York Times podcast series about the history of black oppression, starting with the arrival of slave ships in 1619

Movies:

"13th" - Documentary about the transition of control from slavery to the African American overrepresentation in the American Prison System.

"I am Not Your Negro"

"When They See Us"

Books:

"That Hate U Give" - Angie Thomas

"The People’s History of the US" - Howard Zinn

"Coming of Age in Mississippi" - Anne Moody

"Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson" Mandela

Thanks for listening. If you have read any of these or you have recommendations yourself, reach out to @shiptalk_ on Instagram.