MITCHUM...THE NERINX HALL GRAD AND RECENT4@ 4@DRAKE UNIVERSITY GRAD IS BRINGING CHANGE TO THE
WORLD. ONE WORD AT A TIME...
IN
IN AN
IN AN EFFOR >> I WANT YOU ALL TO MEET KENNEDY MITCHELL, A GRAD AND
BRINGING CHANGE TO THE WORLD
ONE WORD AT A TIME4@ 4@IN AN EF
TO GET US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
THE COMPLETE MEANING OF RACISM.
RIGHT NOW IF YOU LOOK UP RACES
IN THE DEFINITION READS4@ I
BELIEVE THAT RACE IS A PRIMARY
DETERMINANT OF HUMAN TRAITS AND
CAPABILITIES AND THAT RACIAL
DIFFERENCES PRODUCE AN ENHANCED
PRIORITY OF A DIFFERENT RACE .
>> 4@THEY GOT4@ THE DICTIONARY
CHANGE ALL THAT, JOINING US
LIVE FROM HER HOME4@, WHEN IT
COMES TO THE WORD, KENNEDY,
WHAT WAS THE DICTIONARY
MISSING?
>> I THINK IT WAS REALLY MISSIN@
THE INSTITUTIONAL FEATURES OF
RACISM.
WE HAVE TO END KNOWLEDGE OF
EVERYTHING FROM HEALTHCARE TO
OUR PRISON SYSTEM 4@PUTS PEOPLE
OF COLOR AT A DISADVANTAGE
BECAUSE THIS IS HOW THE SYSTEM
WAS BUILT. WE NEED TO GET TO
THE ROOT AND THE RID OF THAT
SHOULD DEFINITELY BE IN THE
DEFINITION OF RACISM4@ AND SO
THIS TO STOMACH STRUCTURES AND
THE WAY IT WORKS IN THE SYSTEM
SHOULD BE IN THE DEFINITION OF
RACISM .
>> MICRO AGGRESSIONS, WHAT IS
THAT?
>> MICRO-AGGRESSION IS
SOMETHING THAT'S 4@VERY SUBTLE4
BUT AN IMPLICIT 4@WAY THAT
SOMEONE CAN BE OFFENSIVE. SO
IT'S RACIST BUT IT'S IT'S VERY
SMALL, IT'S NOT AS OVERT, IT'S
MO4@RE COVERT4@ AND SO IT'S A L
A LOT OF MY CLASSMATES WHO ARE @
HOURS QUESTIONING MY ABILITIES
OR DIDN'T REALLY CARE FOR WHAT
I HAD TO SAY IT'S BECAUSE I WAS
A BLACK WOMAN THAT THEY 4@
WOULDN'T DO THAT TO THE OTHER
STUDENTS WHO WERE IN MY
CLASSES, IT WAS ONLY TO ME TO
MY FRIENDS WHO WERE ALSO PEOPLE
OF COLOR . 4@
>>4@ WHAT HAVE BLACKLIVESMATTER
AND THE MOVEMENT EXPOSED IN
AMERICA?
>> IT GAVE US A TIME TO REALLY
SIT DOWN, THERE'S NO SCORES,
THERE'S NOTH4@ING ELSE 4@TO
ENTERTAIN, WE JUST HAVE TO JUST
SEE EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENED
WITH BLACK PEOPLE, THE 4@SAME
STUFF WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT @
FOR YEARS IS ON THE FOREFRONT4@
AND YOU CAN IGNORE IT AND RUN
AWAY FROM IT.
PEOPLE ARE DYING, BLACK PEOPLE
ARE DYING BECA4@USE OF EVERYTHI
THAT'S BEE4@N GOING ON AND
BECAUSE OF THESE STRUCTURES AND
BECAUSE OF RACISM.
SO, EVERYONE, NOT JUST AFRICAN-
AMERICANS WHO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR
IT, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE4@ A
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT AM I
MISSING. WE ARE IN THIS TIME4@
WHERE IF YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
OR DIDN'T SEE ANYTHI4@NG OR YOU
THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ONE RACES
COP IS STARTING 4@TO SEE THAT
WOW, MAYBE THE SYSTEM IS
RACIST.
MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I
MISSING HERE.
>> HOW CAN A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF RACISM IGNITE @
SOCIAL INJUSTICES?
>> BECAUSE RACISM IS 4@SO
MULTIFACETED4@ AND
MULTIDIMENSIONAL SO WE HAVE TO,
ADDED AT MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES.
IS NOT JUST HATE CRIMES OR
DEROGATORY TERMS THAT IT'S4@
DEEPLY ROOTED IN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT SYSTEM SO WE HAVE TO
START ATTACKING4@4@ THE SYSTEMS
REBUILDING. 4@
ONES WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT WITH THE
DEFINITION OF 4@RACISM THE4@ WE
REBUILDING. 4@ ONES WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT WITH THE DEFINITION OF 4@RACISM THE4@ WE@
START TRYING TO UNDERSTAND4@ HO
THIS WORKS AND THEN HOW WE FIX
IT.
IF WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE
PROBLEM THAN IT KEEPS HAPPENING
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHICH IS
WHAT WE'VE BEEN 4@SEEING.
>> THIS CURRENT MOVEMENT SEEMS
TO BE MOVING VERY QUICK4@ THE H
IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM THE
MARCHES IN THE 60s?
>> IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE4@ THE
SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE 4@ARE ABLE TO ORGANIZE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS JUST
NOT MEETING UP ESPECIALLY WITH
COVID-19.
EVERYONE IS ABLE TO 4@SEE
EVERYTHING AND WERE ABLE TO GET
DONATIONS FOR PEOPLE AND ABLE
TO REALLY START 4@MOBILIZING IN
OUR OWN HOMES4@4@ AND PUT IN A
PETITION OR SHARING 4@THE VIDEO
OF SOMEONE BEING BRUTALIZED
BECAUSE NOW EVERYTHING IS OUT
THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND
THAT'S A LOT OF TRAUMA.
WE'VE BEEN SEEING THIS4@4@ THAT
WE'VE EXPERIENCED IT SO WE
DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO SEE
IT BUT WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE ARE AW4@ARE4@ AND M
SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING THESE THINGS RIGHT
NOW CAN GET THE HELP THAT THEY
NEED.
SO THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE,
SOCIAL MEDIA4@ BECAUSE IT ALSO4
THERE ARE A LOT MO4@RE YOUNG
PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES
ORGANIZING TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE 4@PITCHING IN4@ AND MAKING
WERE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THE
MOVEMENT FORWARD .
>> YOU SAID IT EARLIER THAT
RACISM IS A DEEPLY ROOTED 4@
THING.
DID YOU EVER BELIEVE THAT
RACISM COULD TRULY BE RAISED?
>> YES.4@4@
THAT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME.4@
I THINK WE LEARN 4@FROM PAST
MOVEMENTS AND WERE DOING MORE
AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S 4@NOT JUST THE SURFACE STU
BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S
DEEPER THAN THAT4@ AND WERE
TRYING TO CORRECT IT AS IT
EXISTS NOW.
I THINK 4@EVENTUALLY AND I HOPE
THAT MAYBE MY KIDS OR GRANDKIDS
DON'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCING
THOSE THINGS4@ THAT MICRO-
AGGRESSION, RACIAL BIAS, 4@IS
MUCH AS I DID.
I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE BUT I
THINK WE ARE REALLY JUST GOING
TO ALL HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TO
UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE IT'S
NOT JUST PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT
CAN COME UP WITH ALL THE
SOLUTIONS4@ AND EVERYONE IN THE
WORLD US TO COME TOGETHER SO WE
CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND AND 4@MOV
FORWARD 4@AND SOLVE THINGS THAT
ARE GOING ON, IT'S NOT JUST ONE
GROUP OF PEOPLE WE HAVE TO COME
TOGETHER TO GET PAST THIS
BECAUSE RACISM IS DEEPLY ROOTED
BUT I 4@THINK THAT4@4@ BUT OKAY
COVID AND AFTER THE PROTESTS4@4
AND THEN WE NEED TO CONTINUE
GOING FULL FORCE IN ORDER TO
MAKE SURE THE SYSTEMS ARE NOT
IN PLAY AND MAKE SURE THAT TIME
AFTER TIME AGAIN BLACK LIVES 4@
ARE NOT TAKEN BECAUSE OF THE
SYSTEM AND HOW IT SET UP SO IT
WILL TAKE A