Disrespectability Politics

In a #disspod first, Wagatwe and Irna respond directly to people who had a problem with their love and adoration of Maxine Waters. She, in fact, has not been calling for violence. They unpack a few reactions about the call for civility connect it to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, who actually abhorred white moderates. Calls for "civility" are telling Black people that enduring violence them is the only form of "proper" resistance. Oh, and we talk about how AFRICA WON THE WORLD CUP [https://www.facebook.com/BetweenTheScenes/videos/212180896148350/]! Related reading: * White America's Age-Old, Misguided Obsession with Civility [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/opinion/civility-protest-civil-rights.html] * Protest isn't civil [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/the-civility-instinct/563978/] * The real Mahatma Gandhi [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-real-mahatma-gandhi/308550/%20] * Debunking the need for a "Palestinian Gandhi" [https://www.vox.com/cards/israel-palestine-misconceptions/there-is-no-palestinian-gandhi%20] Follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/disrespectability],Twitter [twitter.com/disrespectcast] and Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/disrespectability]! Use the hashtag #disspod to share your thoughts! Hosts: Wagatwe Wanjuk [https://twitter.com/wagatwe]i and Irna Landrum [twitter.com/irna79] Creator: Monique Teal Sound and editing: Aaron Rand Freeman of Unreasonable Fridays [http://unreasonablefridays.com/]

Maxine Waters is officially done with playing nice. So why are so many of her colleagues and "allies" throwing her under the bus? The #Disspod team take a few moments before the holiday to explore why the Left is spending more energy tone policing an 80-year old Black woman than pushing back against an increasingly fascist regime. Follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/disrespectability],Twitter [twitter.com/disrespectcast] and Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/disrespectability]! Use the hashtag #disspod to share your thoughts! Hosts: Wagatwe Wanjuk [https://twitter.com/wagatwe]i and Irna Landrum [twitter.com/irna79] Creator: Monique Teal Sound and editing: Aaron Rand Freeman of Unreasonable Fridays [http://unreasonablefridays.com/]

Sabrina Butler-Smith was a Mississippi teen mom wrongfully convicted of killing her nine-month-old child in 1990 and sentenced to death. Five years later, she became the first American woman ever exonerated from Death Row. The #DissPod team interviews Sabrina Butler-Smith to hear her story of injustice, solitude, and redemption, which has been featured on CNN's "Death Row Stories." Today she uses her experience to change the world—with an awe-inspiring level of compassion and resilience. Follow us on Twitter [twitter.com/disrespectcast] and Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/disrespectability]! Related reading: * Learn more about Sabrina on her website [sabrinabutler.webs.com/]. * "I Spent More Than Six Years as an Innocent Woman on Death Row [http://time.com/2799437/i-spent-more-than-six-years-as-an-innocent-woman-on-death-row/]" TIME op-ed by Ms. Butler-Smith Hosts: Wagatwe Wanjuk [https://twitter.com/wagatwe]i and Irna Landrum [twitter.com/irna79] Creator: Monique Teal Sound and editing: Aaron Rand Freeman of Unreasonable Fridays [http://unreasonablefridays.com/]

Wagatwe and Irna reflect on the deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain and what they personally mean to them. They also discuss the big question: What *does* helping someone in need look like? True suicide prevention is more than posting a hotline number. How do we make care more easily accessible? Irna and Wagatwe share from their experiences in how much America is failing to provide robust access to care. Related reading: * Why “You are loved” & “please reach out” are crappy things to post after someone has died by suicide [https://medium.com/@deanna/why-you-are-loved-and-please-reach-out-are-the-crappiest-things-to-post-after-someone-has-died-484eb23d6715%20]by Deanna Zandt * Physiological & Psychological Impact of Racism and Discrimination for African-Americans [https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/ethnicity-health/racism-stress.aspx] by the American Psychological Association * Institutional betrayal in the medical field [http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institutionalbetrayal/ibq.html#ibq-h%20] from University of Oregon #Disspod Badasses of the Week: * Lulabel Seitz [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWbFmi_lqdo], sexual assault survivor silenced during her valedictorian speech at Petaluma High School * Mariah Parker [https://www.theroot.com/26-year-old-wins-local-office-in-georgia-takes-her-oat-1826631741], whose swearing in as a commissioner in Georgia was Black AF.

Wagatwe and Irna sit down with Daily Kos staff writer Dr. Kelly Macías to discuss Stacey Abrams in her journey to become the first Black woman to become governor in US History. Related reading: Daily Kos' endorsement of Stacey Abrams [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/4/1697114/-Daily-Kos-endorses-Stacey-Abrams-who-would-be-Georgia-s-and-America-s-first-black-female-governor], written by Dr. Kelly Macías. Initial governor race ratings [initial%20gubernatorial%20race%20ratings%20for%202018] by Daily Kos Elections. Read more of Kelly's writing at Daily Kos [https://www.dailykos.com/user/Kelly%20Macias]. Hosts: Wagatwe Wanjuk [https://twitter.com/wagatwe]i and Irna Landrum [twitter.com/irna79] Creator: Monique Teal Sound and editing: Aaron Rand Freeman of Unreasonable Fridays [http://unreasonablefridays.com/]