The Black Lives Matter movement has been active in Seattle for more than four years. But it wasn’t until this past December that a trio of activists created the first official BLM chapter in the region, Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County (BLMSKC). The catalyst for this, organizers say, was the harassment and abuse that some male BLM leaders had allegedly been exacting on women and gender non-conforming members of the movement. In this week’s episode, South Seattle Emerald editor and Seattle Weekly columnist Marcus Harrison Green talks about Black Lives Matter’s #MeToo moment—and how the fight for one kind of justice can sometimes overshadow other injustices. As the nation grapples with revelation after revelation of sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in the workplace, Green discusses a history of the same thing happening within social movements.
Music by Leeni Ramadan, Kai Engel, and Grapes
This week’s cover photo was taken by Naomi Ishisaka during a 2015 Black Womxn’s Lives Matter memorial gathering.
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