>> UNREST CONTINUES IN AMERICA IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: THE FIRST
GROUP OF AMERICANS ARE
DEMANDING CHANGE
IN POLICING EQUITY AND IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
MISTER
FLOYD’S DEATH SET OFF AND ANGER
IN THIS COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN
BOILING UNDER THE SURFACE FOR A
VERY LONG TIME
THAT’S CLEAR BY THE PROTESTS
THAT HAVE SPREAD FROM
MINNEAPOLIS ACROSS THE NATION.
HERE IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA. BOYD’S
BROTHER TERRENCE HAS EXPRESSED
FRUSTRATION THAT THE FOCUS HAS
TURNED FROM ADVOCACY TO
VIOLENCE AND LOOTING.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE OUTSET.
LIKE I WAS OVERJOYED. I DON’T
SHOP AND OH YEAH HAPPENS IT
SAYS I.
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SAYS I. ♪ ♪
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NOW. A BOMB NOT OVERHEAD.
OF I’M NOT OVER HERE THAT’S NOT MY COMMUNITY. WHAT YOU GOT GOING. WELL FAMILY
IS A PEACEFUL FAMILY. MY FAMILY
IS GOD FEARING.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: JOINING ME
NOW TO DISCUSS RACE RELATIONS
IN THE U.S. DOCTOR JEFFREY
AND WILDER, A SOCIOLOGIST AND
LEADING SCHOLAR SPECIALIZING IN
DIVERSITY AND
RACE RELATIONS. SO WHAT DOES
THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE SAY ABOUT
RACE RELATIONS TODAY IN AMERICA
TO YOU.
>> IT SHOWS US THAT OUR NATION
IS REALLY ON TO
THINK WHY AND WE’VE ALL BEEN
ENJOYING THAT AND TO MAKE THIS
YEAR AND WHAT WE’VE SEEN THUS
FAR WITH THE DEATH OF JOYFUL OR
EVEN DEATH ON RIHANNA TAYLOR.
AND THE INCIDENT LAST WEEK WITH
AMY
KRUEGER THAT BLACK AMERICA
REALLY IS
LATER WE ARE ON COLLECTIVE LIFE
SUPPORT IN A SEPARATE TIME FOR
A CHANGE I THINK THIS TIME
FEELS VERY DIFFERENT AND I
THINK WHAT WE’RE WITNESSING
RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE MODERN
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT HERE
REALLY THE POINT WHERE OUR
ENTIRE SOCIETY NEEDS TO CROSS.
>> AND CHANGE. >>BRUCE HAMILTON: WE AS A NATION LIKE TO THINK THAT WE
HAVE COME A LONG WAY ARE THE
IMAGES THAT WE’RE SEEING TODAY
REALLY MUCH DIFFERENT FOR 50
YEARS AGO IN ALABAMA.
>> NO NOT A DOLLAR THAT PERSONALLY BECAUSE EVERY TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS
HAPPENED IN THE PAST IN OUR
MORE RECENT HISTORY SAY FOR
INSTANCE IN THE END THE
21ST CENTURY. WE ARE YOU KNOW
STAT AND ANGERED FRUSTRATED
DISAPPOINTED, BUT WE REALLY
HAVEN’T
SEEN ANY YOU KNOW MARKET
MOVEMENT OR AND
SO OUR WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THE
SAME THING THAT MY MOM
WITNESSES WHEN SHE WAS A
TEENAGER. AND
THE 60’S. AND WHAT WE’VE SEEN
WRITTEN THE HISTORY BOOKS FOR
HIM TO
300 YEARS AGO. THIS REALLY IS
THE PAST AND PRESENT
MOMENT AGAIN WE’RE AT THE POINT
NOW WHERE WE HAVE TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH ME TODAY. SO
MARKET CHANGE AND THAT COMES IN
ON IT INSTITUTIONAL CHANGING INSTITUTIONAL REFORM PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
THE 20’S. SO HOW DO WE CHANGE
THE CULTURE OF RACE RELATIONS.
STEP-BY-STEP MOMENT-BY-MOMENT BECAME NOT THE CHANGE DOES SO LEON CANNOT
WRESTLED ON THE SHOULDERS OF
PEOPLE OF COLOR. I THINK WE SEE
NOW SO REALLY GREAT EXAMPLES OF
OUR ACTION.
INCLUSIVITY REALLY EVERY
INSTITUTION EVERY
SO THERE’S NOT ONE ORGANIZATION
COMPANY INSTITUTION COMMUNITY
THAT IS NOT IMPACTED. THIS IS
ALL OF OUR LIST OF PROBLEM NOW,
AND WE NEED AS A CITY FOR 2.
THE MOVE BLACK AMERICA OFF OF
LIFE SUPPORT ON VENTILATOR AND
WE ALL NEED
TO PARTICIPATE MAKING SOME
SMALL CHANGES IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY
LIVES AND ALSO SOME MORE
INCREMENTAL IN OUR IN OUR
STRUCTURAL SIDE WANTS TO.
USE THE WORD ALLY SHIP. I YEAH
GOT TO TAKE ISSUE WITH
THAT BECAUSE I HEARD SOMEBODY
SAY YOU KNOW WHAT THIS ISN’T
BLACK.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: AND WHITE
AGAINST RACES. THIS IS
EVERYBODY AGAINST RACIST.
>> WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT AND AGAIN WHENEVER WE THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN OF COURSE THE
BLACK COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS
GOING TO
COME TOGETHER. BUT WE
NEED WHITE FOLKS TO BE OUR EYES
TO RACISM AND NOT NECESSARILY
TO BLACK FOLKS LIKE YOU JUST
SAID WHY ALLY SHIP
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RACISM
WHEN THE WHITE WALKERS TO BREAK
THE SILENCE AND WE SEE LOTS OF
FOLKS WHO NEVER BEFORE WINNING
LIKE THIS EVERYDAY LIVES
DISRUPT THINGS DISRUPT MY
REGRESSIONS TO SAY SOMETHING
WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING NASA
REALLY
NEAT BECAUSE IT IS NORMAL AND
NATURAL FOR BOATS TO HEAR FROM
PEOPLE OF COLOR IN TIMES
LIKE THIS. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO
HEAR FROM OTHER AMERICANS WHO
ARE TRULY IT’S THAT HAPPENING
IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
>> AND I THINK THAT’S MY POINT
WE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN
THIS. WE ARE NOT DIFFERENT.
I MENTIONED THIS YESTERDAY, BUT
IT BEARS REPEATING.
WE SEE THE VIOLENCE ON
TELEVISION BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, DOCTOR KING SAID A
RIOT IS THE LANGUAGE OF
THE UNHEARD. THERE ARE PEOPLE
OF GOODWILL OUT THERE AND THEIR
MESSAGE IS BEING DROWNED OUT.
AND WE COLLECTIVELY CAN’T LET
THAT HAPPEN.
>> THAT’S WE NEED.
WE NEED TO MOVE
YOU KNOW WE NEED
NOT LET THE LOOTING AND THE
VIOLENCE TO BE
A DISTRACTION TO UNDERSTANDING
AND BE
SEEKING JUSTICE AND THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD AND ALSO
LOOKING TO SEE JUSTICE IN THE
DECK OF THE MINE OPERATOR OUT
OF AND THE COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO
NEVER RECEIVED JUSTICE DRINK
SINCE ERIC GARNER I
TRAYVON MARTIN THOSE EXTRA DID
NOT SEEK JUSTICE SO IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO TO TO FOCUS
ON THAT AS
OPPOSED TO THE THAT WE’VE SEEN