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Bloomberg Radio New York
"african american community" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"The Orlando community is reeling after multiple shootings claiming the life of a 9 year old child, a young woman and a TV station news employee who was on the scene covering the earlier shooting. Two more victims are in critical condition. The Orange County sheriff's department says the suspect in all three shootings 19 year old Keith Melvin Moses is in custody. Sheriff John Mina. When deputies located him and arrested him, he was armed with a handgun which we believe will link him to these cases as well. Sheriff Mina says Moses has a lengthy criminal history that includes aggravated battery, assault with a deadly weapon and gun charges. The Republican led statehouse in Jackson Mississippi has passed the law that creates a form of a new court system of unelected judges and prosecutors. They would have jurisdiction over the predominantly white part of Jackson and expand the capitol police force. The reach of the new court system would exclude the predominant African American community of Jackson. Democratic state House minority leader Robert Johnson is fighting the law. This looks does look like Jim Crow like post reconstruction. This looks like everything that some of us who are old enough remember growing up through the civil rights movement, the things that we fall to to reverse. The state Senate still has to pass the law before the governor can sign it. NTSB inspectors will release its preliminary report on the toxic train derailment today, almost 40 railcars ran off the tracks two weeks ago in east Palestinian Ohio. Live from the Bloomberg interactive broker studios, this is global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I'm Michael Barr, and this is Bloomberg. When news breaks across the globe radio is there. From Asia. Now let's get to the latest developments on the China balloon incident. To Europe, businesses plan to cut hiring as the
Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications
"african american community" Discussed on Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications
"Working on strategy with a client. An organization that celebrated the art and cultural heritage of a particular community. My colleague and I were excited to present findings and ideas. The problem? We were presenting to the wrong board. I don't mean we went to the wrong building or anything. The board was all white, largely male, and not a single board member was either a member of the community, the organization celebrated, or deeply understood that community in a way that drove their passion for this work. I called it out in the rooms and to make my point, I said, okay, imagine an African American community center with an all white board. I figured this is a layup to actually educate them, right? Much to my horror. One board member answered quickly, well, what would be wrong with that? Not a single other board member challenged her. It was clear that our vision for the future of this organization would not fly, our vision could only be a reality if the board and staff reflected the communities the organization served. We've clearly got to start with the simple question, why does it matter? It might be obvious to you, but we've got to make sure that the playing field is level. Then we need to tease that out. What does it mean? What could it look like? I mean, if you serve preschoolers, you're not going to hand preschoolers for you to share your responsibilities, are you? I mean, you get the idea. And then once we talk about what it looks like, we need to offer you some actionable steps you can take. Does that sound like a daunting conversation? No. Not after you listen to whitley Richards. I learned a lot from this conversation, and I know you will, too.
The Financial Guys
"african american community" Discussed on The Financial Guys
"I don't think he is right now. No but to your point. They're going up seventy five year. Old lady settles. This was a total by the way. We're going to get a collage of all those videos host on our facebook. Way if you're not if you don't like you got like us on facebook falls on your and if you do like what you're gonna do like what you hear on youtube by the way hit the bell do us a favor. Subscribe to us and then hit the like button as well. You know i was gonna say my. We don't have any evidence you know for those people that say mike you guys you conspiracy theorists blah blah blah blah as if the government has never done anything evil right. Now we'll talk about giving guns to To this radical extremist gangs latinos and the african american community of the two highest communities that have the lowest vaccination rates right. So you've got governor caught going closure business these people right but of course these folks. Why wouldn't they be skeptical. The government right. I mean you look at the african american community. Just go look up to ski experience. The government would ever you know with old medications just to see what would happen to people know they would. They did that right. Look up the. You just mentioned the fast and furious. I mean if you're latino community. Why wouldn't you be skeptical of government salt lake. We sold high powered weapons to mexican drug cartels. That killed you right. Play the video of our great vice president who was skeptical of exactly what seems to be just fine. Just seems to be just fine for her to be skeptical the government and skeptical the shot. She's trying to now force. Yeah force in the people's arms. Oh you wanna work here. You want a job protecting the border no problem. We're going to force you to get this shot. Let's see what she thought about the shot just a few months ago. Say there is a vaccine that is approved and even distributed before the election..
77WABC Radio
"african american community" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"To go to a party. C five girls standing along, boy had a whole jug of Spanish fly like that corner over there. Ha ha ha. Could you imagine that joke flying now I'm gonna rape those women in that corner over there, where he practiced what he preached clearly, clearly life imitating. And by the way, Lydia to tell you something when I was growing up In those days they had comedy albums on vinyl records. I know this was in the protozoa here and no one listening even remembers this, but he know what albums are run DMC, But yeah, but he had these comedy albums out. They were always clean. Never cursed. Really? As as you know, he told family jokes. He told jokes about, uh, you know, what do you do when your parents go out and your don't? You know, violating all the rules. They don't say violating women. Yeah, well, I guess that's when it started in his case. But you know, these really Very family healthy type things. He was one of the first African Americans to be in a leading role with I spy with Robert Culp. Then he went on to do all these wonderful things. And then, of course, The Cosby Show, which is story about an upper middle class black family was a lawyer and a doctor and the kids. Everybody's favorite show. He went on to get his PhD. He did all these things. And then and this is I think what it's hard for all of us to accept. Is this person who we lionize and idolize in my case 40 years. Turns out to be an absolute, my Greg monster. And and sometimes we can't accept that at first. Now in his like O. J. Simpson. Yeah, well, you know what's interesting about O. J. Simpson is, I don't think In the African American community. He was Ever really that much light. What got him liked is when he got charged with with a crime, and, uh, for some reason, this was associated with people who don't get the right lawyers and the right justice. He had a dream team of lawyers. I wrote an article once that didn't make me particularly favorable and in my own community called they framed a guilty man. In other words, the jury's decision was correct. Because there was reasonable doubt based on the evidence that was faked by Mark. What was his name? The D'Arrigo said. Yes, the detective and no. Mark Geragos is a lawyer, right? No, Mark Furman, Mark Furman, but in fact He was guilty. Oh, and it was also Judge Ito's fault. I mean, I was a kid I was in announced, Sam. I was younger back then. But no, I remember Judge Ito. He didn't allow evidence to be presented that he had beaten Nicole and had they known that and also, you know, remember that that had they known that he had beaten her and all those pictures And then, of course, if the glove don't faith you have to equate and we all know that when leather dries Like when it's soaked in blood. It's going to shrink and then O. J is trying to put the glove on and he couldn't get it on and you know, and that famous line it was here he did. He had a dream team and you have Robert Kardashian. You know that right? The Kim Kardashian father was on the dream team. In fact, um He was the one who took the suitcase and they never found it that had the clothes in it. Remember that? Oh, God, yeah, And and And no one ever knew what I think he had called Robert to from the White Bronco when they were on that low speed chase, and they also there's also rumors that he's the father of Chloe ho, boy. Uh uh, Let's take a quick phone call. Uh, by the way that video of Vernon Jones given it to that CNN reporter, you can check it out on my Twitter at Libyan news l I d i A N E. W s. That's l I d a N E. W s. And on Instagram. I'm Lydia News one and on Facebook. I'm Lydia News. Lydia Surana. C U R a N A. J. Let's go to Joe from Manhattan. Hi there, Lydia. Every now and then. You know, when you mention her, that's AOC. You know, you describe her as very pretty. I disagree with you because you for example, Uh, I've seen dozens of your pictures, for example. Not just you personally By chance. You're 100 times more pretty than she can ever be. And her fear is to laugh with her mouth wide open because then should show her fangs wide enough. She's anarchic creates anarchy, chaos and heads. The United States of America. Believe me, Joe, I believe that in view of the fact that Puerto Rico they've had horrible government, you know, many have stepped down before they've ended up in prison. She could go and lead that country. Maybe to utopia. Maybe to hell. I don't know. Well, thank you so much, Joe, but Puerto Rico. It's part of the United Good to know that with Bill Cosby out of action that Joe should start going down to Atlantic City, you need to go to Caesar's or whatever. Still opening around there? Absolutely. Or you, Governor Paterson when we come back, Speaking of comedians, we've got a clip of one really, really funny guy, and I think we do need to end on a laugh on this Fourth of July weekend. I'll be right back. W ABC traffic.
