Breathing While Black with Karen Attiah

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO Media

International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

4.6 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In the latest episode of GZERO World, Ian Bremmer explores international reaction to the murder of George Floyd and global protests against police brutality and racism. Karen Attiah, Global Opinions Editor of The Washington Post, explains her view that, on issues of race and inequality, the U.S. is a “developing country,” and while this moment of uprising offers hope for real change there is still much work to be done. Attiah discusses protesters taking to the streets despite fears of the COVID pandemic, and the centuries-long struggle black Americans have faced on the road to equality. Attiah also reflects on the 2018 murder of her Washington Post colleague Jamal Khashoggi, killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

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0:00.0	Anti-Blackness in this country is pervasive.
0:03.8	It's like oxygen.
0:04.9	It's in the air.
0:05.8	You don't even notice it, but we're all breathing it.
0:10.7	Hello and welcome to the G-Zero World Podcast.
0:14.4	Here you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.
0:19.4	I'm Ian Bremmer, and today I'll look at why the death of a black man
0:23.0	at the hands of police in Minneapolis has sparked a sea of protests around the world.
0:28.2	To help me is a woman who says Western media would have covered America's unrest
0:31.9	much differently if it were happening somewhere else.
0:35.1	Karen Attia is Global Opinions columnist at the Washington Post.
0:39.2	Let's begin.
0:45.0	This GZero World podcast is brought to you by Walmart. At Walmart, we appreciate the trust
0:51.1	our customers put in us to provide access to healthier, affordable
0:55.1	food for their families, to make their lives easier by serving them when and how they want,
1:01.2	and by investing in the communities where we operate.
1:04.4	Learn more at corporate.walmart.com. dot com. Karen Attia, Global Opinions Editor for The Washington Post.
1:18.6	Wonderful to have you here on GZER World.
1:20.6	Thanks, Ian, for having me.
1:22.6	So much to get into.
1:23.6	I guess, let me start with something you wrote recently, saying that in two months,
1:28.9	many corners of the world have gone from fighting over toilet paper to fighting against racism
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