Fired for Free Speech?

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1 min readAug 15, 2017

Colin Kaepernick was blacklisted from the NFL for taking a stance against racism, while an engineer was fired from Google for writing a sexist memo. Will free speech get you fired?

This week on Let Your Voice Be Heard! Radio, Selena Hill, Ilyssa Fuchs, and guest commentator Joshua Clennon discussed why football star Colin Kaepernick is being blacklisted from the NFL and the call to boycott the NFL, featuring special guest Anthony Davis, Jr. the National Youth & College Director of the NAACP.

During “The News Round Up,” the team talked about the Charlottesville chaos and President Trump’s response.

Later, they discussed the sexist memo written by a Google engineer and the lack of diversity in Silicon Valley, featuring special guest Samara Lynn, a tech journalist at Black Enterprise.

Finally, during “The Quickie”, Ilyssa gave a break down of the latest study on climate change and explained how Pres. Donald Trump’s climate-denial plans along with what we can do to #Resist.

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