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>> TALKING ABOUT THINGS A CONVERSATION WITH 5 GLASSMAN HAS CHANGED
>> THESE MEN TELL US SO MANY
BLACK PEOPLE AT AN EARLY AGE.
YOU LIKE THE WORLD IS STACKED
AGAINST HIM RACIAL DISPARITIES
CREEK VARIOUS FOR BLACK YOUTH
THAT CAN CREATE DEEP
IMPRESSIONS THAT LAST A
LIFETIME. LISTEN TO THIS.
A REPORT FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL
BLACK CAUCUS SAYS THERE ARE
NUMEROUS TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES
THAT BLACK YOUTH CAN HAVE,
INCLUDING EXPOSURE TO RACISM
DISCRIMINATION NEIGHBORHOOD,
VIOLENCE ECONOMIC INSECURITY,
ABUSE, GRIEF AND OTHER ADVERSE
CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES. THINGS
THEY DEAL WITH IN WEIGHS IN ON
BLACK COUNTERPARTS. DON'T POST
TRAUMATIC STRESS IS LIKE A
SERIES, SERIOUS STAIN ON THE
BRAIN THAT YOU CAN'T ERASE.
YOU CAN PUT ALL THE CLOROX YOU
PUT ALL THE PAIN ON IT. BUT
IT'S STILL EARLY. AND
YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THESE
YOUNG KIDS. THEY LACK THE
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS.
BUT MOST IMPORTANT, THE
COGNITIVE SKILLS TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS BEING PLACED UPON THEM.
HOW DID
BEING VIEW. I WOULD BE DEVALUED
DISCRIMINATED AND DISRESPECTED.
WE TALK TO THESE MEN ABOUT THE
MOMENT THEY REALIZED THE WORLD
WAS DIFFERENT FROM THEM AND HOW
THAT DISCOVERY LEFT DEEP
IMPRESSIONS EVEN MENTAL AND
EMOTIONAL SCARS. THEY REVEALED
SO MUCH ABOUT THEIR PERCEPTIONS
WHICH STARTED AT EARLY AGES.
>> THE DISCUSSION BEGAN WITH
ONE QUESTION. WHEN WAS THE
FIRST TIME THAT YOU FIRST
RECOGNIZE THAT YOU WERE BLACK.
>> MAN. I WAS REALLY NO GOING
STORE IN THE SENATE. YOU KNOW,
YOU REALLY EXPECT PEOPLE TO
LOOK AT YOU A CERTAIN WAY, YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW, BEATING HIM BY
THE SAME. WE'RE GOING TO STILL
HAVE PEOPLE FOLLOW ME. LOOK AT
AND JOIN US ANYTHING. I ASKED
ME, YOU KNOW, THEM APART BEFORE
THEY TOSS THOSE ON TEAM.
AND THEN THAT POINT AS A
WELCOME HOME WHEN THE LIKE.
WHAT? WHAT ABOUT ME MADE ME
FEEL PROBABLY IT'S A QUESTION.
DO I GO HOME AND DISCUSSION
WITH MY MOM
JULY YOU. BUT YOU KNOW, BLACK
MAN JUST STANDING. GO
TO SPACE. IT'S A SAD THING.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IS THE
WORLD HOW WHOLE YOU AGAIN WHEN
YOU IN THE STORE IN THAT
SITUATION. I'LL SAY ABOUT 1211.
>> WAS LOOKING IN THE STORY IS
TRYING TO GET HIS CAN BEGIN TO
SEE THOSE COLD ON MONDAY AT
THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS MEDIUM
LIKE SOME I FEEL SOME TYPE OF
WAY ABOUT YOU KNOW, STILL
MISSING TAKING MERCHANDISE FROM
THE STORE REALLY IN THIS HERE
AS YET MONEY TO THAT TIME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING AND GIVE A
KITCHEN NINO FEEL COMFORTABLE
FOR ME. I WAS AGAIN. SO IT TO
MY BEST FRIENDS GROWING UP WAS.
>> RIGHT IN MY 8 OR 9 YEARS OLD
AND HE'S LIKE LITERALLY GO
OUTSIDE AND PLAY EVERY DAY.
IT IS THAT WITH A COP.
THEY LIVE WITH HIS
GRANDPARENTS. SO IS THAT WOULD
LIKE BE THERE LIVE ONCE OR
TWICE A WEEK. AND WE'RE LIKE
ONE DAY HIS NASSAU'S OUTSIDE
PLAN IN THE NEXT DAY HE HIS
GRANDFATHER BROUGHT HIM OVER TO
MY HOUSE. TO COME AND TELL ME
THAT YOU CAN'T PLAY ANYMORE.
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT.
