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 57 - Domestic: 3-Day Paid Sick Leave, Anti-Blackness in Ottawa & Edmonton
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Patience Adamu & Kurtis Vermont
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Season 2
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Episode 57
On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of April 25th, including: We finally have paid sick leave, inadequate as it may be; the ongoing debate on the Ontario border; hate crimes in Edmonton, Alberta; anti-Blackness at a TD Bank location in Ottawa; India is drowning under COVID-19’s 3rd wave; another $1.8T comes from Moneybagg Joe to serve American Families; and plenty more.
Politics
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-paid-sick-leave-ottawa-1.6003527?fbclid=IwAR2sD9-ryAWTb3uxz-tvi_HAeGiii4TnZBsQO0-VVA4DUMAhs43P7c-KJxo
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ontario-offers-to-double-federal-sick-leave-for-workers-amid-third/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Politics%20Briefing&utm_content=2021-4-27_13&utm_term=Politics%20Briefing:%20Trudeau%20taps%20Freeland%20to%20work%20with%20Ontario%20on%20sick-leave%20benefits&utm_campaign=newsletter&cu_id=%2FFtqxYQCLzUMcyNzjPtFxstVCVjHi2Lu
- https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-officially-approves-paid-sick-day-program-opposition-calls-it-pitifully-inadequate-1.5407599
Economy
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/economy/article-resilient-canadian-economy-facing-another-test-as-third-wave-of-covid/
Blackity Black Black
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/td-bank-racism-1.5999029
- https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/family-call-for-full-police-investigation-after-14-year-old-boy-assaulted-on-school-grounds-1.5401297
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7emea/family-wants-arrests-after-black-teen-jumped-and-beaten-in-racist-attack
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