The Breakdown with Shaun King

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Ep. 617 - An important lesson my wife taught me Jun 01, 2022

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On today's episode of The Breakdown, I want to share a simple, but profound lesson my wife taught me several months ago. I haven't been able to shake it and it guides a lot of what I am thinking today about how I should use my life and how I hope you will use yours

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Ep. 616 - A retired federal agent was privately supporting the white supremacist terrorist in Buffalo May 27, 2022

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New details are emerging that make it clear that the white supremacist terrorist in Buffalo who shot and killed 10 African Americans had a small support group that included a retired federal agent from Texas.
Here's what I know - the ONLY reason that man, and the others, aren't in some underground prison being tortured right now is because they are white men and because the victims were Black.
It is abundantly clear that all over this country white supremacists are FLOURISHING with little to no monitoring or interrupting from city, state, and federal governments.

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Ep. 615 - The mass shooting at Robb Elementary was a COMPLETE FAILURE of law enforcement from top to bottom May 26, 2022

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The more we learn, the uglier it gets. Let me unpack and explain it.

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Ep. 614 - Action steps for confronting white supremacy…while holding a baby. May 24, 2022

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Last night over 3,000 of you attended our town hall on what it means to confront white supremacy in 2022.
Now, we're moving on to our first 6 action steps. You can also see them now @ TheGreatestThreat.com

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Ep. 613 - Meet Me Tonight For an Emergency Townhall May 23, 2022

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We're going to be talking about 2 main ideas:

What we can do for OURSELVES to protect our communities and businesses. And...
What we can fight for on the policy level, in your city, in your county, in your state, and on the federal level - to better protect our communities.

It's not going to be like a townhall you've ever been a part of before. The link is IN MY BIO to register now.

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Ep. 612 - America clearly does NOT have a substantive plan to confront white supremacy May 20, 2022

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Politicians love Black votes but don't really love Black people. Because here's the thing... I've been in a devoted relationship with one woman for 25+ years and let me tell you what I've learned.LOVE IS A VERB.
Love requires corresponding actions to match it.And what I am seeing right now is that politicians keep telling Black people that they care, and that they see and feel our pain, but don't do anything about the actual material conditions causing that pain.
It's not enough to console our communities after ANOTHER white supremacist attack without actually doing ANYTHING to stop the next one.
And we're at the point as a people and as a nation where we have to move from rhetoric to substance.

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Ep. 611 - Important from Shaun King at the site of the white supremacist attack in Buffalo. May 18, 2022

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Yesterday Shaun traveled to Buffalo to meet with families and leaders after the horrible terrorist attack in Buffalo.
Last night Shaun was asked to speak at their vigil.
Here is Shaun’s entire speech, uninterrupted, on what must happen next.

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Ep. 610 - We're Going to Have to Do Something We've Never Done Before May 16, 2022

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I have something very, very painful to say. As it stands right now, NOTHING is going to change about white supremacy in America. Zero. Zilch. NOTHING. The bigotry, racism, and attacks are going to continue because the security apparatus of this nation does not actually take the threats seriously - with staffing and budgets and effective intervention plans.
Today I am going to begin to discuss what we can do differently, OK? I am thinking out loud so please forgive me if anything I say offends you.

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Ep. 609 - What Israel did today is one of the grossest things I've seen in my entire life May 13, 2022

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Today, in the funeral procession of assassinated Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the police of Apartheid Israel literally attacked the men carrying her casket, beating them with sticks, causing them to momentarily drop the casket.
In all of my years as a historian and as an activist and as a journalist, I've never seen this before. It truly was an abomination that really goes beyond words. However...
My only hope, is that like when the world saw the photographs and videos of white supremacist police in the Jim Crow South turning their fire hoses on Black boys and girls, and unleashing dogs on them, that it so exposed their ugly bigotry, that it was seen as a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement that led to the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act.
Because here's the thing, if you are low enough to beat men carrying a casket during a funeral procession, there is nothing you won't do. Israel can no longer pretend before the world that it has some moral high ground. That facade has crumbled. We must all stand up and speak out against the Apartheid state of Israel and their unending human rights abuses.

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Ep. 608 - The Assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh May 11, 2022

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This morning the Apartheid Government of Israel targeted and assassinated revered Palestinian American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. This is a war crime. Let me unpack and explain what we know so far.

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