>>> WELCOME BACK ON THIS MONDAY
MORNING.
HODA, YOU’VE HAD INTERESTING
PERSPECTIVE ON ALL THE SCENES
WE’VE SEEN IN OUR COUNTRY.
>> I’VE BEEN STRUCK BY THE
IMAGES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE
PROTESTING AND CALLING FOR
CHANGE.
A LOT OF ADULTS LOSE SIGHT OF
THE BIG PICTURE SO WE LIKE TO
TAKE LESSONS FROM KIDS WHO HAVE
A WAY OF SEEING THINGS MORE
CLEARLY.
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
>> I CAN’T BREATHE!
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
AMERICANS ARE RISING UP TAKING A
STAND DEMANDING CHANGE.
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
>> Reporter: NEW VOICES.
KIDS WHO UNDERSTAND THE SIMPLE
TRUTHS THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN
ARE CREATED EQUAL.
TO BETTER HEAR THOSE VOICES, I
ASKED A FEW OF TOMORROW’S
LEADERS TO TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT
WE CAN DO TO HELP FIX THINGS
TODAY.
HI, GUYS.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK
YOU.
YOU ARE SMART PEOPLE, SMART
KIDS.
AND WE NEED SMART KIDS RIGHT
NOW.
WE NEED Y’ALL TO HELP US OUT OF
THIS MESS WE’RE IN.
OKAY?
CAN Y’ALL HELP US?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: FIRST THERE’S
11-YEAR-OLD ROSALIE WHOSE
FAVORITE SWEATSHIRT SAYS IT ALL.
SEVENTH GRADE BUDDIES LOGAN,
JOSH, AND AIDAN HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP THAT’S COLOR BLIND.
AND THEN THERE’S MARLEY, A
15-YEAR-OLD ACTIVIST WHO
CAMPAIGNED TO GET THOUSANDS OF
BOOKS ABOUT BLACK GIRLS INTO
SCHOOLS.
OKAY, MARLEY, I’M GOING TO START
WITH YOU.
GIVE ME YOUR REACTION TO WHAT
YOU SEE GOING ON OUTSIDE RIGHT
NOW.
>> WELL, THE MOMENT THAT WE’RE
LIVING IN IS KIND OF FRUSTRATING
BECAUSE IT FEELS AS THOUGH IT’S
AN ATTACK ON PEOPLE THAT LOOK
LIKE ME, WHICH IS REALLY SCARY
AND DISAPPOINTING.
>> Reporter: AIDAN, WHEN YOU
LOOK OUT AT WHAT’S GOING ON ON
THE STREETS, HOW DOES IT MAKE
YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF?
>> I FEEL IN DANGER LIKE I’M
BEING HUNTED BECAUSE I’M
DIFFERENT.
AND I FIND THAT JUST
UNACCEPTABLE.
>> Reporter: WHY DO YOU FEEL
THAT WAY, HONEY?
>> BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING
BRUTALLY MURDERED FOR NO REASON.
>> Reporter: AIDAN, DO YOUR
PARENTS EVER TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THE WAY YOU SHOULD ACT WHEN
YOU’RE IN PUBLIC?
>> THEY ALWAYS SAY BE CAREFUL,
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, AND NEVER
DISRESPECT A POLICE OFFICER.
>> Reporter: BE CAREFUL, KNOW
YOUR RIGHTS, NEVER DISRESPECT A
POLICE OFFICER.
HAVE YOU EVER FELT INTIMIDATED
WHEN YOU WERE WALKING AROUND?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: LIKE, GIVE ME AN
EXAMPLE.
>> LIKE, WHEN I WAS WALKING MY
DOG PHINEAS, IT WAS NIGHT SO I
DIDN’T WANT ANYBODY TO COME UP
TO ME THINKING THAT’S AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOY AT NIGHT.
>> Reporter: DOESN’T THAT MAKE
YOU SICK?
>> EXACTLY.
IT’S LIKE, WHY?
WE’RE ALL THE SAME.
>> Reporter: LOGAN, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT’S GOING
ON, DO YOU KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY’S
FIGHTING ABOUT?
