Bennie Smith, a Memphis native and politician who grew up in a dangerous neighborhood in the city, explains why the assumption of guilt reinforces stereotypes […]
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Michele Norris On Police Shootings: ‘It’s Like Living In Groundhog Day’ | The ReidOut | MSNBC
How are activists preparing for the verdict in the Chauvin Trial. Joy talks to civil rights lawyer and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong and Washington Post […]
Continue readingNYPD Detective: There’s No Simple Police Killing Case When It Involves Black People | The ReidOut
As Joy notes the difficulty in getting a conviction in previous trials involving police killings, Former NYPD Detective Marq Claxton says "There is no simple […]
Continue readingBrittany Packnett: Black People Shouldn’t Have To Be Humanized In Court | Ayman Mohyeldin | MSNBC
Brittany Packnett Cunningham speaks on the Derek Chauvin trial. "The reminder that we have to be humanized, even when we are the ones who were […]
Continue readingCapehart: Witness Speaking For Black People When She Said She Saw Family In George Floyd
MSNBC Contributor Jonathan Capehart says that one of the witnesses in the Derek Chauvin trial was speaking for Black people when she said she saw […]
Continue reading‘Do We Want To Go Back In Time?’ With New State Voting Restrictions | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC
Georgia state representative Donna McLeod joins Andrea Mitchell to talk about the restrictive new voting law signed by Governor Brian Kemp yesterday. "We are calling […]
Continue readingGlaude On Moves To Restrict Voting Rights: ‘There’s Something Eerily Familiar About This’ | Deadline
Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University Eddie Glaude reacts to GOP lawmakers moving to restrict access to voting and says […]
Continue readingCommon On His Music, Movies And America’s Double Standard For Black Entertainers
Oscar- and Grammy-winning hip hop artist Common reflects on music today, his pioneering work as a “conscious" artist, equality and feminism in hip hop, and […]
Continue readingDr. Fauci: People Of Color And Those With Underlying Conditions Were Represented In Vaccine Trials
A viewer asked whether Black people with preexisting conditions been properly represented in trials for vaccines. Dr. Anthony Fauci says, "We have tried, and I […]
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