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Monday, June 8, 2020

Black Lives Matter. Remembering my grandfather. An update about the podcast and me.

As mentioned on the episode, below are resources to support the Black community and learn more about issues in the Philippines including the Anti-Terrorism Bill. I compiled this based on research, resources shared by friends, colleagues, and Long Distance listeners (thank you all!), as well as my own recommendations. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list. This is just a starting point. If you have a suggestion for something to include, please email hello (at) longdistanceradio (dot) com.

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A photo I took of my grandfather Rafael Bernardo Pangilinan and my grandmother Julita Recaido Pangilinan in their home in my grandfather’s hometown of Minalin, Pampanga in 2014. He passed away in May 2020. He was on the second episode of this podcas… — A photo I took of my grandfather Rafael Bernardo Pangilinan and my grandmother Julita Recaido Pangilinan in their home in my grandfather’s hometown of Minalin, Pampanga in 2014. He passed away in May 2020. He was on the second episode of this podcast, “Little Manila (Part Two),” in which he talked about his uncles in America including an uncle he met in Stockton, California. **Listen to the episode with my grandfather** **here**.

Resources — Supporting the Black Community Through Action and Education:

Podcasts and Other Things to Listen To:

1619 from The New York Times
An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling. Recommended episodes: The Economy That Slavery Built and The Birth of American Music.

Afroqueer
A podcast from None On Record telling the stories of Queer Africans from across the continent and diaspora. Recommended episodes: Selly and Fannyann and Criminalization and Colonization.

Code Switch from NPR
Race. In Your Face. Recommended episodes: A Strange and Bitter Crop and Can We Talk About Whiteness?

Ear Hustle
The daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration.

In the Dark Season 2: Curtis Flowers
Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the same crime. For more than 20 years, Flowers has maintained his innocence. He's won appeal after appeal, but every time, the prosecutor just tries the case again. What does the evidence reveal? And why does the justice system ignore the prosecutor's record and keep Flowers on death row?

Seeing White by Scene on Radio
Just what is going on with white people? Police shootings of unarmed African Americans. Acts of domestic terrorism by white supremacists. The renewed embrace of raw, undisguised white-identity politics. Unending racial inequity in schools, housing, criminal justice, and hiring. Some of this feels new, but in truth it’s an old story. Why? Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for? Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part documentary series, released between February and August 2017. The series editor is Loretta Williams.

The Colored Girl Beautiful
The Colored Girl Beautiful is a narrative podcast exploring the beautiful juxtapositions of black womanhood. In each episode, host Aseloka Smith, will share the story of a black woman searching for balance between strength and vulnerability, friendship and independence, love and ambition, and everything in between.

The Daily: The Stories of Five Protesters from The New York Times
They came together to protest the killing of George Floyd — and because what happened to him had echoes in their own experiences. Today, we speak with five protesters about the moments in their lives that brought them onto the streets.

The Daily: A Weekend of Pain and Protest from The New York Times
Demonstrations have erupted in at least 140 cities across the United States in the days since George Floyd, a black man, died in police custody in Minneapolis. We were on the ground in some of them, chronicling 72 hours of pain and protest.

The Nod
Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings gleefully explore all the beautiful, complicated dimensions of Black life.

The Stoop
The Stoop podcast digs into stories that are not always shared out in the open. Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba start conversations about what it means to be black and how we talk about blackness. It’s a celebration of black joy with a mission to dig deeper into stories that we don’t hear enough about.

This American Life
A weekly public radio program and podcast. Each week we choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme. Not focused on black stories but they have episodes that feature them. Recommended episodes and stories: We Are in the Future, If You See Racism Say Racism, The Problem We All Live With

Uncivil
A history podcast from Gimlet Media, where we go back to the time our divisions turned into a war, and bring you stories left out of the official history.

Welcome to the Neighborhood
An in-depth look at gentrification and how it’s changing our cities.

Who Taught You How To Drive
A podcast that looks at human behavior through the lens of driving. Each episode, the host rides shotgun with a new “regular ass person”, encouraging them to explore their experiences, habits, and history on the road. Recommended episode: Black on Black.

70 Million
In season one, we chronicle the toxic impact of local jails on people and communities across the country, and what neighbors and local leaders are doing about it.

KCRW Private Playlist: Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad on finding solace in Gil Scott Heron
In this special edition of Private Playlist, Younge and Muhammad reflect on the music that’s currently giving them communion, inspiration, and release amidst the uprisings.

Podcasts In Color
A podcast directory.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
A poem and song by Gil Scott-Heron.

Articles, Google Docs, and Other Things to Read:

Justice in June Google Doc
This resource was compiled by Autumn Gupta with Bryanna Wallace’s oversight for the purpose of providing a starting place for individuals trying to become better allies.

The Elements of Filipinx Allyship
This resource was compiled by the students at Flow at Fordham College at Lincoln Center. The purpose of this document is to provide context and guidance for our role as Filipinx allies to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. (Shout out to Entrepinayship for sharing this.)

The 1619 Project (The New York Times)
The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.

The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.

Don’t Understand the Protests? What You’re Seeing is People Pushed to the Edge by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (The Los Angeles Times)Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reflects on George Floyd protests.