IT WAS HARD TO RUSSIA HAS 8 OR
9 YEAR-OLD. I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T
REALLY THINK A BIT ABOUT RACING
TO MY DOWN EXPLAINED TO ME.
I MEAN, MY PARENTS, ME REALLY
MAD AND I START TO LIKE HAVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING
GROWING UP HERE IN CHARLOTTE.
I THOUGHT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
BACK IN.
>> MAYBE 6768.
>> THEY STARTED QUEEN CITY BOYS
CHOIR AND IT WAS MADE UP OF
BLACK
AND WHITE KIDS IN ELEMENTARY
AND ADDITION TO BECAME A PART.
AND I NOTICE THAT WHEN WE WOULD
GO OUT AND PERFORM. WE WOULD BE
TOGETHER ON STAGE. BUT EACH
REHEARSAL IT WILL ALWAYS BE
THE BLACK.
GUYS ON THIS SIDE WHITE GUYS ON
THIS SIDE. AND SO THAT WAS
PROBABLY MY FIRST TIME REALLY
BEING AWARE THAT TYPE OF
SEPARATION. IT BECAME CONFUSED
AS TO WHY WE COULD BE
ON STAGE TOGETHER. BUT WE
PRACTICED AND SOCIALIZED
SEPARATELY. THE OTHER TIMES.
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT YOU
PROCESS THAT AT ALL WHEN IT
YEAH, I
OBSERVED IT, BUT IT WAS NOT
UNTIL I GOT INTO THE 7TH GRADE
WHEN BUS AND STARTED HERE IN
CHARLOTTE THAT REALLY SAW THAT
EARLY IN THIS OF WHAT WAS
HAPPENING BETWEEN RACES AS WE
START HAVING FORCE BUS IN HERE
SO FROM THAT POINT, 7TH GRADE,
8TH GRADE KNIFE. ALL WE HAVE TO
GRADE. THERE WAS STRUGGLE IN
THE CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG
SCHOOLS BETWEEN WHITES AND
BLACKS. AND SO IT WAS A
CHALLENGING SEASON FOR ME.
MISTER JOHN MCCULLOUGH IS NOW
THE SPIRITUAL LEADER AT
FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN CENTER
IN ESTONIA.
>> IT IS HIS FULL-TIME JOB AND
CALLING WE SAID LONG BEFORE
HE ACCEPTED THAT CALL TO LEAVE.
>> HE WAS A STUDENT WHO SAW
WRITES REGULARLY AT WEST
CHARLOTTE
HIGH SCHOOL. THESE MEN SAID
THEY ALWAYS FELT THE NEED TO
PROVE THEMSELVES HARMLESS EVEN
WHEN THEY'VE DONE NOTHING TO
SUGGEST OTHERWISE. I THINK
>> PUTS US AS BLACK MAN TO HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE OF I GUESS
DEFENSE. MAYBE I'M ALWAYS
HAVING TO BE THE ONE TO SORT
BAG DOW LOOK, INNOCENT. IF YOU
COME UP ON PEOPLE OF ANOTHER
RACE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SORT OF
SORT OF A CERTAIN KIND
OF FACE NOT TO LOOK
THREATENING, YOU KNOW, ALL
THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO KIND OF
PULL OFF SEEMINGLY IN ORDER TO
BE ACCEPTED JUST IN A MOMENT
WITH SOMEBODY COMING BACK.
WE'RE GOING IN THE STORE.
YOU AFKHAM THROUGH THAT ALL
THESE YEARS YOU KNOW, BEING
FOLLOWED AND WATCHED AND SO YOU
TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW IS IT
BACK AND LOOK AS INNOCENT AS
POSSIBLE, WHICH SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO BE OUT. BIRD IS SHOULDN'T
HAVE TO BE AN EFFORT LIKE THAT.
BUT THEN I'M SURE FOR YOUNGER
GUYS. IT'S EVEN WORSE. AT THIS
POINT. NOW LISTEN AND RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I.
>> TALK TO A LOT OF YOUNG
AFRICAN AMERICANS NOW IS IN AND
EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN
YOUR LIFE, WHETHER YOU ARE
BLACK OR WHITE OR ASIAN OR
INDIAN FOR AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
IT'S AND AND YOU'RE BLACK.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH DAY. IT'S
BEEN A TOUGH DAY IN YOU CARRY
THAT BURDEN OF BEING AFRICAN
AMERICAN, WHICH MEANS ALL THE
THINGS THAT THE BISHOP SAID
HOW YOU CARRY YOURSELF. HOW
DO YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS BE
THINKING WHAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY
BE THINKING ABOUT ME. IN
ADDITION TO ALL THE THINGS I
HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH IN MY DAY
IN. I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE
STATE IS NOW IN AMERICA WHERE.
