The Pilot episode for the Streets of Spokane podcast.

In this episode: Anti-Fascism in soccer, Racism in Spokane Valley, and how freeway construction impacts the community.

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Sources: 

Study finds that people of color are jailed at higher rates than white people in Spokane County
https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/post/minority-groups-jailed-greater-rates-whites-spokane-county

Spokane Valley City council member Woodard and Mayor Higgins declare that racism isn’t a problem in Spokane Valley
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/24/spokane-valley-leaders-clash-over-racial-equity-pr/

“I started this gang called the proud boys”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G95qjjQaNho

Major League Soccer bars anti-fascist banners as “political symbols” from games.
https://itsgoingdown.org/anti-fascism-in-the-terraces/

Sounders Apologizes for insensitive letter.
https://www.sounderatheart.com/2019/8/3/20752635/sounders-apologize-for-letter-re-assert-commitment-to-stand-against-hatred

Sources for discussion on the freeway through Spokane
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/mar/09/then-and-now-liberty-park-gave-way-to-i-90/
https://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/468
https://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/114

The picture used for this episode is from The Spokesman-Review Chronicle.
https://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2006/sep/10/i-90-historical-construction-photos/

The "Mad as Hell" intro is from the film The Network (1976)

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