CHILDREN WILL MAYBE NOT BE HURT
BY COVID BUT THEY ARE A FACTOR,
KATY.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>>> WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THE
TOP STORY THIS HOUR, THE
VIOLENCE AGAINST ASIAN AMERICAN
WOMEN AND THE ACTION IT HAS
SPARKED FOR WOMEN AROUND THE
WORLD.
FOR MANY, IT CAN LOOK LIKE THE
ONLY WAY TO GAIN YOUR PERSONAL
SAFETY IS TO NEVER LEAVE.
>> YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.
SHE WAS ON THE PHONE TO SOMEONE.
SHE WAS WALKING HOME A GOOD HOUR
IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE
WORK ALL THE TIME, AND YOU CAN
PLAY BY EVERY SINGLE RULE, AND
YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING YOU WERE
STILL MEANT TO DO AND PEOPLE IN
POSITIONS OF POWER ARE GOING TO
USE THAT AGAINST YOU, AND IT
DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK OR
WHAT YOU DO OR ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAS DECIDED TO
USE THAT POWER TO DO THIS.
>> A MAN HAS DECIDED.
>> DWRAUYEAH.
>> I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A HARD
TRANSITION BUT FOLLOW US HERE.
ESTHER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
MURDER OF SARAH EVERHARD WHILE
SHE WAS WALKING HOME, ALLEGEDLY
BY A POLICE OFFICER.
THAT’S HOW WE STARTED THIS WEEK,
COVERING THE FALLOUT FROM THAT
STORY.
WE’RE ENDING IT TRYING TO
PROCESS THE DEATHS OF EIGHT MORE
PEOPLE IN ATLANTA, SIX OF THEM
ASIAN WOMEN, WHO WERE TOLD TO
POLICE THAT HE HAD A SEX
ADDICTION PROBLEM.
HE SAID HE DID IT BECAUSE HE SAW
THEM AS THE PROBLEM.
NOT HIM, THEM.
WOMEN CARRY THIS FEAR OF BEING
ATTACKED, BEING BLAMED, MAYBE
EVEN KILLED.
YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS ON
YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS.
IT SAYS, EVERY WOMAN YOU KNOW
HAS TAKEN A LONGER ROUTE.
HAS DOUBLED BACK ON HERSELF, HAS
PRETENDED TO DAWDLE BY A SHOP
WINDOW.
HAS HELD HER KEYS IN HER HAND.
HAS MADE A FAKE PHONE CALL.
HAS ROUNDED A CORNER AND RUN.
EVERY WOMAN YOU KNOW HAS WALKED
HOME SCARED.
EVERY WOMAN YOU KNOW.
TINA CHEN IS WITH US AND FORMER
ADVISORY VALERIE JARRETT.
THAT TWEET I SAW IN A COUPLE OF
MY FEEDS, AND IT REALLY STRUCK
ME BECAUSE I’VE BEEN EVERY ONE
OF THOSE WOMEN AT ONE POINT IN
LIFE OR ANOTHER.
STILL AM AT SOME POINTS WHEN I’M
WALKING AROUND ALONE.
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST START
HERE WITH THE CONVERSATION OF
SARAH EVERHARD WHO WAS A WOMAN
WALKING HOME ALONE ON BRIGHTLY
LIT STREETS AT A DECENT HOUR.
SHE WAS WEARING RUNNING SHOES IN
CASE SOMETHING WENT WRONG, AND
IT’S ALLEGED THAT A POLICE
OFFICER FOUND HER AND KILLED
HER.
THEY FOUND HER BODY DAYS LATER.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS, TINA, THE
LONDON POLICE WENT AROUND TO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS, TOLD PEOPLE TO BE
CAREFUL, TO WATCH OUT.
THEN THERE WAS THIS UPROAR.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
STAYING INSIDE BECAUSE OF WHAT A
MAN DID?
NOW THIS CONVERSATIONALLY.
>> NO, ABSOLUTELY, KATY.
HERE’S THE THROUGH LINE FROM THE
START OF THE WEEK TO THE END OF
THE WEEK, AND THAT IS THE
ACTIONS OF MEN.
THE MYSOGENY THAT IS INHERENT IN
WHAT HAPPENED IN LONDON TO SARAH
WITH A WOMAN WHO DID EVERYTHING
RIGHT TO THE WOMEN WHO WERE JUST
SIMPLY AT WORK IN ATLANTA AND WERE THE VICTIMS OF SOMEONE WHO,
WERE THE VICTIMS OF SOMEONE WHO,
YOU KNOW, MISOGYNISTICALLY WENT
TO A PLACE FOR YOUNG ASIANS.
I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT WOMEN
BEING RELATED TO SEX, AND WE
HAVE TO TELL WOMEN TO BE SAFE
WITHOUT ADDRESSING THIS
MYSOGENY.
IT’S DIRECTLY LINKED TO WHITE
SUPREMACY, IT’S DIRECTLY LINKED
TO TERROR ATTACKS IN THIS PART
OF THE WORLD, SO WE NEED TO CALL
IT WHAT IT IS AND ADDRESS DID OR
WE WILL ALL NEVER BE SAFE.
>> SO, VALERIE, IT’S NOT JUST
CHANGING THE ROUTE YOU WALK HOME
ON.
IT’S HOW YOU DRESS, IT’S HOW YOU
BEHAVE.
DON’T BE TOO NICE BECAUSE YOU
MIGHT GIVE HIM THE WRONG IDEA,
DON’T BE TOO MEAN BECAUSE YOU
MIGHT ANGER HIM.
