WELCOME BACK TO THE RITZ THEATER IN HISTORIC LAVILLA DURING THE
COURSE OF OUR HISTORY, OUR
FUTURE WE’VE TALKED ABOUT
TRAVELING, JACKSONVILLE’S ROAD
TO RACIAL EQUALITY AND JUSTICE
AND IN TRAVELING
THAT ROAD. A LOT OF PAINFUL
WOUNDS WERE OPENED AND A LOT OF
THOSE WOUNDS STILL FESTER
TODAY. JOIN ME LIVE NOW IS
DOCTOR TAMMY HODO THE FOUNDER
OF ALL THINGS DIVERSE
A RACIAL RELATIONS EXPERT
WELCOME GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU MOM.
GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH PROMPTED A
RACIAL RECKONING HAS SPARKED A
CALL FOR RACIAL AND SOCIAL
CHANGE. ARE WE ON THE ROAD TO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AS A RESULT.
>> I’M REALLY NOT SURE THAT THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION. BUT I THINK WE’VE SEEN THIS BEFORE IF
WE THINK ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF
HOPE AFTER
AND I’M VERY OPTIMISTIC, BUT I
DON’T KNOW FOR SOCIETY IS READY
TO HAVE THOSE DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS. PEOPLE ARE FIND
ARE
VERY COMPLACENT. AND QUITE
HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE
YOU KNOW SOME COMMUNITY SO I’M
HOPEFUL. OPTIMISTIC BUT
NOT SURE.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: WELL, YOU
KNOW I’VE TALKED BEFORE AND
PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT
PEOPLE DON’T KNOW HOW TO TALK
ABOUT RACE. BUT THAT’S A WHOLE
OTHER CONVERSATION. EARLIER ON
THIS PROGRAM WE TALKED ABOUT
LAVILLA AND IT BEING THE HARLEM
OF THE SOUTH. THERE HAVE BEEN
URBAN RENEWAL GRANTS. THERE IS
ALSO BEEN A
WHITE FLIGHT FROM THE URBAN
INNER CORE IN LAVILLA AND MANY
OTHER CITIES
AND CAROLINE EXHIBIT WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE
KEEP TRYING AND TRYING BUT
WE’RE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE
YET. YOU’VE GOT INTERSTATES
THAT COME THROUGH CITIES LIKE
THE BILL A LOT OF THINGS KEEP
GETTING IN
THE WAY.
>> RIGHT AND SO IN 1949 IS WHEN
CONGRESS STARTED TO DISCUSS
HOUSING OPTIONS AND URBAN
RENEWAL GRANTS WERE PART
OF THAT AND THE IDEA WAS THAT
THEY WERE GOING TO INVEST ALL
THIS MONEY IN THE URBAN CORE,
BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS REALLY IT
COLLIDED WITH WHITE FLIGHT.
THIS IS RIGHT AFTER WORLD WAR 2
THE G I BILL PEOPLE BEING ABLE
TO GO AND MOVE INTO SUBURBS AND
SO YOU HAVE THESE VIABLE
BLACK COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAD
FREEWAYS JUST RAZOR GREAT
THROUGH AND I DEAL WITH THE
URBAN RENEWAL GRANT WAS THAT
THAT NEW HOUSING WAS GOING TO
BE DEVELOPED IN
THOSE AREAS AND THROUGH EMINENT
DOMAIN THE GOVERNMENT TOOK
THESE HOMES BUT THEY DIDN’T
REDEVELOP HOUSING IN THOSE
AREAS SO THEY DISPLACED A LOT
OF PEOPLE SO WE’VE YET
TO SEE THOSE RENEWAL GRANTS
BENEFIT THE MINORITIES IN THE
COMMUNITIES THAT LOST THEIR
LIVELIHOOD SO IT’S GOING
TO SAY IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LOT
OF FUNDING IT’S GOING TO TAKE
SOME HONEST CONVERSATIONS IT’S
GOING TO TAKE THE MAJORITY OF
AMERICA TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH
THE UNCOMFORTABLE
CONVERSATIONS. IT REQUIRES US
TO BE QUITE FRANK IN QUITE
HONEST AND TO LISTEN TO
PEOPLE WHO’VE CONTINUOUSLY BEEN
MARGINALIZED IN AMERICAN
SOCIETY PERCEPTIONS OF RACE
HAVE CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: WE EXPLORE
HOW SPORTS HAS HAS CHANGED THAT
HAVE THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS
CHANGED AS MUCH AS WE WOULD
LIKE TO BELIEVE.
>> NO. NOW RACE CONTINUES TO
IMPACT LIFE CHANCES
AND EXPERIENCES. THE RACE IS
NOT REAL BIOLOGICALLY IT’S A
SOCIAL CONSTRUCT IT CONTINUES
TO HAVE LONG-LASTING
IMPLICATIONS THERE A LOT OF
NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL MELANIN IN
OUR SKIN. THAT WE REALLY NEED
TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS IT FOR
PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND JUST LIKE
EVERY
OTHER GROUP WE HAVE DIFFERENT
CLASSES SOCIAL ECONOMIC STATUS
IS
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS AND TO
CONTINUE NOT TO CONTINUE TO
STEREOTYPE IN GROUP
EVERYONE TOGETHER.
>> SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU’RE
SAYING IS WE CONTINUE TO KEEP
PULLING OURSELVES
WE DO.
>> WE DO AND WE HAVE TO HAVE
THOSE CONVERSATIONS BUT THERE’S
A CONCEPT CALLED 0 SIMON AND
WHEN PEOPLE GAIN EQUITY OTHER
PEOPLE BEGAN TO
BE FEARFUL THAT THEY’RE GOING
TO LOSE SOMETHING AND THAT’S
NOT TRUE. THERE’S THIS IS NOT
PIE THERE’S MORE THAN ENOUGH
FOR EVERYONE.
>> DOCTORS TELL ME HOW IT WAS
ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR