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Korryn Gaines | The Myth of The Angry Black Woman
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The second episode of the Black Moon Podcast honors the life of Korryn Gaines. Korryn Gaines was the third child of Rhanda Dormeus. Rhanda describes her daughter as a voracious reader, precocious, outspoken, extremely honest as a child but respectful. At 23 years old Korryn Gaines was tiny, standing at 5’2 and weighing only 106llbs. In adulthood Korryn stayed true to her childhood character. She was honest, outspoken, and defiant. She was also fun, creative, loved her Blackness, and she was very aware of the history of exploitation experienced by Black people in America.
On August 1, 2016, Korryn Gaines was killed, shot several times by Officer Royce Ruby Jr of the Baltimore County Police Department. Her 5 year old son Kodi would also be shot in the face and the elbow. Both the shot to Kodi’s cheek and elbow were a result of ricocheting bullets shot by Officer Ruby.
Topics touched on in include: police brutality, anger, and white supremacists who in similar standoffs with police got to keep their lives.
Referenced in this episode:
40 day timeline of Bundy standoff in Oregon:
https://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/10/oregon_standoff_timeline_41_da.html
Audre Lorde's keynote presentation at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference in June 1981:
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1981-audre-lorde-uses-anger-women-responding-racism/
Original music by: Siddy Beats
6 episodi
Manage episode 246333947 series 2571387
The second episode of the Black Moon Podcast honors the life of Korryn Gaines. Korryn Gaines was the third child of Rhanda Dormeus. Rhanda describes her daughter as a voracious reader, precocious, outspoken, extremely honest as a child but respectful. At 23 years old Korryn Gaines was tiny, standing at 5’2 and weighing only 106llbs. In adulthood Korryn stayed true to her childhood character. She was honest, outspoken, and defiant. She was also fun, creative, loved her Blackness, and she was very aware of the history of exploitation experienced by Black people in America.
On August 1, 2016, Korryn Gaines was killed, shot several times by Officer Royce Ruby Jr of the Baltimore County Police Department. Her 5 year old son Kodi would also be shot in the face and the elbow. Both the shot to Kodi’s cheek and elbow were a result of ricocheting bullets shot by Officer Ruby.
Topics touched on in include: police brutality, anger, and white supremacists who in similar standoffs with police got to keep their lives.
Referenced in this episode:
40 day timeline of Bundy standoff in Oregon:
https://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/10/oregon_standoff_timeline_41_da.html
Audre Lorde's keynote presentation at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference in June 1981:
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1981-audre-lorde-uses-anger-women-responding-racism/
Original music by: Siddy Beats
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