White Violence on Steroids

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 12:42 a.m.

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Julio is joined by Elie Mystal, justice correspondent at The Nation, and Michael Harriot, senior writer at The Root, to talk about white supremacy and anti-Black racism in the criminal justice system. They get into the murder trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and the killers of Ahmaud Arbery. They also discuss the latest with the January 6th investigation, and the ramifications of rising inflation for communities of color.\\xa0 ITT Staff Picks: - \\u201cKyle Rittenhouse is white, so Kyle Rittenhouse is a hero,\\u201d writes Michael Harriot in his latest piece for The Root, which gets into \\u201cthe values of the white community.\\u201d\\xa0 - \\u201cThe shapes some white people will twist themselves into in order to justify white violence falls into the uncanny valley,\\u201d writes Elie Mystal for The Nation. - Recent emails released by a congressional committee investigating the former Trump administration\\u2019s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic show just how far they went to interfere with the CDC, reports Erin Banco for Politico.\\xa0 Photo credit: Mark Hertzberg /Pool Photo via AP \\xa0

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