77WABC Radio
"african american community" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Piscopo on music Radio 77 w A. B C. Job is give fell on the radio. That's me Sunday night. Great to have you with us on this is Sunday night. Hopefully you're staying warm. Hopefully, the snow will be away until the next snowstorm, which is like Thursday. As you Listen, Tonto Ramsey, Mazda's Sundays with Sinatra on 77. W A B C I love having you with us. We're celebrating all the great black artists that Mr Sinatra played. We have had the honor of playing with. He learned so much from the black community and you know what he really blazed the path for so many you know, going through bigotry cause it's what Mr Sinatra experience as a young Italian American coming from Hoboken, New Jersey. It's hard to imagine you know his family coming from Sicily to Ellis Island, going the whole book, and he understood he understood the struggle. So, Nan, he would meet these great artists is artists in the African American community and one of the best I know our buddy Landau. Eugene Murphy touched on was not King Cole. Me. How great was not King Cole. This is an early recording. Of Nat King Cole and Mr Sinatra from you ready for this 1946. This is right after World War two. This was called songs by Sinatra Radio Variety show. You forget a powerful radio was And of course it is. Now It's back here on 77 W 80 ft just saying So. Here's a great classic from Jimmy McCue and Dorothy Fields, Mr Sinatra and that Cole singing exactly like you. Asking more guitar, Johnny Miller Basin that King called doubling on piano and tonsils double groovy That boy saying that I know that every chance you get you give a break to a promising young vocalist because I'm not so young and not so promising. But Good night. Sing one with you now, please. Hey, Hugs not is thinking it over. He's looking down at the keyboard. I'm in. I get to sing with the famous king called surreal. I know why I've waited. No, I've been blue. I prayed each night for someone exactly like.
106.1 FM WTKK
"african american community" Discussed on 106.1 FM WTKK
"African American community. According to the mayor, the replacement mural was paid for with private donations with continuing news updates from around the state. I'm Kyle Wilson. Oh, another cold night. Here. Cross Carolina's with a flow straight down from Canada into the Carolinas Tonight. We're at 49 degrees this afternoon 26 tonight. We do come up into the fifties tomorrow with rain Friday. Scott Larrimore, the weather Channel one of 61 FM Talk Next news and 30 minutes. Follow us on social media go to one of 61 FM talk dot com to connect Discover how innovation consent lif I complex IittIe challenges where you own your career G I T is hiring application development Cloud and I t professionals apply now. A g d i t com slash careers g d I T is an equal opportunity. Employer disability veteran. Our radio here, the top Bob Seger song that you've thumbed up number three against the wind. Against the wind way We're running against the wind way strong way running. The world number two night moves. Yeah. We're working on our night moves trying to make some from page driving news. We're getting on a nine moons. Number one old time rock and roll music just How about the day's a boy that all time rocking around here More for Bob Seger and similar artists Now search for Bob Seger on my Heart radio? All your favorite music all your favorite stations. All three Mm hmm. No. He's worked as a Fortune 500 technology executive and was CEO of the first Internet radio network. He's a digital political strategist, helping the right side use new technology. Maura Effectively. He's a public speaker sitting in for Rush Limbaugh today. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Todd Herman. It's a incredible honor to fill in for one of my radio heroes. Rush Limbaugh.
KFI AM 640
"african american community" Discussed on KFI AM 640
"Party that is literally devolving in front of our face. Right? Interesting story with George Gascogne, who the D A of Los Angeles, and he ran on a very liberal ticket, getting rid of cash bail. Getting rid of many. Felonies and making me the misdemeanors effectively being a defendant defendant's attorney, and he won on that campaign. Jackie Lacey. It was the D A had all kinds of issues. Actually, the African American community voted against her, even though she's African American because they perceive she was too pro cop. All right. So let me tell you what happened, Uh, yesterday. Ah. And so this isn't department on the main in the main building downtown county of L. A judge Mark Arnold was hearing motions. That was the double murder of 2 15 year old boys. Three defendants who miss taken these two boys for rival gang members and just shot him open fire them. As they walked home from a party in south L. A. And as the hearing got under way, it was a procedural hearing, The judge turned to the prosecutor. Michael, Uh, Michelini, Misha Lena and said, I understand Mr Mission. Lana, you have emotion. And so Deputy D a Michael Michelin a stands. There was emotion that I have been directed to make from the district attorney to dismiss all allegations of any kind Now what he was referring to or sensing enhancements, not the allegation itself. Hey, was asking the judge to drop the enhancements. The defendants used a gun were part of a gang committed multiple murders, all which meant life without parole and the D A. George Gascogne directed Misha Lena. To ask that those not be considered to drop those charges, and then Michelle Elena, the deputy D A. Who just asked for that motion. Tells the judge. I believe that the motion that I've asked you to make is illegal. The district attorney may not just on their own, abandoned a prosecution for a public a fence. Other words, the D. A. Can't do this on his own when enhancements are part of the code. That I've never heard happened before. But that's what's happening in the D A. Is often office. I mean, there is an uproar going on and the disease off. There's a revolt going on against George Gascogne now. To George Gas scones credit If you want to give him credit number one. He ran on that premise and he was elected to he believes the enhancements are simply unwise. Why Well, he points to research longer. Prison sentences are a big driver of the mass incarceration, mostly black and brown men, so therefore they're Racists on their on their face. Have a negligible impact on crime and make someone more likely to re offend. When they get out well with enhancements. You don't get out especially the big offenses, but he points out. Our system is broken anyway. It's completely broken, which it is. So is there an answer? Well, he says, Here's the answer in a lot of liberals feel that way. A lot of sociologists feel this way is that you make prison Maura of a rehabilitative. Concept. Then you do a punishment one and you're going to see society be better for it less crime. You're going to see more people becoming members of society. I don't know. You know, it's you can't you can't dismiss that argument. We have a broken system. We have more people in jail than any place in the world, and that's per capita, too. Not just numbers. Coming up. The House whisper segment with Dean Sharp, and it's all about solar energy. This is K f. I am 6 40. Let's check in with Jennifer Jones lead But first it's your chance to win $1000 for your chance at 1000 bucks. Text the nationwide keyword smile s m I l E Tau 202 100. You'll get a confirmation texted info Standard data message rates apply in this nationwide contest that's smile to 202 100. If you win, you get a call from the number. You.
WBSM 1420
"african american community" Discussed on WBSM 1420
"God, I just I don't get it. And you know the thing is, if you if your men fall smoker and you know smokers, you know they're out having a cigarette together during a break in the work place or some they talk, you know? Maybe so you say that. What are you doing? You smoke Newports, You know what are you doing? I'm driving in New Hampshire. Really? You drive in New Hampshire. Can you pick me up a couple of cartons of Marlborough's You know, it's not just gonna be It just encourages smuggling on it on a general level, not just not just the particularly affected cigarettes. It's like Prohibition, increased lawlessness across the board. Right? 844 542 42. Max and Phoenix says You know how we menthol cigarettes are very popular among African Americans. Couldn't this be considered racist? I thought about that, too. You know, the Tax Foundation story said that Maryland is also they have a rhino governor Larry Hogan. We call him Larry Hogan Parker. He is also in the he wants to run for president. And he's thinking about putting in the men fall Band now in In Maryland that they have Ah, hire black populations in Massachusetts. 55% of the cigarettes sold in in Maryland are men fall, 55% compared 34%, Massachusetts. So I mean, how is how is that gonna help Maryland? How is that gonna help black people in Baltimore if they have to drive to Delaware to get cigarettes? Ridiculous. Cousin Dave, You're next with Howie Carr. Go ahead, cousin Dave. Hey, how I think the mental Dan in Massachusetts might have a lot to do with it all around. I mean, if they decide to do it across the country, I think I might have to do with the youth because I believe that the youth as a whole when they start smoking, if you pay attention, a lot of them go towards menthol cigarettes because of To these like hip hop world like the scene, the hip hop scene, little smoking menthols and Newports and stuff like that, Um, I really think that it has something to do with that and also have absolutely has to do with getting to the people that are in the You know the African American population because they do spend More money on new force than any other race, So I mean, I think that it's an attack on. I mean, if you pay attention, so even what they're talking about the vaccines they want to get all African Americans inject, you know, vaccinated first. I don't know, man. I think we really need to start questioning the people that are saying this stuff like, like, really. I mean, why Why? I don't understand this thing about about trying to get blacks vaccinated first by the polls I've seen say that blacks are less likely to get the vaccine than white people. Right. They don't want to get the vaccine. Do you want to force them to get the vaccine? How does that work? You know, you can't force. I don't care what the Democrats say You can't force anybody of any race to get a vaccine. No, I know, but they're trying to push it to the African American community. First, they specifically said that on a few different news stations, I'm so you've heard of it. So I mean, why are they pushing this? Why are they pushing the vaccines and African American communities? And why are they targeting African American community Soon? That's all cigarettes why they targeted the African American community. That's the question that needs to be answered. I don't know the answer to it. I don't know. All I know is I I don't understand the whole the travel ban. I mentioned this earlier today, so they're basically getting ready to welcome in All these illegal aliens from the southern border and and these communities, these these countries, according to Testing are more likely to be covert 19 positive than Americans. So they're going to be welcomed into the country, even though they have no jobs, no prospects. No language skills knows nothing except that they're just gonna be wards of the state. They're gonna be welcomed in. But Biden wants to Shut off travel from European countries Brazil and later on South Africa. How? How does how's that gonna work? So these? These are gonna be people that want to come into the country are gonna have money. And they're gonna be turned away. But you're gonna welcome in people. Who are in the Jeep. Who, with the current current levels or continued of welfare dependence. At least three quarters of them are going to be on welfare. 844 542 42 978 The flavored tobacco ban was just put in place to increase the miles. People drive so hip work gas tax. I even thought about that You may be onto something. 844 542 42 919. I could make 10.
77WABC Radio
"african american community" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"The Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment Complex and the Atlantic City Convention Center are now set up to put doses in arms appointment said both places are currently booked, but more are expected to be at it. Meanwhile, Governor Murphy paying a visit to the Morristown Mall today to see the new vaccination site. Their senator Troy Singleton, who is black, receiving his first dose there to encourage others in the African American community to get vaccinated. I'm Kristen Marks for 77 W. ABC News governor Cuomo says Long Island is lagging in the number of hospital workers will receive the covert 19 vaccine, He says. It's important to make sure they get vaccinated to prevent staff shortages so they can treat covert patients. The governor says only 61% of hospital employees on Long Island have received the covert 19 shot compared to 67% in New York City. Theo number Staten Island bar arrested for repeat code violations is being charged with on Lee minor operational offenses. Daniel Presti allegedly struck a sheriff's deputy during a confrontation, breaking both his legs with his car back. In November. Max Public House was in the spotlight for declaring itself an autonomous zone, which wouldn't comply with covert closure orders. Nets and Cavaliers in Cleveland tonight. Rangers skating in Pittsburgh Baseball Hall of Fame legend and Karen has died at the age of 86 WBC news time 605 traffic and transit of next They forecast the Ramseys Subaru with a center tonight mostly clear low 28 Tomorrow partly cloudy high 31 40 Partly cloudy in Central Park. It's 42 in Piscataway. I'm Bob Round streaming 24 7. The all new 77 w A B C Mobile lab tell you ABC traffic in transit. There's a car fire on the Northern State Parkway Eastbound Northern State Parkway at Deer Park Avenue. A car fire at this point all lanes e spanner blocked off a Deer Park Avenue. A big back up here developing he spent on the northern state from 1 10 out towards to your Park Avenue. Also a big jam up in Queens on the westbound Grand Central Parkway. Getting onto the Triborough Bridge. Well, looks like we got an accident There. Got a collision on the belt Parkway. Westbound right around Fontaine Avenue. Very heavy Traffic west from Sunrise Highway eastbound traffic is slow. From Flatbush Avenue..
WTOP
"african american community" Discussed on WTOP
"Guidance appears to clarify earlier language that said there was no maximum time between the shots and estimated 29% of health care employees are hesitant to get the vaccine. CBS News senior medical correspondent Doctor Terra No, Roula says administrators in public health officials are trying to change those minds. They've seen firsthand the whore. Hours of the pandemic. Still, some health care workers are hesitant about covert 19 vaccines. First, I wasn't sure I had reaction before with the flu vaccine. When vaccines were offered at her Michigan hospital nurse Barb Steuby wavered concerned about the speed of vaccine development until a trusted hospital pharmacist explained how it works. Talking it over. I just felt whatever the vaccine is going to throw at me cannot be what I was seeing with the actual virus. Right so well, you can sign me up another barrier, a mistrust of government and medicine among some minorities who make up about 40% of US healthcare workers stemming in part from our country's history of dishonest medical experiments on people of color. I was definitely not on board, not at all. Jennifer Stevenson is an administrator at Loreto Hospital in Chicago in the African American community. I've always felt like when it comes to vaccines. We've been like the guinea pigs. We serve a minority community and our staff reflects that minority community chief political officer, Dr Nikki Legit Body leads vaccine education at Loreto Hospital. Through information sessions with skeptical staffers. They believe that the government rushed and they said, do you really know what happens? And if you explain to them how it actually works? They seem to come around with that. Jennifer Stevenson came around, okay. And this week got her second dose. What was the fact that for me was actually not only someone sitting down and talking to me, but actually saying leadership? Stepping up to the plate and actually taking the vaccine to convince others. The hospital added a paid day off as a reward. Still, one in four haven't yet signed up. Institutions across the country are coming up with creative ways to convince their stuff to take the shot. Houston Methodist offers of $500 cash Incentive and in Atlanta nursing home chain rattles off.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030
"african american community" Discussed on WBZ NewsRadio 1030
"So the sheep has been fighting. Um, feverishly, um on on the walk to the different levels, not just on the local level, but on the federal level was well to ensure that Law enforcement and all those who are responsible for protecting and serving us doing so at a equal level across the board. This is not just a isolated issue. The realities of what happened in 2020 is that all those issues were once that this amplify issues that communities of color have been dealing with. Had things proportionate rate for really, really long time. So we've been actively, um, calling for the resignations of individuals calling for the termination of individuals and ultimately calling for prosecution. Convictions of those who are doing bodily harm to communities of color. And so that's something that we're actively doing. Um, you know, we haven't had the results in all aspects that we want. But the fight continues, and this is something that we are, Um, you know, we're gonna keep our feet down on this one, and we're not going away on any of it. I'm joined by Trevan Williams, the vice president of marketing and communications for the end of the deep. I want to follow up on what has unfolded since those protests in the summer of 2020 and some of the changes that have been made across the country. What are some of the more notable ones that you've seen whether it's at the federal level the state level or the local level? One thing one. Anything else where What we're seeing is that the attention is being paid to house. Never again. A lot of these positions are from an elected official standpoint. When you start thinking about situations like down in Georgia, with Ahmad operate One of the things that came to light in many respects was the district attorney would not file charges at one point, and that became a great educational aspect for a lot of us in which we realized that you know, we elect the individuals for these roles. And so much of the changes that you're saying take place really took place because our communities took advantage of the opportunity that they know our vote puts these individuals and positions. You do not public agenda. But these are public servants, and their their job is to protect all of us. And so I think that what you saw was the result of November where we've had record numbers in voter turnout. Black voter mobilization was at its absolute peak in our civic engagement team did a fantastic job of mobilizing Individuals so that they can be a part of the change is not something that's gonna happen overnight as many of us are aware of, But we know that these are the necessary steps that we need to take to ensure that we're going in the right direction, and we're trending in the right direction, and I believe that we've done so, um, done so in November, and we did so again this past January. It certainly seems like black supports and black involvement gets a lot of attention and a lot of focus. In the big races, especially the ones that have a national impact, like the presidential race, the Georgia run offs, But going back to something you were just alluding to on the local level the community level have you seen an increase over the past couple of months and not just participation, but also people of color, stepping up and taking on those local leadership positions? Absolutely absolutely great question the attention of being paid. This is as much about educating and then initiating that education, right, so I think a lot of people Were educated over this last year as to how much involvement Ah lot of these decisions that are being made on the local level, even down to what we've seen as far as some of these federal judges, in the point that could have been made under this current administration, understanding that if you don't have the right people in the office, you cannot, um you can't these a lifetime appointment with federal judges, right? So You know you're having issues within your community with regards to judges that have been appointed that don't necessarily align with what it is that you believe on an individual level. That raises the profile of how important it is for us to be paying attention to what's taking place within these communities themselves, and I think we're seeing the result of that were so we saw that down in Georgia's I mean next to At the early on that, but we're seeing it across the country where we're sitting individual show up people that quite frankly, in the other cases probably wouldn't have a chance and certain elections to be elected and now they're getting the opportunity. To be considered because it wasn't just a check of the box. We weren't paying attention to the confidence city. The individuals paid us and they begin amount of attention to what took place at all levels of government, and I think that's what's going to force the change that we're looking to see across the country. I'm joined by Trevan Williams, the vice president of marketing and communications for the deep. What about a push to get people of color in these communities? Working for the police working at these different law enforcement agencies. So there is that kind of representation and in a sense they can help change the culture. If that's what's needed from within. I think that we theater Ocho would advocate for that on all levels were not, you know, No. One anti police. No one's defund the police in many respects, but we are what we want individuals to be held accountable and no better way to hold individuals accountable at all levels. You have individuals who understand the community that they represent by being a part of it. You know a lot of times people person inclination is to try and, you know, let's overthrow something really realistically that the idea is to figure out the system so that you could figure out how to make changes from within itself. So we encourage Um, any individual who once again you've always law enforcement, prosecutors, dependent lawyers, judges different things in there that we want them to take advantage of all of those things so that they can approach these Opportunities in the short proper opportunities with are saying mindset. Understanding No one's looking for any any shortcuts, but we certainly want to make sure that individuals are being treated proportionately and equal. When they're going before, of course, is the more even if they're engaging with these individuals on a local level, it makes a lot and they mean a lot different. Our student made means something very different. If you're talking to someone who looks a lot like you in these spaces, and that's not something that has been traditionally the case. Within the African American community, So we certainly encourage community of color to go after the law enforcement opportunities will try to be the sheriff of your of your county of different things, but that's all we want you to take advantage of these opportunities so that we can show, uh, show the opportunity to be equitable in all levels. Lot of the issues that we're discussing here, and there are still issues that the focus is on today were issues that Dr Martin Luther King Jr was advocating for in talking about when he was leading the civil rights movement, and he's He has a direct connection to the end of the Peopie. Can you talk a little bit about that? Dr Martin Luther King played a significant role within the VP at you know, during during his time frame during the civil rights.
