#468: Rubeus Hagrid’s Punch Out! (OOTP 31, O.W.L.S.)

<ul> <li>MuggleCast opens with a listener email addressing current events in America. Also, please note we recorded this episode before JKR's latest hurtful tweets.</li> <li>Some suggested recommendations and resources that can help us all learn:<ul> <li>Understand racism doesn't "go away" - it mutates. Learn from organizations like <a href="https://civilrights.org/">The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://www.vera.org/">The Vera Institute of Justice</a>, <a href="https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/">The National Civil Rights Museum</a>, <a href="https://www.innocenceproject.org/">The Innocence Project</a>, and <a href="https://www.obama.org/mbka/mentor/">The MBK Alliance</a>.</li> <li>Everyone has biases , many of them unconscious - find ways to confront your <a href="https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html">implicit biases</a> </li> <li>Amplify the voices of people of color, but recognize when to be quiet and listen</li> <li>VOTE for candidates and legislation that will hold authorities accountable</li> <li>Visit <a href="https://twitter.com/ethelsclub/status/1267578405949779969?s=20">Ethel's Club,</a> which provides free grieving and healing sessions to African Americans around the world, led by licensed black therapists.</li> <li>Support black businesses in your area: <a href="https://officialblackwallstreet.com/directory/">Official Black Wall Street, </a><a href="https://www.eatokra.com/">EatOkra</a> (iOS and Android).</li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-the-midnight-duel">Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler</a> and <a href="https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-halloween">Whoopi Goldberg</a> read the latest chapters from Sorcerer's Stone!</li> <li>Harry Potter face coverings are now available from <a href="https://www.wizardingworld.com/news/wizarding-world-face-coverings-coming-soon">WizardingWorld.com</a> </li> <li>MuggleMail covers yet another definition of the word punting!</li> <li> <a href="https://www.mugglecas