DO THAT RIGHT BEFORE WE DO A
SHOW THOSE AND THINGS YEAH.
ALL RIGHT WELL IF THAT SEEMS
ALMOST LIKE A PERFECT STORM A
PANDEMIC HAPPENING RIGHT AS
THE COUNTRY EXPERIENCES A
NATIONWIDE CALL FOR POLICE
REFORM AND SOCIAL EQUALITY.
SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE THE
PANDEMIC ACTUALLY LAY THE
PERFECT GROUNDWORK FOR THE
NATIONWIDE PROTEST AGAINST
RACISM THAT WE'RE SEEING ONE
OF THOSE EXPERTS JOINS US LIVE
THIS MORNING FOR A LITTLE MORE
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS CRYSTAL
LITTLEJOHN A PROFESSOR OF
SOCIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
OREGON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING I THINK THIS IS A
REALLY INTERESTING WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE KEY WAYS THAT THE
PANDEMIC MAY HAVE ACTUALLY
HELP KIND OF CREATE THE
CONDITIONS TO HAVE THE
WIDESPREAD DEMONSTRATIONS THAT
WE SEE.
ABSOLUTELY SO I THINK THAT
ONE OF THE STRIKING THINGS TO
ME AS A SOCIOLOGIST HAS BEEN
THE DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S
EXPERIENCES WHEN THEY'RE TOLD
TO STAY AT AND SO WHEN THEY
SAID I REALLY BEEN THINKING
ABOUT RECENTLY IS HOW FOLKS
HAVE BEEN TOLD TO STAY HOME
STAY SAFE. BUT FOR PEOPLE OF
THEY'RE THEY'RE EXPERIENCING A
VERY DIFFERENT REALITY WHERE
WE WITH THE ISSUES OF POLICE
VIOLENCE WHEN THEY ARE BEING
TOLD STAY AT HOME, BUT YOU
HAVE. STORY AFTER STORY
DOCUMENTING THE CHALLENGES
THAT PEOPLE ARE A SCENE WITH
VIOLENCE IN THEIR HOMES THAT
SUGGEST THAT THEIR HOMES ARE
NOT SAFE FOR THEM AS AS THEY
NEED BEFORE OTHER PEOPLE AND I
THINK THAT'S BEEN KEY PART OF
IT AS WELL AS THE 24 HOUR NEWS
CYCLE. YOU KNOW ON SOCIAL
ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA TALKS
ABOUT HOW THEY'RE JUST YOU
KNOW INUNDATED WITH WITH NEW
STORIES AND I THINK IT MAKES
IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO THE
MESSAGES AROUND VIOLENCE AND
BRUTALITY AND THE AND THE
DISPARITIES OF AS AS FAR AS
FAR AS THE QUALITY GOES THAT
PEOPLE ARE FACING BY RACE BY
CLASS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
AND SO LENNY WHAT HAS BEEN THE
END RESULT, THEN OF ALL OF
THAT YOU KNOW GOING ON AND
THAT THAT WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN
THE RESULT THAT WE'VE SEEN.
YEAH I THINK IT'S BEEN REAL
HEIGHTENED AWARENESS SETTING
IT'S BEEN A REAL HEIGHTENED
ACROSS RACIAL GROUPS OR SEEN
WITH WITH THE NATIONWIDE
PROTESTS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE
ACROSS RACIAL GROUPS TROOPS
REALLY. UNITING TO TAKE A
STAND FOR JUSTICE AND I THINK
THAT'S BEEN A CONSEQUENCE OF
THE NEWS CYCLES. THE
HEIGHTENED AWARENESS THAT I
MENTIONED WITH PEOPLE AND JUST
NOT BEING ABLE TO THE
REALITIES THAT ARE SHOWING UP
FOR MANY PEOPLE FOR THE VERY
FIRST TIME RIGHT WHERE MAY
HAVE KNOWN THAT WE MAY HAVE
HEARD THINGS BUT NEVER BEEN
EXPOSED TO IT DIRECTLY AND I
THINK WITH.
ALL OF THE NEWS ALL OF THE
VIDEO CLIPS ALL FOLKS
TESTIMONIES I THINK IT MAKES A
LOT TO STATE THAT IN ITS
CREATING AWARENESS AS MANY
PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO ACT.
YEAH WELL, AND I THINK YOU
KNOW WE HAD ALSO BEEN STARTING
TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WAYS
THAT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE
ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTED. BY COVID-19 IN THE
PANDEMIC YOU KNOW AND THAT ALL
TIES INTO SYSTEMIC RACISM IN
IN HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH
SYSTEMS. SO THAT CONVERSATION
WAS THAT STARTING TO HAPPEN
WHEN WE SAW SOME HIGH-PROFILE
DEATHS LIKE THE DEATH OF
GEORGE FLOYD I MEAN FOR FOR
LACK OF A BETTER METAPHOR WAS
THAT KIND OF THE MATCH THAT
REALLY LIT THE POWDER KEG
HERE.
I THINK I THINK THAT I
THINK GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH
ABSOLUTELY AT HELP THIS THE
SCALE THESE I ACTUALLY THINK
THAT'S THE CASE AND I THINK
SINCE HIS DEATH THERE'S BEEN
GROWING INTEREST IN TRYING
HELP ERADICATE THE SYSTEMIC
HEALTH ISSUES THAT YOU
MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE
REFERRING TO AND REALLY TRYING
TO GET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT
VIOLENCE IS A PART OF PUBLIC
HEALTH RIGHT THAT THAT THESE
VIOLENT INCIDENTS NEGATIVELY
AFFECT PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND WE
NEED TO START TAKING IN MUCH
MORE SERIOUSLY AS PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUES AND WHAT WHAT
ARE SOME OTHER TIMES IN
HISTORY THAT SOMETHING SIMILAR
TO THIS HAS ARE THERE OTHER
TIMES WHERE THERE HAS BEEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
YOU KNOW WE WE ARE THEY SEE
THAT QUITE A UNIQUE TO HAVE A
PANDEMIC. AND PROTESTS OF THIS
SCALE I THINK THAT I HOPE THAT
ALL OF US ARE ARE REALLY
TAKING THIS MOMENT IN AND AND.
TAKING THE TIME TO TALK
WITH EACH OTHER AND TO
DOCUMENT THIS THE LEAD IN
WHATEVER WAY THAT THAT WE DO
WITH IT INTERNALLY WHETHER
JUST TALKING WITH WITH OUR
LOVED ONES BECAUSE I I DON'T I
DON'T WHEN WE HAVE EVER SEEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE I
THINK IT'S IT'S UNPRECEDENTED
AND I THINK AT ITS WE MAKE WE
WILL LIKELY NEVER SEEN IT LIKE
THIS AGAIN IN OUR LIFETIMES I
THINK WE SHOULD REALLY YOU
KNOW TAKE HEED OF THE SLOAN
AND AND JUST. TAKE THE GRAVITY
OF THE MOMENT THAT RAIN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS A GOOD WAY TO
HELP PROCESS KIND OF WHAT
WE'RE.
ALL LIVING THROUGH CRYSTAL
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE
APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN
ALL THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME TAKE CARE ALL RIGHT
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