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To Combat Racist Police Calls, Convince White People to Speak Up

To Combat Racist Police Calls, Convince White People to Speak Up
WEBVTT SOLEDAD: LATELY, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S BEEN NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SCROLL THROUGH FACEBOOK OR TWITTER AND NOT SEE A VIDEO THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S GONE VIRAL OF A PERSON OF COLOR BEING HARASSED FOR BEING A PERSON OF COLOR. IT SPAWNED ITS OWN HASHTAG, IN FACT, #LIVINGWHILEBLACK. A CVS STORE MANAGER NEAR CHICAGO CALLED POLICE ON A BLACK WOMAN HE THOUGHT WAS USING A FAKE COUPON AN APARTMENT MANAGER IN MEMPHIS CALLED 911 BECAUSE A BLACK MAN WAS WEARING SOCKS AT THE POOL. BUT, ARGUABLY, ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE VIDEOS SHOWED THE ARREST OF TWO BLACK MEN IN A PHILADELPHIA STARBUCKS AFTER THE MANAGER CALLED POLICE BECAUSE THE MEN DID NOT PLACE AN ORDER FAST ENOUGH. THEY WERE WAITING ON A FRIEND TO JOIN THEM. MICHELLE SAAHENE AND MELISSA DEPINO WERE IN STARBUCKS THAT DAY AND WATCHING THE TWO MEN GET ARRESTED. IT SPURRED THEM TO COME TOGETHER TO FORM AN ORGANIZATION CALLED FROM PRIVILEGE TO PROGRESS. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S NICE TO HAVE YOU BOTH WITH ME. SO, TAKE ME BACK. WHAT DID YOU SEE FIRST? I MEAN, YOU SEE THE COPS COME IN. IS THAT WHEN YOU FIRST NOTICED IT, OR DID YOU, MICHELLE, SORT OF -- WERE YOU AWARE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE THE COPS CAME INTO THE STARBUCKS IN PHILLY? MICHELLE: YES, I SAW THEM WALK IN AND I SAW THEM ASK TO USE THE BATHROOM. SOLEDAD: THE MEN. MICHELLE: THE MEN. AND SHE SAID, NO, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S FOR PAYING CUSTOMERS ONLY. NO BIG DEAL. AND SHE WALKED AWAY, AND I SAW HER MUMBLE SOMETHING TO HERSELF. AND THEN WITHIN ABOUT TEN MINUTES, THE COPS SHOWED UP AND SHE SAID, "THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN ARE REFUSING TO LEAVE. THEY WON바카라 게임 웹사이트T PURCHASE ANYTHING." AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD, SHE바카라 게임 웹사이트S LYING. I STARTED RECORDING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. AND I바카라 게임 웹사이트M SHAKING, I바카라 게임 웹사이트M SWEATING BECAUSE I바카라 게임 웹사이트M SEEING THIS DISCRIMINATION HAPPENING AND EVERYONE AROUND -- NO ONE IS PAYING ATTENTION. IT WAS REALLY FRUSTRATING. SOLEDAD: BUT, IN FACT, MELISSA WAS PAYING ATTENTION. MELISSA: I WAS. SOLEDAD: SO, TELL ME, YOU GUYS DIDN바카라 게임 웹사이트T KNOW EACH OTHER. YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED. YOU WERE NOT SITTING TOGETHER. YOU WERE NOT HANGING OUT AT STARBUCKS TOGETHER. WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT THE STARBUCKS THAT DAY AND WHEN DID YOU SEE THE WHOLE THING UNFOLD? MELISSA: SO, I WAS, I WAS SITTING THERE AND I SAW TWO POLICE OFFICERS COME IN. AND THEN I HEARD MICHELLE바카라 게임 웹사이트S VOICE BEHIND ME SAY, WHAT DID THEY DO? WHAT DID THEY DO? WHY ARE YOU ARRESTING THEM? THAT GOT MY ATTENTION. AND I JOINED IN WITH HER A STARTED SPEAKING UP THERE. AND THEN AT THAT POINT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WERE VIDEOING THE WHOLE INCIDENT. AND I SAID SOMEONE NEEDS TO SHARE THIS. WITHIN 24 HOURS IT WENT VIRAL. SOLEDAD: IT HAD GONE VIRAL. I REMEMBER RETWEETING THAT BECAUSE IT WAS SO CRAZY TO SEE. MELISSA: WELL, WHAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S REALLY -- WHAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S REALLY FUNNY IS WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE TO RETWEET IT THAT HAD A LOT OF FOLLOWERS AND IT SORT OF MADE IT GO VIRAL AND -- SOLEDAD: I CLEARLY SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON TWITTER. BUT IN THIS CASE, IT WAS WORTH DOING. I HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO I WOULD SHARE WITH SOMETHING LIKE, YEAH, BUT YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트RE NOT SEEING WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE. THEY MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING. NO ONE WOULD EVER JUST CALL THE COPS ON PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST SITTING THERE UNLESS THEY HAD DONE SOMETHING, RIGHT? AND, BY THE WAY, YOU HEAR THAT EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT THAT GETS, YOU KNOW, GOES VIRAL. YOU HEAR THAT AS WELL. MICHELLE: WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO PEOPLE THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T SEE RACISM, BUT THEY DO. THEY JUST DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T RECOGNIZE IT. AND SO, YOU HAVE TO EDUCATE YOURSELF IN ORDER TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. SOLEDAD: TELL ME WHAT YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트RE DOING. WHAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S THE STRATEGY? WHAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S THE PLAN TO GET PEOPLE? BECAUSE I바카라 게임 웹사이트VE BEEN REPORTING ON RACE FOR A LONG TIME. EVERYBODY DOESN바카라 게임 웹사이트T WANT TO TALK TO YOU ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? PEOPLE ROLL THEIR EYES. THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE LIKE, OH, GOD, I바카라 게임 웹사이트M A GOOD PERSON. COME ON, WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT -- I바카라 게임 웹사이트M NOT IN THE KKK. SO, ERGO, I바카라 게임 웹사이트M NOT A RACIST, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S A REALLY -- IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S LIKE THE THIRD RAIL OF DINNER PARTY CONVERSATIONS TO TALK ABOUT RACE. IT REALLY IS. SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? MELISSA: YOU KNOW THAT QUOTE THAT "IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S NOT ENOUGH TO BE NOT RACIST, YOU HAVE TO BE ANTI-RACIST." AND WE WANT WHITE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND WE WANT TO MOBILIZE THEM TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND SPEAK UP. AND IF THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE -- IF THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE NOT, THEN THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE PART OF THE PROBLEM. SO, WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE HOPING TO CREATE THIS CONVERSATION. SO, PLEASE FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SOLEDAD: WE WILL ABSOLUTELY PUSH THAT AS WELL. I WILL PUSH THAT, TOO. I GOT A LOT OF FOLLOWERS. SOME OF THEM ARE COMPLETELY CRAZY, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE VERY GOOD AND INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LOT. MICHELLE AND MELISSA, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND TALKING ABOUT IT. GOOD LUCK WITH WHAT YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트RE DOING. I THINK IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S SO IMPORTANT AND IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S A BIG, HEAVY LIFT. SO, APPRECIATE YOU FOR
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To Combat Racist Police Calls, Convince White People to Speak Up
Nearly every week, there바카라 게임 웹사이트s a viral video showing a white person calling the police on a black person for going about their daily lives. That includes going to the pool, leaving an AirBnb, or using a coupon. Michelle Saahene and Melissa DePino say while raising awareness is great, people - especially white people - need to speak up in the moment. They were in the Philadelphia Starbucks the day when the two black men were arrested while waiting for their friend. Soledad O바카라 게임 웹사이트Brien sits down with both of them to discuss their initiative, From Privilege to Progress.

Nearly every week, there바카라 게임 웹사이트s a viral video showing a white person calling the police on a black person for going about their daily lives. That includes going to the pool, leaving an AirBnb, or using a coupon. Michelle Saahene and Melissa DePino say while raising awareness is great, people - especially white people - need to speak up in the moment. They were in the Philadelphia Starbucks the day when the two black men were arrested while waiting for their friend. Soledad O바카라 게임 웹사이트Brien sits down with both of them to discuss their initiative, From Privilege to Progress.

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