HAVE
HAVE A
HAVE A LITTLE HINDSIGHT. TWENTY TWENTY WHEN IT COMES TO RACE.
EDDIE RANDALL TAKES A LOOK BACK
.
IT WAS A STORY TOLD TOO MANY
TIMES EVEN BEFORE 2020 AND IF
YOU HEARD HIM SCREAMING PLEASE
STOP.
I CAN'T BREATHE.
THAT HURTS.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
THE DEATH OF A BLACK PERSON BY
THE HANDS OF POLICE WAS
MCCLAIN'S DEATH IN AURORA IN
TWENTY NINETEEN.
JUST ONE EXAMPLE AND THEN
GEORGE EPLOYED WAS KILLED ON
MAY 25TH 20-20 THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD AWAKENED
SOMETHING IN OUR COLLECTIVE
CONSCIOUSNESS.
DR ROSEMARY ALLEN IS A
PROFESSOR AT METRO STATE
UNIVERSITY AND CR9NEWS EXPERT
IN RACIAL EQUITY.
SHE SAYS THIS SUMMER WAS
THE SPARK TO LIGHT THE FIRE
OF CHANGE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A TRIPLE
STORM.
WE HAD THE STORM OF POLICE
BRUTALITY.
WE HAD THE STORM OF COVID-19
AND WE HAD THE STORM
OF ISOLATION A STORM THAT BLEW
PROTEST ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
HERE IN COLORADO PROTESTS WHICH
WENT ON FOR HOURS AND HOURS,
DAYS EVEN IT BLOCKED HIGHWAYS
AND STREETS.
WE SAW CLASHES WITH POLICE
LOOKING.
DR. ALLEN BELIEVES THOSE
PROTESTS REVEALED SO MUCH
PROTEST ARE AS AMERICAN AS
APPLE PIE.
THE COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON THEM
BUT FOR SOME IT ELICITED FEAR
AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL
TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE
THE FEAR COMES FROM.
AND SHE SAYS THE PEACEFUL
PROTESTS LED TO REAL CHANGE
LIKE IN COLORADO, THE MOVEMENT
HAS HAPPENED THROUGH EACH AND
EVERY ONE.
I SAW YOU OUT HERE LAYING DOWN
FOR EIGHT MINUTES AND FORTY SIX
SECONDS BEING STILL SAYING
THINGS LIKE I CAN'T BREATHE.
BY MID-JUNE THE STATE HAD A NEW
LAW ON POLICE REFORM.
IT INCLUDED THINGS LIKE
MANDATED BODY WORN CAMERA USAGE
,A BAN ON CHOKEHOLDS AND
THE ABILITY TO SUE OFFICERS
DIRECTLY.
I THINK BLACK PEOPLE ALSO SEE
THAT THE CHANGE THAT WE'VE BEEN
ASKING FOR FOR YEARS IS
POSSIBLE.
IT'S NOT JUST CONCRETE
LEGISLATION THAT'S CHANGED THIS
YEAR.
DR ALLEN HAS SEEN VERY PERSONAL
DISCUSSSIONS HAPPEN IN HOMES
AND COMMUNITIES FOR THE FIRST
TIME WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY
COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT
IMPLICIT BIAS AND HOW EVERYONE
IS BIASED AND FEELS OK BECAUSE
YOU SAY YEAH EVERYONE'S BIAS
BUT THIS TIME WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT DEEPLY ROOTED RACISM THAT
IS PERVASIVE IN AMERICAN
INSTITUTE AND WHILE A LOT
OF FOCUS ON THOSE INSTITUTIONS
WAS ON POLICE DEPARTMENTS,
COVID-19 ALSO SHINED LIGHT ON
RACIAL DISPARITY IN THE MEDICAL
WORLD.
WE KNOW THAT BLACK PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE MORE LIKELY
TO HAVE THE COMORBIDITIES THAT
LEAD TO DEATH FROM COVID-19
SUCH AS DIABETES, HEART
DISEASE, ASTHMA, HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE.
DR ALLEN SAYS OUR MEDICAL
COMMUNITY HAS TO DO A LOT
OF TRUST BUILDING AND MAKE SURE
THE COVID-19 VACCINE IS
ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT
MOST.
WE DIDN'T SOLVE RACISM IN 2020
AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT
FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES AND
THAT CAN START WITH OUR
CHILDREN EVEN INFANCY AND BY
THE TIME THEY'RE THREE YEARS
OLD THEY BEGAN TO REALLY PLACE
VALUE ON SKIN COLOR AND
DIFFERENCE AND IF WE BEGAN TO
TALK TO CHILDREN ABOUT RACE
VERY EARLY THEY WILL HAVE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT
DIFFERENCE AND THE APPRECIATION
OF DIFFERENT ASPX FOR OURSELVES
.
DR. ALLEN SAYS THE NUMBER ONE
PIECE OF ADVICE IS TO LISTEN
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT
THEY'VE BEEN A VICTIM
OF RACISM, HEAR THEM DON'T
MICROGRAPHS DON'T SAY ARE YOU
SURE IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE BLACK?
ARE YOU SURE IT'S BECAUSE
YOU'RE LATINA BUT YOUR JOB IS
TO LISTEN, I LOVE THAT ADVICE
AND IF YOU'RE PART OF OUR MILE
HIGH WARNING'S COMMUNITY YOU'VE
BEEN WATCHING EVERY DAY THEN
YOU KNOW THAT DR. ALLEN HAS
BEEN SUCH A SOURCE OF