upper waypoint

How Bay Area Activists Harness the Power of White Privilege in Border Protests

11:50
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

Two women close their eyes during a prayer for separated families. The women were among 2,500 who rallied at the Otay Mesa detention facility in Southern California on June 23. (John Sepulvado/KQED)

No one knows how to run a protest like Bay Area activists. In fact, faith leaders and Black Lives Matter activists from the Bay brought their strategies to the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego to protest family separation at a detention facility for parents who’ve had their children taken from them. One recent protest highlighted a surprising tactical twist: how to use white people and their privilege to sway more people to join their resistance.

Guest: John Sepulvado, host of KQED’s The California Report

Subscribe to The Bay:

Apple Podcasts | Google Play Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | Radio Public

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint
Newsom Says California Water Tunnel Will Cost $20 Billion. Officials and Experts Say It's Worth ItFederal Judge Orders New Sentencing Hearing for David DePape in Trial Over Pelosi AttackDavid DePape Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Attack on Nancy Pelosi's HusbandProsecutors to Push for Terrorism Enhancement in Sentencing of David DePape, Who Bludgeoned Paul Pelosi in 2022UC Santa Cruz Academic Workers to Strike Over University's Treatment of Pro-Palestinian ProtestersSonoma State University's Deal With Student Protesters in Limbo After President's RemovalEighth-Grader's Call to 911 About Teacher's Outburst Causes StirSome Bay Area Universities Reach Deal to End Encampments, but Students Say Their Fight ContinuesDutch Research Team Recounts the Long-Term Effects of StarvationHighway 1 to Big Sur Has Reopened — What to Know About Visiting from the Bay Area