KOA 850 AM
"african american community" Discussed on KOA 850 AM
"And so the relationship has been fighting. Um, feverishly, um on on the multitude of different levels, not just on the local level, but on the federal level was well to ensure that Law enforcement and all those who are responsible for protecting and serving us doing so at a equal level across the board. This is not just a isolated issue. The realities of what happened in 2020 is that all of those issues were once that is amplified issue that communities of color have been dealing with. Adding his proportionate rate for really, really long time. So we've been actively, um, calling for the resignations of individual calling for the termination of individuals and ultimately calling for prosecution. Convictions of those who are doing bodily harm to communities of color. And so that's something that we're actively doing. Um, you know, we haven't had the results in all aspects that we want. But the fight continues, and this is something that we are, Um, you know, we're gonna keep our feet down on this one, and we're not going away on any of it. I'm joined by Trevan Williams, the vice president of marketing and communications for the end of the deep. I want to follow up on what has unfolded since those protests in the summer of 2020 and some of the changes that have been made across the country. What are some of the more notable ones that you've seen whether it's at the federal level the state level or the local level? One thing one. Anything else? We're what we're seeing is that the attention is being paid to how significant a lot of these positions are from an elected official standpoint, when you start thinking about situations like down in Georgia, with Ahmad operate One of the things that came to light in many respects was the district attorney would not file charges at one point, and that became a great educational aspect for a lot of us in which we realized that you know, we elect individuals for these roles. And so much of the changes that you're seeing take place really took place because Our communities took advantage of the opportunity that they know our vote puts these individuals and positions. These are not public agenda. But these are public servants and their their job is to protect all of us. And so I think that what you saw was a result of November, where we had record tempers in voter turnout. Black voter mobilization was at its absolute peak in our civic engagement teams did a fantastic job of mobilizing individuals so that they can be a part of the changes, and that's something that's gonna happen overnight. As many of us are aware of what we know that these are the necessary steps that we need to take to ensure that we're going in the right direction that we're trending in the right direction, and I believe that we've done so, um, done so in November, and we did so again this past January. It certainly seems like black supports and black involvement gets a lot of attention and a lot of focus. In the big races, especially the ones that have a national impact, like the presidential race, the Georgia run offs, But going back to something you were just alluding to on the local level the community level have you seen an increase over the past couple of months and not just participation, but also people of color, stepping up and taking on those local leadership positions? Absolutely absolutely great question of the attention of being paid. This is as much about educating and then initiating that education, right, so I think a lot of people Were educated over this last year as to how much involvement Ah lot of these decisions are being made on the local level, even down to working Sena scars. Some of these federal judges in the point is better than they under this kind administration understanding that if you don't have the right people in the office, you cannot. Um you can't use a lifetime appointment with federal judges, right so You know you're having issues within your community with regards to judges that have been appointed. They don't necessarily align with what it is that you believe on an individual level. That raises the profile of how important it is for us to be paying attention. So what's taking place within these communities yourself, and I think we're seeing the result of that works that we saw that down in Georgia's I mean, next to at the early on, people were standing across the country or we're sitting individual show up. People that, quite frankly in other cases probably wouldn't have a chance in certain elections to be elected, and now they're getting the opportunity to be considered because it wasn't just a check of the box. We weren't paying attention to the confidence of individuals paid us and they begin amount of attention to what took place at all levels of government, and I think that's what's going on course to change that we're looking to see across the country. I'm joined by Trevan Williams, the vice president of marketing and communications for the end of the deep. What about a push to get people of color in these communities working for the police working at these different law enforcement agencies? So there is that kind of representation and, in a sense they can help change the culture. If that's what's needed from within. I think that we Theokoles. Yates would advocate for that on all levels were not, you know, No. One anti police. No one's defund the police in many respects, but we are what we want Individuals to be held accountable and no better way to hold. Individuals accountable at all levels have individuals who understand the community that they represent by being a part of it. You know a lot of times people person inclination is to try and, you know, let's overthrow something really realistically that the idea is to figure out the system so that you could figure out how to make changes from within. It is so so we encourage Um, any individual who want to get the ball was law enforcement, prosecutors, dependent lawyers, judges different things in there that we want them to take advantage of all of those things so that they can approach these opportunities and they sure our opportunities With the same mindset. Understanding No one's looking for any any shortcuts, but we certainly want to make sure that individuals are being treated proportionately and equal. When they're going before, of course, is the more even if they're engaging with these individuals on a local level, it makes a lot and they mean a lot different. Our student made means something very different. If you're talking to someone who looks a lot like you in these spaces, and that's not something that has been traditionally the case. Within the African American community, So we certainly encourage community color to go after the law enforcement opportunity will try to be the sheriff of your of your county of different things, and that's what we want you to take advantage of this opportunity so that we can show, uh, show the opportunity to be equitable and all levels. Lot of the issues that we're discussing here, and there are still issues that the focus is on today were issues that Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
KTOK
"african american community" Discussed on KTOK
"Treatment We've seen ever Rianna Taylor treating that we've seen about Jacob Blake and with constant these are all issues that have been prevalent within the African American community. So the deep has been fighting. Um, feverishly, um on on the walk to the different levels, not just on a local level, but on the federal level was well to ensure that Law enforcement and all those who are responsible for protecting and serving us doing so at a equal level across the board. This is not just a isolated issue. The realities of what happened in 2020 is that, um, All those issues were once that this amplify issue that communities of color have been dealing with. Had things proportionate rate for really, really long time. So we've been actively, um, calling for the resignations of individuals calling for the termination of individuals and ultimately calling for prosecution. Convictions of those who are doing bodily harm to communities of color. And so that's something that we're actively doing. Um, you know, we haven't had the results in all aspects that we want. But the fight continues, and this is something that we are, Um, you know, we're gonna keep our feet down on this one, and we're not going away on any of it. I'm joined by Trevan Williams, the vice president of marketing and communications for the end of the deep. I want to follow up on what has unfolded since those protests in the summer of 2020 and some of the changes that have been made across the country. What are some of the more notable ones that you've seen whether it's at the federal level the state level or the local level? One thing one. Anything else where what we're seeing is that the attention is being paid to how significant um a lot of these positions are from an elected official standpoint. When you start thinking about situations like down in Georgia, with Ahmad operate One of the things that came to light in many respects was the district attorney would not file charges at one point, and that became a great educational aspect for a lot of us in which we realized that you know, we elect the individuals for these roles. So much of the changes that you're saying take place really took place because our communities took advantage of the opportunity to say no. Our vote puts these individuals and positions. You're not public agendas. But these are public servants, and their their job is to protect all of us. And so I think that what you saw was the result of November where we had record numbers in voter turnout. Black voter mobilization was at its absolute peak in our civic engagement team did a fantastic job of mobilizing Individuals so that they can be a part of the change is not something that's gonna happen overnight as many of us are aware of, But we know that these are the necessary steps that we need to take to ensure that we're going in the right direction, and we're trending in the right direction, and I believe that we've done so, um, done so in November, and we did so again this past January. It certainly seems like black support and black involvement gets a lot of attention and a lot of focus. In the big races, especially the ones that have a national impact, like the presidential race, the Georgia run offs, But going back to something you were just alluding to on the local level the community level have you seen an increase over the past couple of months and not just participation, but also people of color, stepping up and taking on those local leadership positions? Absolutely absolutely great question the attention of being paid This is as much about educating and then initiating that education, right, so I think a lot of people were educated over this last year as to how much involvement A lot of these decisions that are being made on the local level, even down to what was seen as far as some of these federal judges and appointments have been they under this current administration, understanding that if you don't have the right people in the office, you cannot, um you can't these a lifetime appointment with federal judges, right? So you know when you're having issues within your community with regards to justice that have been appointed. Don't necessarily align with what it is that you believe on an individual level. That raises the profile of how important it is for us to be paying attention to what's taking place within these communities yourself, and I think we're seeing the result of that were so we saw that down in Georgia's I mean next to at the early onset, but we're seeing it across the country where we're sitting individual show up. People that, quite frankly in other cases probably wouldn't have a chance and so in elections to be elected, and now they're getting the opportunity to be considered because it wasn't just check over the box. We weren't paying attention to the competency. The individuals paid us and they begin amount of attention to what took place at all levels of government, and I think that's what's gonna unforced. It change that we're looking to see across the country. I'm joined by Trevan Williams, the vice president of marketing and communications for the deep. What about a push to get people of color in these communities working for the police working at these different law enforcement agencies, So there is that kind of representation and, in a sense they can help change the culture if that's what's needed from within. I think that we theater Ocho. What advocate for that on all levels were not, you know, No. One anti police. No one's defund the police in many respects, but we are what we want individuals to be held accountable and no better way to hold individuals accountable at all levels. Just to have individuals who understand the community that they represent by being a part of it. You know a lot of times people person inclination is to try and, you know, let's overthrow something really realistically that the idea is to figure out the system so that you could figure out how to make changes from within it itself, so we encourage Um, any individual who want to get involved with law enforcement, prosecutors, dependent lawyers, judges different things in there that we want them to take advantage of all of those things so that they can approach these Opportunities in the short proper opportunities with are saying mindset. Understanding No one's looking for any any shortcuts, but we certainly want to make sure that individuals are being treated proportionately and equal. When they're going before, of course, is the more even if they're engaging with these individuals on a local level, it makes a lot and they mean a lot different. Our student made means something very different. If you're talking to someone who looks a lot like you in these spaces, and that's not something that has been traditionally the case. Within the African American community, So we certainly encourage community of color to go after the law enforcement opportunities to try to be the sheriff of your of your county, a different things of that. So we want you to take advantage of these opportunities so that we can show uh, still the opportunity to be equitable in all levels. Lot of the issues that we're discussing here, and there are still issues that the focus is on today were issues that Dr Martin Luther King Jr was advocating for in talking about when he was leading the civil rights movement, and he's he has a direct connection to the end of the deep. Can you talk a little bit about that? Dr Martin Luther King played a significant role within the at this, you know, during during his time frame during the civil rights.
Newsradio 970 WFLA
"african american community" Discussed on Newsradio 970 WFLA
"They're a swell with regards to two. First black and first Jewish senators being elected down in Georgia as well, which is huge. And then certainly the end of the was right in the middle of the social and racial justice movement that became such a big part of the summer of 2020 Tell us about your involvement in that. Well, I mean thoroughly. We were actively involved as you all. I mean, if you have to be out of Iraq at this point in that I've seen so much of the, uh, so much of the unrest that took place throughout the country. I like collect. We say that, um these are issues that have been going on that much of America turned a blind eye to before the first time that I can remember in a really long time America blink collectively and realized that What was taking place across the country with not right on any any number of levels not just from a black male standpoint, but from any human human being standpoint, the treatment and we saw Little George ploy. Treating that we've seen over Rianna Taylor treating that we've seen about Jacob Blake and with constant these are all issues that have been prevalent within the African American community. So the sheep has been fighting. Um, feverishly, um on on the wall to the different levels, not just on the local level, but on the federal level was well to ensure that, um, law enforcement And all those who are responsible for protecting and serving us doing so at a equal level across the board. This is not just a isolated issue. The realities of what happened in 2020 is that all those issues were once that this amplify issue that communities of color have been dealing with at a disproportionate rate. We're really, really long time. So we've been actively, um, calling for the resignations of individuals calling for the termination of individuals but ultimately calling for prosecutions and convictions of those who are Doing bodily harm to communities of color. And so that's something that we're actively doing. Um, you know, we haven't had the results in all aspects that we want. But the fight continues, and this is something that we are, Um, you know, we're gonna keep our feet down on this one, and we're not going away on any of it. I'm joined by Trevan Williams, the vice president of marketing and communications for the end of the deep. I want to follow up on what has unfolded since those protests in the summer of 2020 and some of the changes that have been made across the country. What are some of the more notable ones that you've seen whether it's at the federal level the state level or the local level? One thing one. Anything else? We're what we're seeing is that the attention is being paid to house that never again. A lot of these positions are from an elected official standpoint. When you start thinking about situations like down in Georgia with Ahmad operate. One of the things that came to light in many respects was the district attorney would not file charges at one point, and that became A great educational aspect for a lot of listen, which we realized that you know, we elect these individuals for these roles. And so much of the changes that you're seeing Take place really took place because Our community to the advantage of the opportunity that they know our vote puts these individuals and positions. They're not public agenda. But these are public servants and their their job is to protect all of us. And so I think that what you saw was the result of November where we've had record numbers and voter turnout. Black voter mobilization was at its absolute peak in our civic engagement team did a fantastic job of mobilizing individuals so that they can be a part of the change is not something that's gonna happen overnight. Many of us are aware of, but we know that these are the necessary steps that we need to take to ensure that we're going in the right direction, and we're trending in the right direction, and I believe that we've done so, um, done so in November, and we did so again this past January. It certainly seems like black supports and black involvement gets a lot of attention and a lot of focus. In the big races, especially the ones that have a national impact, like the presidential race, the Georgia run offs, But going back to something you were just alluding to on the local level the community level have you seen an increase over the past couple of months and not just participation, but also people of color, stepping up and taking on those local leadership positions? Absolutely absolutely great question of the attention of being paid. This is as much about educating and then initiating that education, right, so I think a lot of people Were educated over this last year as to how much involvement Ah lot of these decisions that are being made on the local level, even down to what we've seen thus far, some of these federal judges in appointment that have been made under this current administration understanding that if you don't have the right people in the office, you cannot, um you can't these a lifetime appointment with federal judges, right so You know you're having issues within your community with regards to judges that have been appointed that don't necessarily align with what it is that you believe on an individual level. That raises the profile of how important it is for us to be paying attention to what's taking place within these communities yourself, and I think we're seeing the result of that were so we saw that down in Georgia's I mean next to At the early on that what we're seeing across the country where we're sitting individual show up people that quite frankly in other cases probably wouldn't have a chance and certain elections to be elected and now they're getting the opportunity. To be considered because it wasn't just check over the box. We weren't paying attention to the confidence city. The individuals paid us and they begin amount of attention to what took place at all levels of government, and I think that's what's going to force the change that we're looking to see across the country. I'm joined by Trevan Williams, the vice president of marketing and communications for the deep. What about a push to get People of color in these communities working for the police working at these different law enforcement agencies, So there is that kind of representation, and, in a sense they can help change the culture. If that's what's needed from within. I think that we theokoles Gates would advocate for that on all levels were not, you know, No. One anti police. No one's defund the police in many respects, but we are what we want Individuals to be held accountable and no better way to hold individuals accountable at all levels is to have individuals who understand the community that they represent, Um by being a part of it. You know a lot of times, people first inclination is to try and you know, let's overthrow something. Really realistically that the idea is to figure out the system so that you could figure out how to make changes from within itself. But we encourage any individual who once again you've always law enforcement. Prosecutors, dependent lawyers, judges different things in there that we want them to take advantage of all of those things so that they can approach these Opportunities in the short our opportunities with their sane mindset. Understanding No one's looking for any any shortcuts, but we certainly want to make sure that individuals are being treated proportionately and equal. When they're going before courses them or even if they're engaging with these individuals on a local level, it makes a lot and they mean a lot different or student made means something very different. If you're talking to someone who looks a lot like you in these spaces, and that's not something that has been traditionally the case. Within the African American community, So we certainly encourage community of color to go after the law enforcement opportunity will try to be the sheriff of your of your county of different things, but that's all we want to take advantage of these opportunities so that we can show uh, still the opportunity to be equitable in all levels. Lot of the issues that we're discussing here, and there are still issues that the focus is on today were issues that Dr Martin Luther King Jr was advocating for in talking about when he was leading the civil rights movement, and he's He has a direct connection to the end of the Peopie. Can you talk a little bit about that? Dr Martin Luther King played a significant role within the at this, you know, during during his time frame during the civil rights.
