Kris Herndon, artist and writer, joins us to talk about a school bus safety video that traumatized her as a kid: Death Zones. This video is grim AF, so please be advised if you decide to watch it. These are fictional cases, but we do see children die! You are warned!If you are one of the many people who saw this in school in the time between 1975 and at least as recently as 2008, we are sorry for your trauma. On the plus side, apparently school bus deaths have dropped over time, according to this article. So did this video help?Finally, over at Watercolor HQ Kris has an essay about how watching Fruitvale Station is a good way to learn about systemic racism, and everyone should definitely check it out! And if that makes you want to take some action to fight racism, we're still running our bail fund donation special until the end of June! Send us a copy of a receipt for a donation to Freedom Fund, or Community Bail Funds, and we'll give you, or the person of your choice 3 months of access to our paid subscribers' episodes!If you're having fun listening to us, please tell your friends about us! Subscribe to our newsletter at thisiswhywerelikethis.substack.com for free, or pay $5/month to get access to two bonus paid episodes each month! We're also on Patreon if that's your jam! Rate and review us! follow us on Twitter where we're @thisiswhy_pod! And, of course, you can always drop us a note at at thisiswhywerelikethis@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thisiswhywerelikethis.substack.com/subscribe