Remember, No One is Coming to Save Us by Roxane Gay (The New York Times)Eventually doctors will find a coronavirus vaccine, but black people will continue to wait for a cure for racism.

Please Stop ‘Checking In to See If I’m Okay’ by Priska Neely (The Cut / New York Magazine)

What is an Anti-Racist Reading List for? (Vulture)

An Antiracist Reading List by Ibram X. Kendi (The New York Times)Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage.

This List Of Books, Films And Podcasts About Racism Is A Start, Not A Panacea (NPR)

Critical Reading Google Drive Folder
Shared by Sarah-Tai Black on Twitter. Includes writings by James Baldwin, bell hooks, Edwige Danticat, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, and more.

20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now
In light of #AhmaudArbery and ongoing police violence, how can the Asian and Asian American community show up for our Black siblings?

How to Teach Kids About What's Happening in Ferguson (The Atlantic)
A crowdsourced syllabus about race, African American history, civil rights, and policing compiled during the Ferguson uprising in 2014

Kerning Cultures Resources on Racism in the Arab Region (Kerning Cultures)

Letters for Black Lives
Letters for Black Lives is a set of crowdsourced, multilingual, and culturally-aware resources aimed at creating a space for open and honest conversations about racial justice, police violence, and anti-Blackness in our families and communities. We began as a group of Asian Americans and Canadians writing an intergenerational letter to voice our concerns and support for the Black community. We have since grown to include other immigrant groups and communities of color. Our goal is to listen, support, and amplify the message of Black Lives Matter within our communities.

Letters for Black Lives (Tagalog): Mahal Kong Nanay, Tatay, Tita, Tito: Mahalaga Rin sa Amin ang Buhay ng Mga Itim

Twitter thread by Ellen Wu: Resources for fighting anti-blackness in Asian American communities

Twitter thread by Brittany: Children’s books about race and racism

Twitter thread by Patrick Rosal: “Filipinos don't need the fact of the Buffalo Soldiers and David Fagan to actively fight anti-black racism. What you need is a conscience“

**Movies and TV Shows to Watch*:**

*And where to stream for free as of June 2020. Shout out to producer and resident filmmaker Patrick Epino for helping with this list!

4 Little Girls (Spike Lee, HBO, Amazon Prime)

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)

Boyz n the Hood (John Singleton, Hulu)

Dear White People (Justin Simien, Netflix)

Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)

Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler, Netflix)

Hair Love (Matthew A. Cherry, Bruce W. Smith, YouTube)

I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, Amazon Prime)

Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, Milestone)

Locks (Ryan Coogler, YouTube)

Menace II Society (Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes)

Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, Criterion)

LA 92 (T.J. Martin, Daniel Lindsay, Netflix)

Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, Netflix)

Marshall (Alan Hudlin, Amazon Prime)

Pariah (Dee Rees)

Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, Hulu)

She’s Gotta Have It — the movie not the TV series (Spike Lee, Netflix)

Straight out of Brooklyn (Matty Rich)

Strong Island (Yance Ford, Netflix)

The Central Park Five (Ken Burns, Amazon Prime)

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot, Amazon Prime)

The 13th (Ava DuVernay, Netflix)

Selma (Ava DuVernay, available on all digital platforms for June 2020)

When They See Us (Ava DuVernay, Netflix)

Whose Streets? (Sabaah Folayan, Hulu)

Criterion is highlighting films that focus on Black Lives, and has taken down the paywall on some titles, so even if you aren’t a subscriber you can watch them for free

Sesame Street / CNN Racism Town Hall

Learn:

UCLA African American Studies Summer Courses

Open Yale Courses for African American Studies (FREE)

Decolonial Bulaklak

The Conscious Kid

The Zinn Education Project

Follow / Donate / Support:

Black-Owned Bookstores (Publishers Weekly)

Black-Owned Restaurants Lists by City (Bon Appetit)

Support LA’s Black-Owned Restaurants Google Doc created by Kat Hong

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter Los Angeles

blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

I Run With Maud

Justice for Breonna Taylor (sign the petition)

Justice for George Floyd (sign the petition)

Minnesota Freedom Fund

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Resources — Philippines & Anti-Terrorism Bill:

Read:

Anti Terror Bill — Senate Bill No. 1083 THE LAW ON THE PREVENTION OF TERRORIST ACTS OF 2020

Mindanao lawmakers argue: Anti-terrorism bill only gives power to gov't to tag critics as enemies of the state (CNN Philippines)

Gov’t Critics in the Philippines May Soon Be Charged As Terrorists (Vice Asia)

Philippines: New Anti-Terrorism Act Endangers Human Rights (Human Rights Watch)

EXPLAINER: Comparing dangers in old law and anti-terror bill (Rappler)
The 2020 anti-terror bill 'penalizes' freedom of speech, which makes it open to a challenge just on its face, according to retired justice Antonio Carpioll

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Philippines (4 June 2020)
A heavy-handed focus on countering national security threats and illegal drugs has resulted in serious human rights violations in the Philippines, including killings and arbitrary detentions, as well as the vilification of dissent, a new report by the UN Human Rights Office. Read the press release here. Read the Rappler report here.