>> I THINK THEY’RE FIGHTING
ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY.
ALSO YESTERDAY MY DAD SAID YOU
DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE
BLACK UNTIL YOU WALK A MILE IN
MY SHOES.
AND HE SAID IT BECAUSE I REALLY
DIDN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING
ON.
AND WHAT HE MEANS BY THAT IS YOU
DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO SEE
PEOPLE CLENCHING THEIR BAGS WHEN
YOU’RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
HE SAYS IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
>> ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I
PERSONALLY SAW OR WITNESSED
INEQUITY WAS WITH MY OWN HAIR
WHEN I GOT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
A LOT OF THE KIDS AT SCHOOL
WOULD SAY IT WAS TAKING UP TOO
MUCH SPACE AND THEY WANTED ME TO
SIT IN THE BACK OR THAT IT WAS
DIRTY.
AND THESE THINGS WERE, LIKE,
SUPER FRUSTRATING.
BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT WAS
COMPLETELY OUT OF MY CONTROL.
>> Reporter: WELL, YOUR HAIR IS
GORGEOUS.
>> I LOVE YOUR HAIR.
>> Reporter: ROSALIE, DID
SOMETHING HAPPEN AT CAMP?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
>> I SAW SOME PEOPLE FROM A
DIFFERENT CABIN, THEY WERE
TALKING -- THEY WERE SAYING HOW
THEY DIDN’T WANT TO STAY WITH
KIDS BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE.
AND AT THE TIME I DIDN’T REALLY
SAY ANYTHING TO THEM AT THE TIME
BUT I TALKED TO MY COUNSELORS.
AND SOMETIMES -- LIKE, I KIND OF
REGRET NOT SAYING ANYTHING, BUT
I ALSO AT THE SAME TIME DON’T
BECAUSE I COULD HAVE MADE THINGS
WORSE.
>> Reporter: SO MARLEY, IF
PEOPLE ARE -- AREN’T SURE
WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD SPEAK
OUT, WHAT’S YOUR BEST ADVICE TO
THEM?
>> I THINK THE BEST THING YOU
CAN SAY IS HOW MUCH DO I KNOW
ABOUT THE SITUATION?
I THINK ROSALIE DID A GREAT JOB
IN KNOWING THAT, OH, I DON’T
KNOW 100% ENOUGH TO GO IN AND
TRY TO STOP SOMETHING.
BUT I CAN ASK AN ADULT WHO MAY
KNOW MORE.
I THINK SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: JOSH, TELL ME WHAT
WE SHOULD DO TO END RACISM.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT WE’RE ALL
THE SAME.
WE’RE ALL PEOPLE.
I THINK IT WILL BE OKAY AND
WE’LL BE FRIENDS AND IT’LL ALL
BE OVER.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK WE
NEED TO HAVE OUR CIRCLES BIGGER
TO HAVE PEOPLE DIFFERENT AROUND
US?
>> I 100% AGREE WITH THAT.
PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT
RACISM EXISTS AND THAT IT’S OKAY
TO BE BLACK, OKAY TO BE WHITE,
OKAY TO BE PACIFIC ISLANDER.
AND ALL THESE DIFFERENCES IS
WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING AND MAKES
BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING AND MAKES
US THE PEOPLE WE ARE.
>> WOW.
>> OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES.
>> RIGHT?
MARLEY, SHE’S THE OLDER ONE IN
THE GROUP, SHE SAID SHE LOVED
HEARING EVERYBODY.
ALL THE KIDS SAID WE’RE THE
SAME, WE’RE THE SAME.
SHE SAID, THEY’RE SO YOUNG, THEY
DON’T SEE EVERYTHING YET BUT
THEY WILL.
I FELT SO MUCH BETTER AFTER THE
INTERVIEW.
I FELT LIKE THOSE ARE THE GUYS
THAT ARE GOING TO KIND OF BE IN
CHARGE EVENTUALLY.
I SORT OF LIKED HEARING THEM.
>> WE ARE IN A BIT OF A MESS
RIGHT NOW IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT