(REGINA)
MANY PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY HAVE
BEEN HAVING
RENEWED
CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT RACE AND HOW
WE CAN CREATE A
MORE EQUITABLE
SOCIETY.
(STEPHANIE)
TODAY, WE ARE ALSO
ENCOURAGING A
HEALTHY DIALOGUE
ABOUT THE ISSUES
FACING OUR
COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE CALLING IT
COURAGEOUS
CONVERSATIONS.
10 ON YOUR SIDE
ANCHOR ANITA
BLANTON HAS OUR
FIRST ONE
TODAY...ANITA?
(ANITA)
THANK YOU STEPH AND
REGINA.
THESE LAST FEW
WEEKS HAVE BEEN
VERY EMOTIONALLY
CHARGED WITH LOTS
OF IMPORTANT ISSUES
FACING THE NATION
REGARDING RACE.
TONIGHT WE BEGIN A
SERIES OF
COURAGEOUS
CONVERSATIONS TO
REALLY HEAR PEOPLE
OUT AS THEY SPEAK
THEIR TRUTH.
WE BEGIN WITH A
LOCAL SPOKEN WORD
ARTIST KNOWN FOR
NOT HOLDING BACK.
I HOPE YOU'LL HAVE AN
OPEN MIND AS WE GO
BEYOND A SHORT
SOUNDBITE AND GET TO
THE ROOT OF
PROTESTS AND
UNREST.
(ANITA)
IN A THREE MINUTE
(ANITA)
IN A THREE MINUTE
DEEP DIVE INTO THE
SOUL OF A BLACK MAN
CONFRONTING THE
ISSUES OF TODAY
KEION MCDANIELS
MAKES ONE THING
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR,
YOU DON'T ARRIVE AT
THIS LEVEL OF
FRUSTRATION OR
UNREST FROM ONE
EVENT.
:28 GEORGE FLOYD'S
DEATH CAME AFTER
AHMAUD ARBERY AND
THEN AMY COOPER IN
THE PARK AND THEN
WE SAW GEORGE
FLOYD GET HIS NECK
KNEELED ON FOR 9
MINS :43 THAT
WEIGHED A LITTLE TOO
MUCH FOR ME :49
AND THOUSANDS OF
OTHERS AROUND THE
WORLD WHO TOOK TO
THE STREETS. WE
TALKED ABOUT HIS
PIECE ENTITLED
DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY
"BEFORE ADVANCING
AS A COUNTRY THE
CITIZENS ARE GOING TO
NEED SOME CLARITY
DO WE TRULY SEEK TO
SECURE THE
BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY
TO OURSELVES AND
OUR POSTERITY
BECAUSE AS FAR AS
LIBERTY IS CONCERNED
A LOT OF US AREN'T
FEELING SO BLESSED
AND THAT'S THE POINT
WHEN DOMESTIC
TRANQUILITY BECOMES
CIVIL UNREST"
IN HIS OWN WORDS, IN
HIS OWN WAY HE GIVES
PEOPLE A GLIMPSE
INTO THE STRUGGLE TO
REMAIN STRONG WHEN
IT FEELS LIKE THE
WEIGHT OF THE WORLD
IS LIKE A KNEE ON YOUR
NECK.
1:08 IT TOOK A WHILE TO
EVEN PROCESS IT
BECAUSE YOU'RE
THINKING OF THE IDEA
OF ANOTHER ONE 1:15
THE FACT THAT HE SAID
I CAN'T BREATHE AND
PEOPLE ARE WEARING I
CAN'T BREATHE T
SHIRTS FROM THE LAST
PERSON WHO SAID
THAT 1:24
AND STILL MOURNING
THE LOSS OF THOSE
BEFORE HIM.
"CAUSE YOU OPERATED
OFF FEAR AND BIAS
AND WOULDN'T EVEN
LISTEN SIMPLY
BECAUSE CAROLYN
BRYANT DUNHAM,
SUSAN SMITH AND ALMY
COOPER SAID WE FIT
THE DESCRIPTION SO
NOW WE BEAR THE
BURDEN OF PROOF AND
WE CATCH THOSE ON
THE SPOT
CONVICTIONS"
IF YOU TAKE NOTE OF
THOSE NAMES,
CAROLINE BRYANT
DUNHAM ACCUSED
EMMITT TILL OF
WHISTLING AT HER
RESULTING IN HIS
DEATH AND MUTILATION
THAT HIS MOTHER
CHOSE FOR THE
WORLD TO SEE IN AN
OPEN CASKET TO
RECOGNIZE WHAT HAD
BEEN DONE, NO
CONVICTIONS.
7:3 SUSAN SMITH WAS A
LADY IN THE 90'S WHO
MURDERED HER
CHILDREN 7:37
SHE DROVE THEM INTO
WATER BUT INITIALLY
SAID SHE HAD BEEN
CARJACKED BY A BLACK
MAN
7:57 AND THEN AMY
COOPER JUST
RECENTLY IN CENTRAL
PARK IRONICALLY 8:01
IN THE SAME PLACE
WHERE THE STORY OF
THE CENTRAL PARK 5
JUST RECENTLY
VINDICATED ALL BEGAN,
AMY COOPER TOLD
POLICE SHE WAS BEING
ATTACKED BY A BLACK
MAN WHEN REALLY HE
HAD JUST ASKED HER
TO LEASH HER DOG.
2:51 I WANTED TO
INCORPORATE OTHER
THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED IN RECENT
HISTORY OR IN HISTORY
IN GENERAL TO WEAVE
THAT THREAD
THROUGH THE
SITUATION TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW THAT
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT
AN ISOLATED INCIDENT
THAT OCCURRED 3:05
THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT'S BEEN BUILDING
AND THESE ARE THE
MANY ANGLES WE'VE
BEEN FEELING IT FROM
AND THIS IS WHY
YOU'RE GETTING THE
REACTION YOU'RE
GETTING 3:14
"SO WHY ARE WE SO
LOUD? ON THAT
FREDERICK DOUGLAS
DROPPED A GEM, FIND
OUT WHAT ANY PEOPLE
WILL QUIETLY SUBMIT
TO AND YOU HAVE
FOUND THE EXACT
MEASURE OF INJUSTICE
AND WRONG THAT WILL
BE IMPOSED UPON
THEM HE SAID THE
LIMITS OF TYRANTS ARE
PRESCRIBED BY THE
ENDURANCE OF THOSE
THEY OPPRESS
MEANING IF THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE WILLING
TO TAKE THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO GET"
"ME: WHAT ABOUT
BLACK ON BLACK
CRIME"
HE SAYS CALLING OUT
THESE THINGS ISN'T
NEGATING THE FACT
THAT THERE ARE ALSO
ISSUES WITHIN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY BUT
THESE MARCHES AND
OUR CONVERSATION
WAS ABOUT CALLING
OUT THE DISPARITY IN
TREATMENT.
27:39 ONCE YOU HAVE
THE COURAGEOUS
CONVERSATION YOU
CAN ESTABLISH A
BASELINE OF TRUTH
AND FROM THERE WE
CAN GET TO
RECONCILIATION 27:49
IT STARTS WITH
UNCOMFORTABLE
TRUTHS FINALLY BEING
HEARD AND RECEIVED.
(ANITA)
THOUGHT-PROVOKING
TO SAY THE LEAST.
YOU CAN FIND KEION'S
FULL SPOKEN WORD
PIECE ON WAVY.COM.
AND WE'LL BE HAVING
MORE OF THESE
COURAGEOUS
CONVERSATIONS FROM
TIME TO TIME.
ANITA BLANTON, 10 ON
YOUR SIDE.