fastening peace in the New York Times
a on March 21st by tenzin a Vega
titled students see many slights
as racial micro aggressions
and it what it
I you know I said many times I think 10 the
most unrealized
by white people aspects
of white privilege is the privilege have never wondering if somebody did
something because if your race
arm not it white people just don't
generally have the experience above wondering
you know did that guy just you know close that door my face because a by
race
that he speaks roughly to me because my racer was a just that he had a fight
with his wife
a did I get the seat the restaurant because just
by and large doesn't occur her know why people were as people of color
confronted with this constantly
and and confronted with the question
what happen constantly and
this the AI you know I just this is something that I
again I think most people just most white people don't have any idea
about this and this and this article was talking about microgram shins micro
assaults micro insults micro in validations
all the small ways the people of color feel slighted
or abused who
be whether they're real or not and many cases in probably in most cases they
actually are
and so I want to get on somebody to talk about this soon
knows more about it than I do and and Rishad Robinson is with us he's been the
program before
is executive director color change color changed out or go to a brilliant
extraordinary organization
and shot welcome back thanks for having me
thanks for joining us you what it what are your thoughts on Mitt's
yeah I think I think the article.really K
so that capture and this conversation that we're seeing
you're popping up in Polk City University you you know in popular media
around I'm the way the fact that range
and protection inflicted by higher today impact away
everyday people leading to his you know on one hand we can be a tenacious
having be fed a conversation about you know I'm
about about the post-racial and outraged racing at the laundromat airing
wow I me having we feel all the way to lose weight
race can be a predetermined in fact care for so many
said it if rain on issued an Access ID from criminal justice education
health disparity and in the middle and back six two ways everyday people and
featherweight you wake up to gain experience the world how the world looks
actual and tank for you know
the students were speaking at a cafe for
folks who will experience it in the workplace even very via
issues they're not happy about public policy bear out
a larger we've got the message culture yeah and then this isn't about the old
racism of george wallace
this is this is um there's like
Joe Madison says you know Jim Crow has become James
are croats ESQ you know it's its its
a going to a far more subtle level um
in some ways and an arguably a I
perhaps even more us insidious one as a consequence that I don't know to what
extent you feel comfortable sharing stories from your own life
arm but can you give are our listeners and viewers some examples
love these micro Gretchen's these micron validations micro insults Microsoft's
well you know I think whatever what are their issue that at became a prominent
in in national using any media
over the questions they felt that the last several years later
stop-and-frisk policy to New York State oh yeah
I'm and and the ways in which black and brown anti-party
each and every day woke up having living in a very different
Katie now at counterpart you know we select story
a coaches football coaches carrying
vs students to the whole picture
to to hold back and how making their uniforms home from school for the police
which see them
experience and maybe leave them alone bastards a color not fifteen experiences
right
that that bag and a good thing you'll like it halfback
at on the paper babycakes peering
the ways in which folk because of who they are
traffic to it cold switch o'rourke change
or or on or sodas do different things here
can validate their existence and as a result insure that the able to move to
the world
you know it even impact race Ryan and any know they are
public policy we need in terms that had a week to have monitored old in power
Adam he paid app on how I'm
you folks impacted by 10 power he can make sure they're
if not disparity but the David takes two Inc these young kids
its cool easy on the the young kids in New York City who are being stocked the
fridge barely
I'm you know easy is already ATK macro questions extend a very clear message
about who you are in the world what your value as
and and back and that's been informed how people
co-op an extinct the world and how sometimes
and some of them will internalize that in Italy it it becomes a self-fulfilling
prophecy
absolutely because you know it is eating any sort of their
their their their their training ground the expectation
Sarasota set for your future that we live up to our the expectations are the
people around us
or down to them as the case may be arm in a witch's
another really really nasty party this arm
is the experience you know I i've had this conversation
in a number times with people my age
Joe madison's a friend he's african-american talk show host
and you know we both grew up in a tie it back in the fifties and sixties when
when you know america was very different than it is today
in terms of Brazell diversity racial
participation if the actual loss
is the is the experience irv
racism as
high-impact on the young people today as it was
on people love Joe and my generation
an explorer is just different get I mean I don't know I'm
and 35 years old and ok acu up I grew up
to go well act care I'm UK as a civil rights scared that
and civil rights movement that gerry has start anything being
you know to to the L brown the boy into the market right through the years when
Joanne Ireland
I I like they've been very different Emily shape
by I don't experienced it but to the extent
that I'm it has their victories I
on the legal equality Frank have lagged
culture and SSI me to believe that the work is done I'm
min and bad and to talk about race to bring rates have can
can make you the racist to want to have this conversation
me that you are so did I'm bringing up something that is passe and
and no longer relegated to defeat in ages
you know to the extent that like yes that the problem
a decade ago what in our faith and
and and hacked clear solution day the problems that we currently face
that the ways in which I we still see each huge disparities in terms of
opportunity
Anne quality and the ways in which people live in this world
but the solution seem much warmer here
I you know the problem suggest changing we r we're living in a world in a tiny
wouldn't feel very much need arm I'll
rawhide I'm and bold coalition to
to both have these conversations and and challenge the status quo
but of put forward policies that will help us to be able to stop somebody
problem montana yeah II a spot on I
it seems I mean particularly when you look at I mean I
black family wealth for example is
down over the last 25 years whereas white family wealth has gone up so
clearly
you know where the where the rubber meets the road at the end at the
at the economic level things actually gotten worse
so you know we may not have segregated bathrooms but
on things are there's still a long long way to go
Rashad Robinson executive director color change color change that or his website
shot thanks so much for dropping by today
strata will be back