WHAT DO WE DO TO FIX THIS, TO
GET PAST THIS?
>> FIRST OF ALL, FOR FAR TOO
LONG THE BURDEN HAS BEEN ON THE
WOMEN TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT
OURSELVES.
PART OF WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE
COUNCIL DID TO GIRLS, THIS IS A
SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY.
IT’S UP TO ALL OF US TO STOP THE
EPIDEMIC.
EVERY 73 SECONDS A WOMAN IS
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN AMERICA.
THAT IS AN EPIDEMIC AND IT HAS
TO STOP, AND THIS IS WHY THIS
WEEKEND WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT
THE HOUSE PASS THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN ACT THAT STARTED
IN 2017.
YOU HAVE TO SAY WHY IN AMERICA
WOULD WE NOT TAKE STEPS TO
PREVENT VIOLENCE FROM HAPPENING
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
THE OTHER POINT I WOULD MAKE IS
WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PROBLEM WITH
YOUNGER WOMEN, STARTING AT AGE 12, THEN COLLEGE.
12, THEN COLLEGE.
WE KNOW AS A RESULT OF THIS
PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME IN
VERY STRESSFUL SITUATIONS.
SO WE ASK WHY DOESN’T THE SENATE
MOVE FORWARD?
BUT IT’S NOT JUST ENOUGH TO HAVE
LAWS ON THE BOOKS, WE HAVE TO
CHANGE OUR CULTURE, AND THANK
YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THESE
STORIES.
WE NEED THE PRESS’ COOPERATION
AS WELL -- WE’RE FOCUSING ON THE
SPECIFIC CHALLENGES FACING BLACK
WOMEN, TRANS SURVIVORS, AND TO
SAY LET’S LOOK AT EACH
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY AND LET’S
FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO
TAILOR THE SOLUTIONS TO MEET THE
NEEDS AND TO TAKE THE BURDEN OFF
OF THE SURVIVOR AND PUT IT ON
SOCIETY AND SAY STOP THIS.
>> I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF MEN
OUT THERE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS
AND SAYING DON’T LOOP ME IN WITH
ALL THESE BAD ACTORS, THAT IS
NOT ME, IT’S NOT FAIR TO PAINT
ME WITH THIS BROAD BRUSH.
HOW DO WE BRING MEN INTO THIS
CONVERSATION SO IT’S NOT -- IT
DOESN’T COME OFF AS AN US VERSUS
THEM SITUATION, TINA?
>> NO, IT’S CRITICAL.
ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE
DID START WHEN WE WERE IN THE
OBAMA WHITE HOUSE IN CONJUNCTION
WITH OUR CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT
EFFORTS IS SOMETHING CALLED IT’S
ON US, WHICH CONTINUES TO THIS
DAY WHERE VALERIE AND I ARE ON
THE BOARD.
THAT IS TO ENLIST YOUNG MEN ON
COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO SAY, IT’S ON
US TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS, TO PUSH
BACK AGAINST RACIST CULTURE.
WE NEED MEN ACTUALLY TO STAND UP
AND BE PART OF THIS, TO SUPPORT
THE WOMEN IN THEIR LIVES, TO
SUPPORT THE WOMEN IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND TO LEAD THE
CHARGE.
SO I’M GLAD YOU RAISED THAT,
BECAUSE IT IS A CRITICAL PIECE
OF WHAT WE NEED.
I’VE GOT TO GIVE PRESIDENT BIDEN
CREDIT.
THIS IS SOMETHING HE HAS DONE
HIS ENTIRE CAREER IS, AS A MALE
LEADER, TO STEP UP.
THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
WAS ORIGINALLY HIS, HIS CREATION
AND GETTING IT ENACTED IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
HE’S USED EVERY BULLY PULPIT
HE’S HAD THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER
TO MAKE THIS POINT.
WE NEED MALE LEADERS IN EVERY
INDUSTRY, IN EVERY SECTOR, IN
EVERY COMMUNITY TO STEP UP, TO
PUSH BACK AGAINST POLICE LIKE
THAT CHEROKEE SHERIFF WHO
DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO BE AN A
POSITIVELY GIST FOR THE SHOOTER
HERE, FOR OTHERS.
WE THEED COLLEAGUES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
THANK GOODNESS TOLY CONGRESSWOMA
MENG, BUT WE NEED THE MEN TO
STAND UP AS WELL.
>> TINA,EEN VALERIE, WHY DON’T Y
IN ON THIS.
>> IF YOU’RE AT A PARTY AND YOU
SEE A WOMAN IN TROUBLE, SOMEBODY
IS HARASSING HER, IF YOU’RE A
GUY, YOU SHOULD STEP IN AND DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
YOU SHOULDN’T JUST IGNORE IT
BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT DOING IT.
YOU’RE NOT OFFER THE HOOK JUST
BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN BEHAVIOR.
WE HAVE TO WORK FOR THE COMMON
GOOD, WHICH IS WHY WE STARTED
THIS ON OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
IF YOU WANT TO FEEL FREE, YOU
NEED TO STEP UP AND EMPOWER WHAT
THAT POWER IS.
IT’S ON ALL OF US TO BE PART OF
THE SOLUTION.
>> AND JUST TO END THIS
CONVERSATION, I DO WANT TO
MENTION THAT THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION HAS FOUND THAT
NEARLY ONE IN THREE WOMEN HAS
EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR
LIME TIME
LIFETIME, AND THAT THE NUMBER
COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER