@LeslieMac & @VeryWhiteGuy discuss redlining & gentrification in 2018, Unilever puts FB on notice, UK courts declare US prison system a human rights violation, Bitcoin energy crisis in Iceland, Korryn Gaines civil case outcome, Apple’s glass doors are dangerous, Jamaican bobsled team controversy, the Yuzuru Hanyu phenomenon, #InWakanda, Pigzilla, Seattle ICE agent caught stealing immigrant identities, Chandler AZ school board confrontation plus Black Lightning, best/worst Grey’s couples, #AWITChallenge, Altered Carbon & more.
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Show Notes – Interracial Jawn Podcast – Ep 140
NEWS
- Kept Out: Banks Across U.S. Caught Systematucally Rejecting People of Color for Home Loans – https://www.democracynow.org/2018/2/15/kept_out_banks_across_us_caught
- Gentrification became low-income lending law’s unintended consequence – https://www.revealnews.org/article/gentrification-became-low-income-lending-laws-unintended-consequence/
- Unilever to Facebook and Google: Clean up ‘swamp’ or we’ll pull ads – http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/12/media/unilever-advertising-facebook-google-swamp/index.html
- British court rules that sending defendants to U.S. prison system is a human rights violation – https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2018/02/07/a-british-court-rules-that-sending-defendants-to-the-u-s-prison-system-is-a-human-rights-violation/?utm_term=.48b9a7814bb8
- Bitcoin energy use in Iceland set to overtake homes, says local firm – http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43030677
- Jury In Korryn Gaines Civil Trial Awards Her Family $37M In Damages – http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/02/16/korryn-gaines-verdict-civil-trial-baltimore-county/
- Russians Tried to Suppress Minority Turnout, Spread Lies About Voter Fraud – https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/russians-tried-to-suppress-minority-turnout-spread-lies-about-voter-fraud/
- Apple employees can’t stop walking into the beautiful glass doors at new Apple Park campus – https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/16/17020246/apple-park-headquarters-employees-injury-glass-doors-design
Olympic News
- Jamaican Women’s Bob Sled Controversy
- Jamaican Women’s Bobsled Coach Sandra Kiriasis Quits, Owns Team’s Sled – http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2759429-jamaican-womens-bobsled-coach-sandra-kiriasis-quits-owns-teams-sled
- On Eve of Olympics Debut, Jamaican Women’s Bobsled Team Loses And Finds a Sled – https://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2018/02/16/586548627/on-eve-of-olympics-debut-jamaican-womens-bobsled-team-loses-and-finds-a-sled
- Yuzuru Hanyu
- Here’s Why People Thrown Winnie the Pooh at Japanese Figure Skater Yuzuru Hanyu – http://time.com/5162305/winnie-the-pooh-japan-figure-skater-yuzuru-hanyu-olympics/
- Here’s What Yuzuru Hanyu Does With All Those Pooh Bears Everyone Throws on the Ice – http://time.com/5163875/what-does-yuzuru-hanyu-do-with-pooh-bears/
This Week in Hashtags
- #InWakanda
- Black Twitter Hilariously Imagines Blackest Nation Ever With #InWakanda Hashtag – https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/black-twitter-hilariously-imagines-blackest-nation-ever-1822933149
Pest Control
- Massive wild boar called ‘Pigzilla’ spotted rummaging through a dumpster – https://mashable.com/2018/02/13/wild-boar-dumpster-hong-kong/?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=buffer97e7d#z8aNAa6B_mqw
Yes All Cops
- ICE’s Top Lawyer In Seattle Admits To Stealing Immigrants’ Identities – https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/salvadorhernandez/ices-top-lawyer-in-seattle-has-been-charged-with-stealing?__twitter_impression=true
White People
- Parents confront Chandler school board, accuse it of inaction over racial incidents – https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/chandler-education/2018/02/14/parents-confront-chandler-school-board-inaction-over-racial-incidents/338965002/
TV/Movies/Music/Streaming:
- In Black Lightning, There’s No Right Way to Fix a City – https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/02/black-lightning-the-cw-review/552947/
- Every Couple on Grey’s Anatomy Ranked – http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/greys-anatomy-every-couple-ranked.html?utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=fb&utm_medium=s1
- Black girls are a storm… #AWITChallenge – https://medium.com/@sistersinthestorm/black-girls-are-a-storm-awitchallenge-67d87bcb5698
- Tessa Thompson to Star as Doris Payne – http://variety.com/2018/film/news/tessa-thompson-doris-payne-jewelry-heist-movie-1202697523/