This week we take the time to process this moment with Grist’s director of leadership programming Andrew Simon, and Brentin Mock, staff writer at CityLab. The pair discuss the sheer complexity of existing as Black men in America today, and why every step forward seems to be followed by another one back.

Show Notes:

Andrew Simon

Website: andrew25simon.com

Twitter: @andrew25simon

Work: Grist

Brentin Mock

Twitter: @brentinmock

Work: CityLab

Brentin's Reading List:

• Nikole Hannah-Jones: The 1619 Project / The Problem We All Live With / The Resegregation of Jefferson County
• Talia Buford: Climate Change and Vulnerable Communities / Early Data Shows African Americans have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate
• Wendy Thomas: MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
• Roxane Gay: Remember, No One is Coming to Save Us / Bad Feminist
• Brittney Cooper: Eloquent Rage / Crunk Feminist Collective
• Latoya Peterson: Why Aren't More Black Kids Going Pro in ESports / Glow Up Games
• Kiese Laymon: Heavy / Gioncarlo Valentine's Searing Portrait of the Fears of Young Black Men
• Finding Fred with Carvell Wallace [podcast]

Andrew's Reading List:

• Ta-Nehisi Coates: Between The World and Me
• N.K. Jemisin

Environmental Justice Organizations:

• We Act
• New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
• T.E.J.A.S.
• Deep South Center for Environmental Justice

Other Links:

• The Audubon Society's Statement about what happened to Christian Cooper
• Brentin's article, "In Ferguson, Walking While Black was a Crime"
• Brentin's article on Christian Cooper: "The Toxic Intersection of Racism and Public Space"

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