Kottke Ride Home
Pablo Escobar's Hippos Are Out of Control
"A couple of years ago. I read a novella called river of teeth by sarah gaily. The concept of the story is based on a real world event. That almost happened smack. In the early twentieth century a bill was proposed in the us house of representatives and informally supported by theodore roosevelt. The us should import hippopotamuses from africa to the swamp lands of the gulf coast and breed them as an alternative meat source for americans basically starting a new industry in the us of hill. Ranching as you know this proposal never came to be but gala novella now collected into a volume with a sequel and some other stories under the title american hippo imagines magic in alternative history where this did happen only set fifty years earlier. You get kind of gulf coast cowboys on hippos tape story. It's great loved it. I highly recommend it. Or if you just wanna dig more into the facts. I put link in the show notes to a long read on the history of the hippo proposal by john. Mouallem will the reason i bring. This up is because americans in the early twentieth century. Were not the only ones with dreams of becoming hbo ranchers decades later pablo escobar would also get into the hippo game importing four of them to live on his estate in columbia and now forty some years later they have bread and multiplied and are spreading all over the wetlands of north bogo. Talk causing mayhem. Consternation and some real concerns for the region. Scientists say this now invasive species is competing with native wildlife polluting local waterways attacking humans and they project will grow in number two fifteen hundred hippos by twenty forty at that point the scientists say they will be nearly impossible to control their environmental impacts will be irreversible but never mind controlling fifteen hundred hippos. How do you control a dozen or even just one. That's not like you can just google it you know. In colombian officials are not hippopotamus experts and there are unique challenges levied upon this specific situation. I quoting the washington post in their natural habitat. Hippos spend the long dry season crowded into waterways shrunk to puddles. They're vulnerable to disease and predation not to mention one. Another as bad tempers but tropical columbia is hippo paradise. Environmental agency researcher david vary lopez said rain is abundant food is plentiful and they're no carnivores large enough to pose a threat. The animals spend five hours a day grazing on grasses and the rest of their time basking in the cool waters of the magdalena and surrounding lakes and quotes report from columbia not being the hippos natural habitat having in effect on the hippos behavior it also affects the surrounding communities impression of the hippos. The officials tasked with dismantling escobar's estate back in the ninety s. Weren't sure what to do with the one male and three female hippos so they just let them roam instead of sending them to a zoo with his other animals and mostly they did that because the hippos were massive and aggressive no one really wanted to approach them so we'll get the harm be and letting them go well. Kenyans and other african communities with native hippo populations could tell you a whole heck of a lot. You've got hippos from each sex so they can breathe for one and they're also hugely destructive to the environment into other animals. Hippos killed more humans each year than other large mammal. But when you don't grow up around hippos you don't necessarily know that so the hippos have become something of a mascot and columbia. According again gift shops in nearby puerto trail info sell hippo keychains and t shirts at the amusement park that was built on the site of escobar's former pleasure palace. Visitors can tour the lake where several dozen hippos now live occasionally one will plot into a nearby community looking as blase as a shopper on his way to the grocery store the hippopotamuses. The town pets resident claudia. Patricia camacho told the local news in two thousand eighteen. You could say that he now takes to the streets as if it were his own and quote but the hippos aren't as friendly as they may look on t shirts. They terrorize farms and hurt residents at times. The government has ordered the hippos to be shot on sight but there's been pushback from animal rights organizations and local residents so then they tried putting the hippos in a pin but and this is one of the mini quotes from this article. That honestly sounds straight hundred jurassic park. Etcheverry said i didn't know they could jump hikes so then they tried big pens with high enough walls that the hippos can't jump onto them. They've also been focused on trying to prevent them from breeding by cuisine. And then castrating the males. They've been through a steep hippo anatomy learning curve on that front though. Not even being sure where to look. For the animals external reproductive organs turns out. It's a bit complicated. They finally got a system of castration down. But it's costly and complicated so they can only do about one year but the estimates are that the population grows ten percent a year and apart from the bodily harm humans and the destruction of farms the hippos as they multiply host of other problems quoting again. A twenty twenty study of hippo inhabited lakes found that nutrients from the animal's feces were fuelling huge. Plumes of area an algae. These intern reduced the oxygen content of the water. Making it toxic to fish.
WTMJ 620
"african american community" Discussed on WTMJ 620
"Um, do you do you trust it? Are you Are you hesitant to take it? If the government offered an incentive to take the vaccine, would you do it? 85561616 20 on the Internet talking text line. Let's go right back to the phones. I want to thank we'll get to a both of these calls here will do the first one. And that's Daniel. Excuse you will go to Daniel New Berlin first. Good afternoon, Daniel. Welcome The WTMJ. Thanks for holding Hello. How are you? Good. How are you? Happy New year. I'm doing Well, Thank you. You too. So let's get right into it. Personally, I actually had coded a couple months ago, and I actually really have no interest in getting the vaccine at least. Yeah, anytime soon. I do have multiple members of my family who actually have already gotten the vaccine on. But just personally on a woman on a personal level, I don't see much of a point. Um, but I just wanted to, uh I'm sorry. No, I'm just going to ask you, Daniel. How are you feeling? Health wise. Oh, I'm feeling perfectly fine on when I had it. It was kind of like, just like the flu. Maybe even a little bit last for a week and a half or so. Nothing Too bad. Um, but I was just gonna say I'm foreseeing a vaccine mandate coming the next couple months. I don't think people are really have much of a choice. Um, I think by day and how she has kind of come out, made it a little bit more clear that in order to go to school in order to travel, um potentially certain people's jobs are gonna require them to get the vaccine so I mean, I don't really know There's gonna be a real point arguing with that, and I would just like to say, um I don't really feel offering people money or anything. That should change their minds on why they get the vaccine. I don't think I should say the government through $500 at you. But you had a big destruction. The vaccine. I don't think That if you were really principled on that, that that you change your mind, you know? Yep. Good point, and you got another, Um, go ahead. When you're talking about the African American community and how they needed convincing comes medical community to get the vaccine. I was just wondering if you have any ideas on what to do about that, because I mean, people are getting the vaccine, you know, Um, Pence Got it wide on TV. People are saying it works. And you know, we've been hearing for months about how the Corona virus has been negatively affecting disproportionately the minority communities on just hearing people talk about how Basically, I mean, I would say you're kind of promoting skepticism in those communities of getting the vaccine. I mean, it's kind of exacerbating the problem that people been talking about for months and years about how these communities arm or significantly affected, and I was just wondering. I mean, how can besides just telling them about the vaccine having medical professionals getting the vaccine? I mean, how can you? How can you show them any other way? That that they if they want to be safe from Corona virus, and they think the vaccine might work? I mean, they have to get it, you know? Daniel. Thank you so much for the call. I appreciate it. Listen, I'm not trying to perpetuate Um Anything when it comes to the skepticism. It's there there, you know, It's not like it's not like there was no skepticism. And I just happened to come on the radio and start start telling people all you know there's some trepidation among communities of color about about this vaccine because of history. Exists. The statistics are out there. They've done studies. You people have openly talked about the fact that they're skeptical because of the history. Off medical treatment when it comes to people of color in this country. That they're that they're hesitant about taking the vaccine. We've seen study after study about about health disparities in this country. About how people are treated differently, depending on depending on their race. This has happened for years, so there's nothing that I'm perpetuating. This is fact this is real. And Daniel two to answer your other questions. I think one of the things that's been happening that I've seen is that many African Americans and Latinos in the medical profession, doctors, nurses, and so on have been actively. Promoting the the vaccine. They've been actually going out and talking to people and and holding focus groups and holding holding community sessions, talking about the vaccine and talking about the benefits of it, and the fact that it is it is safe to take. That's that's partly what it's going to take. Is that you're gonna have to have folks in the medical community. I mean, everyone's have to play a part in it. But you're gonna have to have folks of color in the medical community who are going to be active in and talking to people and and giving them the facts about the vaccine and how we can effectively treat the corner. Quote that the the coronavirus I mean, that's what's gonna have to happen. And it's already happening. So that's that's one way off of addressing it. Let's go back to the phones. Let's go to Jack and Caledonia. Good afternoon, Jack. Welcome to Wtmj. Hello. Good afternoon for you Think Johnson for going to go against the electoral college votes on boat not to confirm him. That's a great thing. As far as the shots are concerned. Um.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"african american community" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"If I'm talking to young Republicans, I'm gonna talk about the economy about getting back to normal about reopening business again. So I've got to focus the message and third is to recognize the concern of the average individual that take the vaccine. They know they should behave properly. They're still nervous about. It acknowledged the concern, address it with how the vaccine was developed and then make it available to them. What role do does the C suite play in fostering some of this significant structural change in the dialogue that needs to come forth? Again good for you because we can't ignore the business community. The fact is business. People have more credibility among you Republicans and rural voters, then politicians and then the African American community. It's the religious community. That speaks to them, so whether it's being delivered to you from the office from the pulpit. Or from the podium. We have to use all three of those methods to reach people because look, people are dying, and we had our worst December our worst month in the history of Cove. It So not only are we having not turn the corner, it's getting worse and worse and by having conversations like this and by challenging the business community to stand up and speak out because your employees will listen to you. They'll be guided by you. Thanks to pollster Frank Luds. Still to come This hour, I talked to Sean Kennedy from the National Restaurant Association about how the stimulus is helping restaurant owners across the country. That's next. Plus, the recent crackdown by China against companies like Alibaba is driving fear that the antitrust screwed naval spread throughout big tech in China. We talk about it with Peterson Institute for International Economics President Adam Posen. You're listening to Bloomberg balance of power on Bloomberg Radio. This is Bloomberg. Okay? Jody? Sure. Good afternoon. Would you like to try a free sample of our double fudge Brownie? Oh, sure. That's very good. I'll just take one more just to be sure..
The Stuttering John Podcast
"african american community" Discussed on The Stuttering John Podcast
"To church? During a pandemic even if it might kill them will definitely put the church in there will you know what I'm saying? So they just want these old people to come to church get sick and die so they can build a new wing on their Faith Church. That's what that shit is about. And anybody who tells you different about especially Evangelical churches like the Joel Osteen church where they have they always have a building fund. My mom can't stand Joel Olsteen. Hey, I have to ask you this now cuz I just saw my third favorite. He's my third favorite closeted preacher how long so Jon ossoff said that Kelly La fer is campaigning with a klansman right ex? Klansman that it's not true. Is it true or is it not Well, I don't know. I'm not you know, I don't know Georgia politics in that regard and it's hard to tell how many overt and covert. Klansman. There are in Georgia politics. It's always been a problem and not as the African American Community has grown over time in Georgia. Specifically the the covert Klan activity has grown exponentially and the leads over and Alabama in the like so, you know, it's like hey, I'm not a klansman as far as George is concerned. I go over the border and Alabama to Cullman and I have my clan meeting there. I mean I'm Alabama klansmen but in Georgia, I'm a hey, you know, that's that very well might be it and by the way home it's by the way it it's not enough to say you're not a klansman if somebody accuses you of being a klansman disavowal is really easy. You know what? I mean just like they said I was what I see. Well just for the record case anyway, everybody get your pan out. I am not never would be and never have been a member of the Ku Klux Klan and I don't believe anything they believe and I think there are an anathema and an attack on Democracy as a matter of fact, they are fundamentally unamerican as any, you know, racially favoring group that promotes violence would be so for the record. I think I've proved that I wouldn't be involved in that if anybody wants to talk to my friends in high school go interview them. They they know that I've never been in the clan home and I think by talking to you today, I've certainly ruined my chances of joining in the future. So we're good. Like how how easy is that to fix the minute? Somebody says, by the way, that is outrageous. That means they it's true the minute. Somebody says outrageous. It's an admission and is the political way of saying how dare you ask me that question that if I had Answer would be true. Like well how how the thing is Twitter wouldn't say that it was untrue that John also said that but now this is my last question, you know, well, they don't have any way of knowing thank you Robin M for the five bucks a little something for a happy Stuttering John. Yes, I appreciate it. Keep those super chats coming home how I you know, you know, I did a rant on Tuesday and you do yeah with Greg all but I cannot understand for the life of me why am Twitter has not suspended Donald Trump considering the amount of lies that he tells that have endangered people's lives. And I I mean, I mean, I mean seriously and the amount of violence he has incited shouldn't Twitter have suspended this idiot a long time ago. Yes, and and here's the thing off. The dude has two accounts. That's what Greg said they could have they could have suspended his private account. And anything he wants to say, he would have to say any could say all that shit away from the POTUS account if he wants to the problem he has is that it becomes a part of the public record and you have to maintain all the DMS and all that shit. So all the conversations he's having with the shack in woods in his DMS and shit would become part of the public record now, honestly if the law is being followed and he'll never escape this and maybe he's too stupid to know her maybe doesn't even push comes to talk to these people. We won't know until after he leaves office but his private account is public record and must be maintained and there will be a copy of it that seems and all will be eventually eventually wiggle its way into the Smithsonian. It just will there's going to be a hard drive copy of that. Sorry Twitter knows everything that's in there tons of people any that dude who hacked his account has seen all of his DMS downloaded them that's done with the next person. And by the way after he leaves office, he's going to go back to using an unsecured phone cuz he's a fucking moron and he's going to have his shit hacked again and again and again and he's not going to change race stuff and get rid of all the gnarly stuff that he said. But you know, he's dumb. He's a dumper. He's dumb. He's not even that he's stupid. He's dumb. He doesn't know this shit. So I think and I don't know if this was part of your rant, but Twitter could not long time ago suspended his personal account, but let him keep POTUS because it's an official account and any of this shit he wanted to put on would be part of the public record officially from as as off the voice of POTUS. The problem you have with that obviously is what an embarrassment for the American public that the POTUS account the official president account would have all this bile and non sense in it. But I mean, we're it's too it's a it's a two bullied catamaran or whatever anyway, so people know, you know worldwide and we're in a shifting group. Anyways a year in scripting time. Where our generation is high-tech and we understand these these things in a way that maybe people in the seventies or eighties wouldn't grasp. But yeah, yep. They should have ditched him a long time ago. They would have we're shutting down your personal account. You can say this shit through POTUS. We can't do anything about that. But we will Mark the stuff that comes through POTUS that says lies if you end up moving it over there, it's a private person there and there is fundamentally an unfairness to the fact that you and I wouldn't get a little warning under our shit on our personal account. We get kicked off and right now but yes, you're working and hold him just as accountable as they want us a couple of reasons one is I think they fear for their employees because the minute they do that a bunch of maggots showed up with long rifles and start killing people and they're playing this foot. See like, how do we go far enough to let people know he's a liar without endangering the lives are fomenting some sort of radical violent act out and that's a real thing. I mean the number of just like on video suicides that people at Facebook have to take down on Facebook live everyday is ridiculous, right? Yep. Worldwide imagine that number imagine Twitter people going. I'm going to go live on Instagram live or Twitter live or whatever on Periscope and just do something awful, you know, God knows what and they're watching. You know, they have people watch hundreds of screens at once and they have now making sure that certain stuff just gets on the Red List quicker so that they can track stuff because you can't have enough eyeballs watching this stuff. There's too many can't have a person viewing everybody's account for danger. You have to do it through algorithms and shit like that because just too voluminous, right? You can't you can't have one supervisor for every Twitter years, right? So they have you know, it's just enormous so they already know that they already know that we deal with people threatening murder or threatening violence. We have a way for people to help us report it like when you report a tweet and that kind of stuff so we gotta have a system in place to deal with that. But we also got to make sure that you know, almost like a the you know, like the oath that doctors take you know, first Do no harm do we if we overstep and just thought was account which we have every right to do based on our terms of service and everybody who hates his guts will automatically go. Yeah, finally and everybody who loves him will get on a rooftop and that's what we talked about and that's why they didn't do it. That's why they put the little things and sway you ease into it, by the way now that they'd eased into it the idea that they take down his account, you know, after he leaves office will be no surprised anybody. I'm sorry. You're just a plain citizen you you're you deal with the same shit. We let you stay up as long as you were president and you're in public office. Absolutely. We warn people you were a liar, but we let your shit stay up. Now. You're a private citizen go pound sand. And that's what's going to happen. But the little warnings were their way of easing into that because when you're dealing with nutcases, you have to you have to be careful a gradual closed down because like things causes acid to do that. Yeah..
News and Perspective with Tom Hutyler
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best formally announces decision to retire
"Chief Carmen Best, who was announcing that she is stepping down here is the Outgoing chief of police in Seattle this weekend. I don't think it's any surprise, but I inform major again of my intent to retire from the Seattle Police Department, effective September 2nd, 2020. For me Personally, This was a decision I wrestled with But it was time I will always be a priest. Who I am. Ultimately, as I learned from a former boss. When you know it's time to go. Serving this department and this community for almost three. I honestly say I have There are things I detaining. Yes, but being a Seattle police officer and having the opportunity to be the police chief. It was a dream of a lifetime. I want to thank Mayor Durkin sincerely thank her for her support. I will continue to do all I can over the next three weeks to set this department out for a smooth transition. I love this department. I love this city, and I will always love being a Seattle Police department officer. To the men and the women of the Seattle Police Department sworn and civilian. You will always have my respect. You will always be in my heart. You are without a doubt the best police department in the country. What is important is you have remained committed to being the best to continuously improving and innovating. I know that times are hard right now. I also know that when people get to meet you and to know you, they see what amazing people you truly are. The vast majority of the people in the city support you. You are essential to our community Safety and I thank you for all that you do. Thank you for showing up every day committed to public safety day in and day out. You spend time away from your families and loved ones to serve our community. Even during this cove in 19 pandemic, your commitment to our community and our profession has been absolutely unmatched. I am grateful and humbled to have had the opportunity to service your chief. I know this department and the city is well, we'll have a well deserved and well respected SPD command team. We have one of the most diverse, well educated and experienced command teens in the country. Many of them are here right now. I thank you all for stepping up and being willing to serve our organization. Some may think the quality of leadership and the leadership team doesn't matter, but I know better. I know this team will keep the department moving forward as it re envisions public and community safety. And I'm grateful to deputy chief Adrian Dia's agreeing to serve at the interim chief of police. I know he will continue the department's commitment to engage in the community. He knows this department and he knows the city. I have seen firsthand his tireless commitment to the Seattle Police Department and the people, especially the young people of our city. He is more than ready for this challenge. And to the community. Thank you. You helped me get to where I am. I think so Many of you have just been wonderful. And I and I appreciate you just like family. And I will continue Tio. I haven't ask of our community. I am one part of the department. If you support me, you support this department. I know out of this challenge will spring new hope for a better future for all. I trusted everyone. Residents, business owners and elected officials will find a way to work together to put aside personal conflicts, political grandstanding and power plays. Seattle has the best and the brightest If we work together to overcome a challenge is if we listen to one another, not just those we agree with, by the way if we value experience Equally to passion. I know we can create solutions that will carry Seattle's through this decade and into the future leading the way for the entire country. And now I'm going to scare a me cause I'm going off script and you and just say and just say first, I want to thank my family who supported me. All the way all the time. To the pastors who are here. Thank you. You have been wonderful. Your support has been amazing Pastor answer. If you don't remember him. He's the one who said cheap best is the best lover. I was I was cracking up. That was that was very funny. Revelled in I really cannot even find words to thank you for your continued support. You have been just wonderful. I feel like we're not gonna be able to express The depth. You cry. I'm gonna cry so I can't even look at you at a depth of my appreciation. Your heart is gold, and I just thank you so very much. I also want to thank Tricia who is my executive assistant who has helped me through everything She knows more about me than my husband knows that all the credit cards the bank account. She knows everything. She has been amazing and wonderful. And to all of the other department heads who are here. You people have been absolutely the best. I've talked to each and every one of you on different occasions. They sent me emails and letters and been so supportive. I didn't even expect to see you here today and I can't tell you how overwhelmed and how grateful I am that you showed up for little old me. It's very, very much appreciated. Andi, I just want to thank everybody. This has been really the job of a lifetime of Tommy. I forgot about you there. One of our community members who came in and he has helped me immensely to learn the culture of our East African communities had a better connect because it was so important and just so many of you I could go on for hours and hours. But I just want to say that I am. I'm sad to leave in some ways, but you know when it's time, it's time I looked forward to having that torch over the Adrian Dia's
Science Friction
The Big PhD Pause - postgraduate students, COVID-19, and the next brain drain
"Across Australia graduate students are always on taught deadlines to deliver a major work of original research. But now they're all important. Experiments are suspended or hanging on a precipice locked out of their labs or unable to travel to their field research sites. Many of lost the part-time jobs that pay rent or feed their families and some now also wondering what the future is for jobs in science in a post pandemic world. Could this pandemic trigger a as next GEN? Brian drying something that people don't realize about a PhD is that it's very isolating. You're like your. I'm in an office with other people for sure but we're all working on very different things and very niche things. Yeah it's really hard to to not feel learn in this when you've got that initial stress the initial problems that come with doing a PhD and then you wack pandemic on top of this is really Problematic for most of us being in a PhD being so isolated in this line of research. Which is why we get into it. We want to be independent research. Is We want we? It's our own body of work you know it's professional but it's personal and emotional. It's this thing that you divide basically three or more years of your life to and the idea of more isolation. I wasn't immediately helming but as as the month of gone on it's been it's been quite difficult. Scientists get this ID. We have the stereotype of being quite stoic and emotionally removed. It comes from the idea that we the work that we do is at. Its core unbiased survey of the world around us. Become at anything bias. What you're observing. What you're experimenting on So in creating a dialogue around it being okay to tell people what. You're feeling personally without letting gory. This old preconceived notion that talk about your feelings as a scientist today passionate young scientists open up it is a well established fact that went into PhD Students. Experience distress and one in three are at risk of a common psychiatric disorder. The focus the hours a PhD demands a damn hard at the based times. But how are post Grad students holding up in this pandemic and what Judy of k? Do strutting universities and the Australian government have to support them. I stepping up really daunting and obviously now during this pandemic when there's a lot of uncertainty facing aspect dot mental health issues just getting worse Ramana Ri- abuse of each is doing her. Phd At Curtin University investigating molecular mechanisms of aggressive pancreatic cancer to help develop more effective treatments like many students who crucial lab experiments have been halted but she also has the needs of the entire nations post. Grad students on her plate as national president of the Council of a strategy and Postgraduate Associations. Capa but I cannot believe that I inherited the Cup national president's position during a global pandemic. Got It thinking. Forty Years COUPLA existing. They has ever been a pandemic like this. They're doing pay is not like an Undergrad degree. It's MOLUCCA A job. It's the crucial foundation for your career. In Science. In fact it's the stage when many Nobel Prize winners of done some of their k. Work but this pandemic is already forcing Grad students to make really tough urgent choices. The thumbs students have already withdrawn and as a result some international students have already gone back. Herm other students Yet is T-o-n how long this situation will continue. We have a situation now. graduate Looking at what's enough or day. Students circumstances are so different depending on the project. They're doing what they're up to in the three and a half years I've got to finish. Universities are really going to need to respond to this crisis case by case Taylor roads and I'm a third year each student at Latrobe University. And I'm doing my PhD. In a lab that focuses on Christie says over blindness which is a neglected tropical disease caused by a worm. Basically this illness is found in sub Saharan Africa and it can lead to blindness in its worst kind of bombs. Epilepsy developmental delays. It's really a bad thing to how high low is genetically analyzing samples of the parasitic worm. Take him from African communities to understand its evolution and spray it we found the transmission radius is actually a lot larger than what the W. H. Pat originally hypothesized answer. L. Analysis is kind of informing the carrying out of Mass Drug Administration throughout Africa and all these areas to actually eradicate the worm or even control it. What is this pandemic donning? In terms of what you can and can't do. Now I would have been sequencing more ones to get at bigger sample size for some of the analysis. I want to publish at least in the state of Victoria we on able to go into a facility and US out lab facilities. My University universities very strict on this. Or you have to prove that the work you're doing is absolutely essential. Anton sensitive in my work doesn't come under the umbrella. Sir. I'm not able to access the lab and I'm not able to access my computer in the office but I have my laptop at home with me so I'm able to do some work on that right now. I'm just coming through the daughter. I already have and seeing. What kind of story I can make with that Dada? I've it in a publication which is your pending. More daughter Nell yes. I'm Kinda just trying to fill time with whatever I can do. That will be somewhat productive. But I wasn't the merced affected by this. There are people who were on a really long time course. Experiments with moral animals hats euthanize. All the animals basically just pick up and pack up and Gar in the middle of a three months costs which would have been terrible sir trying to keep my inconvenience in. Context
Morning Edition
Census Bureau: No Middle Eastern Or North African Check Box
"Here in this country the twenty twenty census is rolling out nationwide this week now for decades the U. S. government has categorized people with roots in the Middle East or in North Africa as white despite an ongoing push from some advocates that is not changing for this year's census we're bringing you an updated report about the controversial decision first may two years ago here's NPR's Hansi lo one this scene kabbadi left Yemen as a young girl with her family seventeen years ago and after they settled in New York City she noticed that when you fill out an official form here in the U. S. they're always seem to be a question about race and ethnicity everywhere you can see when you go to a doctor will schools you always get this option and but he said she wasn't sure which check boxes for her honestly it was hard for me to pick I was like oh my god what should I push I put Asian or the other about he says because Yemen is on the continent of Asia she settled on Asian and when she can on form she writes in Arab but she says on the twenty twenty senses she would have like to mark a box for middle eastern or north African it should be there because they had many nationalities so why is not there is unbelievable in twenty eighteen the U. S. census bureau decided against adding a middle eastern or north African category now because officials said they need to do more research that disappointed Mohammed Barakat he works at the Arab American family support center based in Brooklyn every member is grappling with the race question as a first grader my parents came from Palestine I didn't really know English and so whenever there is paperwork I had to do it and on one of those forms I remember seeing white and then in parentheses anyone from the Middle East or North Africa which are the regions along with Europe that the U. S. government defines as white the better catch was perplexed he went to school in acid teacher if you could answer Asian is like well if you want to put a single had reading you should polite and so I went around asking other teachers and they all set your white your what I like but look at me that I can't says he doesn't look white and he's culturally not white but sometimes he marks white if he sees the Middle East and North Africa listed next to it or he looks for a box for others so we can write in Arab this makeshift way of answering surveys means that information about people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa is often hidden within data about other groups the fight right now is to say the category should be there because it will arrive at a better account Maya berry is the executive director of the Arab American institute which is trying to get a category added to the twenty thirty census form it's an issue that touches on a sensitive topic especially after president trump's travel bans against countries such as Iran Libya Syria and Yemen federal law prohibits the census bureau from releasing census responses identifying individuals for seventy two years but many in the middle eastern or north African communities in the U. S. worry about giving the federal government more personal information that's the burden that our communities had to they're trying to make a determination about do you advocate for the inclusion of a category or not Terry says getting a middle eastern or north African check box on the