THE
THE COLOR
THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN. THAT'S WHITE PRIVILEGE.
>>>
>>> I
>>> I CREATE CLASSES, PROGRAMS AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO
SUPPORT PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR
JOURNEY.
JOURNEY.
JOURNEY. >> I COME FROM A PLACE WHERE I'M
VERY PRIVILEGED.
VERY PRIVILEGED. I'M A WHITE WOMAN.
I'M STRAIGHT.
I'M STRAIGHT. >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH I
AS AN INDIVIDUAL NEED TO DO
OTHER THAN ENCOURAGE
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. >> I'M NOT RACIST, YOU KNOW,
WHAT'S THE RULE?
?
?
? >>
? >> I
? >> I SAW THIS STUFF IN HISTORY
BOOKS, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD
BE -- I WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THE
FRONT LINE.
FRONT LINE. >> THERE'S AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MAN THREATENING MY LIFE.
>> AFTER WHAT HAPPENED, WE WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT BLACK VOICES.
WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE WHO LOOK
LIKE US ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS.
AND WE WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE LIKE,
HEY, LOOK, WE OCCUPY THIS SPACE
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. >> I HAD ALSO BEEN ARRESTED FOR
ALLEGEDLY SENDING -- VERY, VERY
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. I THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL I'LL JUST
WRITE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE.
IT HAS 2 MILLION LIKES AND
600,000 RETWEETS.
600,000 RETWEETS. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT'S A
LOT.
LOT.
LOT. >>
LOT. >> 75 THINGS THAT WHITE PEOPLE
CAN DO FOR RACIAL JUSTICE.
IT STARTED OUT AS A LIST FOR
MYSELF AND THEN I SAID, WELL, IF
I HAVE THIS LIST, THEN MIGHT AS
WELL SHARE IT.
>> IT TAKES SO MUCH BLACK DEATH
AND SO MUCH GRUESOME, HORRENDOUS
DEHUMANIZATION OF BLACK LIFE FOR
THE WHITE COLLECTIVE TO NOTICE
WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALL THIS
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> TO ME AT LEAST RACE IS SIMPLY
JUST A COLOR OF SOMETHING.
AND LIKELY HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH WHO THEY ARE AS A PERSON.
>> SYSTEMIC RACISM.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SYSTEMIC
RACISM.
RACISM.
RACISM. >> AND THEN THERE'S THIS NOTION
THAT THERE'S THIS WHITE
PRIVILEGE, BUT THERE REALLY
ISN'T.
ISN'T.
ISN'T. >>
ISN'T. >> THIS MOMENT, IT'S NOT
HAPPENING BECAUSE OF -- IT'S
HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE
MILLIONS OF PROTESTERS AROUND
THE WORLD WHO HAVE SAID, THAT'S
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. >> WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO
KNOW, TO LISTEN.
AND -- I'M SORRY.
WE JUST WANT TO FEEL SAFE WHEN
WE GO OUTSIDE.
WE DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE, YOU
KNOW, IS THIS THE LAST TIME I'M
GOING TO BE LEAVING MY HOUSE.
>> IN MY LIFETIME, I'VE NOT SEEN
A MOMENT SUCH AS THIS.
>> I'M SO TERRIFIED THAT NOT
ENOUGH WILL CHANGE.
>> TO BE A VOICE, NOT AN ECHO,
BUT A VOICE.
THAT'S MY ROLE IN THIS MOVEMENT.
AND YES, IT IS A MOVEMENT.
>> THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE LEARNED A
DARN THING.
DARN THING. I MEAN, THEY BURN THE STUFF DOWN
IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD?
>> THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.
>> YOU DON'T LOOK BACK.
>> I