A special Backbox Pinball Podcast: Diversity Panel

I was pleased to be invited to a panel discussing diversity and how pinball relates to recent events.

Panel members: Juana Summers, Jessica Kent, Josh Sharpe, Steven Bowden, Jack Danger, and host Lauren Gray.

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Podcast synopsis:

Black Lives Matter.
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Please join us for a discussion on how we can help make our pinball spaces safe for BIPOC and more diverse . We talk about the announcements from the IFPA, the statements from some of the manufactures and our feelings as players, TD’s, content creators and more. I hope that this is the first of may discussions. The members of the panel include Juana Summers, Jessica Kent, Josh Sharpe, Steven Bowden and Jack Danger.
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Links
https://www.ifpapinball.com/a-message-from-the-ifpa/
https://sternpinball.com/2020/06/08/message-from-gary-stern/
https://www.twitch.tv/deadflip
https://funwithbonus.com/
https://pinballoriginstories.tumblr.com/
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Resources:
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
https://www.naacp.org/
https://www.naacpldf.org/
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https://guidetoallyship.com/ – I really like this site as it speaks to what Allyship is. Its a smaller website but I feel that it has some value.
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Video
Trevor Noah, the host of the daily show speaks on George Floyd and the protests. If you haven’t seen it, please watch: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow/videos/277555376697624/
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Books
“So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo
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“White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” by Robin DiAngelo
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“How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi
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“Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race” by Beverly Daniel Tatum
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“A people’s History of the United States” By Howard Zinn
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If you like podcasts, and since you’re here I guess you do, I’d recomend “Code Switch” from NPR.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch