The Drip
The racial revolution is ongoing. Join Kurtis and Patience to make sense of it. The Drip caters to the Black millennial audience and informs you of important developments in the fight against racism, while assessing decisions being made by our political leaders.Feel free to listen to Episodes 1-6, but Episode 7 is when we start consistently discussing the ongoing racial revolution.
The Drip
Episode 43 - Feds seek to repeal minimum sentencing, Khaleel Seivwright & the Texas Winter Storm
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Patience Adamu & Kurtis Vermont
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Season 2
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Episode 43
On this week’s episode, we are joined by Deputy Mayor Steve Anderson as we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of February 14th, including: The Feds finally repealing minimum sentences that disproportionately hurt Black and Indigenous people; The Toronto vacancy tax already working despite not being implemented yet; Pandemic benefits being extended until June; #HairLove for the Black History Month win; Khaleel Seivwright gets an injunction to stop building tiny homes; and the Texas Winter Storm - proof that climate change is a real thing, but so is political incompetence.
Politics
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justice-reform-drug-treatment-criminal-code-1.5917710?fbclid=IwAR20AN9oZxKC69H2-6MJ4_BoQgFE8HHZQ8p4gdveSkW5DlH8rTsYv93bmII
- https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/criminal/bill-c-22-a-positive-move-but-more-study-and-action-needed-to-tackle-systemic-racism-say-experts/337942
- https://pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-in-the-middle-of-a-deadly-pandemic-calls-paid-sick-days-a-waste-of-taxpayers-money/?fbclid=IwAR2o17-N4Sa1Hjt1PL6VqWfX8OLdJTLn39L5zx5Xo8XjqVz84hn0r4-1E1s
Economy
- https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2021/02/real-estate-investors-toronto-sell-vacant-home-tax/?fbclid=IwAR1Ujxaier9AAy39UdHnWPPsoAV3XgSbc4BHDNL_W8DQKOu-zaLonTMhYsg
- https://trreb.ca/index.php/news/news-releases/1231-potential-municipal-land-transfer-tax-hike-could-reduce-supply-and-affordability-of-modest-toronto-homes
- https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/liberals-extend-ei-emergency-covid-19-benefits_ca_60302b53c5b6cc8bbf3b9685?ncid=fcbklnkcahpmg00000008&fbclid=IwAR1VkXBPLYoBGJn1XsURjCIjXiCaK3s8GG364JflB9oBeYlO4EUAZGmM1ME
- https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2021/02/crb-extension.html?fbclid=IwAR3lMAkhBfCsCfrbdg8TfQCrEhaB8LZnjxuONebQAoTFltJCYbDPiAvflgY
Blackity Black Black
- https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/02/19/i-love-my-hair-dufferin-students-celebrate-hairlove-as-part-of-black-history-month.html
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-homeless-encampments-1.5920822
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/u-roy-reggae-pioneer-dead-1129709/
- https://www.loopjamaica.com/content/u-roy-hailed-true-king-dancehall-dies-78
World
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-boyd-mayor-colorado-city-texas-resigns-power-outages/?fbclid=IwAR3caRZq3Se5bZLx6G6VkjgqIGWAR1LI9F5SPGCh_C3pKKFMGEgRgGqoAQ8
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/17/texas-abbott-wind-turbines-outages/
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/texas-governor-abbott-cuomo-newsom/index.html
- https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-rips-texas-governor-blaming-storm-outages-green-new-deal-2021-2