IT STARTED. PEOPLE START TO
UNDERSTAND THAT BURDEN A LITTLE
BIT BETTER START TO UNDERSTAND
AND WANT TO GET INQUISITIVE
ABOUT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.
BUT IT'S VERY HARD TO TO
EXPLAIN IT. YOU HAVE TO
EXPERIENCE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE
THINGS WERE SLIGHT.
I FEEL I CAN EVER TRULY BE
MYSELF BECAUSE IF I'M IN A
WHITE SPACE OR JUST A NON-BLACK
SPACE DISCERNING LIKE CENTERS
ON A FACE. YOU GOT TO PUT ON.
>> RIGHT. YOU WAS MY OF MY
SISTERS USED TO WORK
AND I LIKE ALL SERVICES IN THE
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE YOUR
YOU HAVE YOUR WHITE WHEN YOU
TALK, YOU GOT THE RIGHT WAS
WHEN YOU TALK IT BECOMES SECOND
NATURE THING HIS
WHITE VOICE.
>> THESE MEN SAY THEY AND OTHER
BLACK MEN USE. THE WIFE WAS TO
COUNTER STEREOTYPES. THAT MAY
BE TRIGGERED WHEN SOME PEOPLE
SEE OVERT SIGNS OF BLACKNESS
SYSTEMATIC AND LEARNED BEHAVIOR
THAT THEY HAVE LIKE
PRECONCEIVED THOUGHT TO NOTE TO
THINK LIKE THAT TO THINK OF US
AS A THREAT TO THINK OF US AS
YOU KNOW, ILLITERATE. THINK
OF US AS AN EDUCATED THINK OF
US AS VIOLENT TO THINK OF US AS
COULD RATS TO THINK OF BEING IN
THE HOOD OR BEING FROM HOOD AS
A NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS LIKE WHITE
BOYS IS CALLED COAT. SWITCHING
CHANGE A NEW SPEECH OR ACTIONS
DUBLIN. DAN.
>> TO BE MORE ACCEPTED IN A
SPECIFIC SITUATION. FOR SOME
PEOPLE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
USUALLY MEANS GOING OUT OF THE
WAY TO SCENE LESS BLACK.
KYLE SAYS HE'S BEEN DOING IT
SINCE HE WAS 6 YEARS OLD.
HOW I PREPARE MYSELF FOR THE
NEXT. HOW DO I TALK IN THE
SITUATION.
>> HOW DO I COMMUNICATE THIS?
YOU KNOW, HOW DO I LIKE EITHER
CUT BACK ON LIKE THE SLAYING
THAT I USE AND STUFF. SO PEOPLE
WON'T LOOK ANY DIFFERENT.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT WRONG.
I CAN RELATE TO THAT IN MY
ORGANIZATION.
>> MY YOU KNOW, THE ONLY VICE
PRESIDENT. I
WORK WITH 80% WHITE PEOPLE ALL
THE TIME IN MY OFFICE WHEN I'M
ON THE PHONE THROUGH. YOU KNOW,
I'LL HAVE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES
COME IN AND SAY.
>> YOU TALKED TO A COUSINS.
I'M LIKE WHY CITIES BECAUSE YOU
TALK TO BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
MY WIFE, MY WHITE COLLEAGUES
SAY I SPEAK TO THEM TOTALLY
DIFFERENT THAN AND ONE OF MY
HOME WAS CALLS AND I GET ON
THE PHONE. IT'S AUTOMATIC IS IT
IT AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING
TONIGHT AS
IT GOES.
>> THEY ARGUE WITH YOU LATER,
AND IT'S IT'S IT'S BACK AND
FORTH SHOTS IS MAKING
ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOMPANY
SOMEONE ELSE'S FEARS FEELS LIKE
TRYING TO EXIST IN 2 DIFFERENT
WORLD. WE NEVER HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO.
>> YOU CAN NEVER BE A FEW
SQUARE.
BECAUSE IT.
>> BECAUSE THERE'S NOT EITHER.
IF YOU GET LAX AND YOU'RE
YOU'RE IN A SCORE OUT, YOU
COULD BE CONSIDERED THREATENED
THREATENING AND THEN THAT COULD
LEAD TO SOMETHING. BUT THEN IF
YOU
A CROWD OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE.
YOU'RE NOT ONLY ARE ALL SQUARE.
YOU CAN BE CONSIDERED A TARGET
TOO. SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
ALERT. BE ON ALERT. ALL THE
TIME. CAN DRIVE YOU TO THE AGE
WHERE SEAN LEARNED THAT THE
HARD WAY.
>> SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE IF