Episodes
Friday Nov 01, 2019
INSIGHT - LAUGH FOR SIGHT AND ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
LAUGH FOR SIGHT AND ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER
Comedian and assictive technology expert, Brian Fischler joins Mark to talk how “Laugh For Sight” has raised vital funds for degenerative retinal diseases and how the 14th annual LFS with headliner Robert Klein on Monday Novemeber 28 and co-hosted by Mark Farrell, will continue the tradition of bringing the best comics of today to defeat degnerative retinal diseases. www.laughforsight.com
When #BlackLivesMatter went viral in 2013, it shed a light on the urgent, daily struggles of Black Americans to combat racial injustice. The message resonated with millions across the country. Yet many of our political, social, and economic institutions are still embedded with racist policies and practices that devalue black lives.
Tehama Lopez Bunyasi co-author of STAY WOKE: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter (NYU Press, joins Mark to shed light on the evolving effort to bring attention to the precarious nature of Black lives in the United States. Delving into history from Reconstruction through Jim Crow, and taking a hard look at today’s troubling political and social climate, the authors expose the deep roots of structural racism in America and its enduring, pervasive impact on racial inequality. Tehama discusses the staggering statistics and data to document how Black men, women, and children are disadvantaged and devalued by negative stereotypes, discrimination, and segregation in every sector and aspect of life—from criminal justice to housing, education, and unemployment.
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