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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 266 - Support for the Black Lives Matter Movement has DOUBLED. Now what?

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Studies show that support for the Black Lives Matter Movement has doubled since 2016. Even a majority of white people now say that they support the movement and its goals - which is groundbreaking. But what are we going to do with this momentum? Let's talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

A new study came out last week that I think is one of the most insightful studies into where we are as a country.

0:10.0

And I think emphasis like italics quotation marks around think.

0:16.2

I think it means that the tide is turning.

0:21.1

The study shows that the majority of Americans, including the majority of

0:27.7

white Americans, now support and believe in Black Lives Matter and want radical police reform and change.

0:39.8

Let me unpack and explain it.

0:41.6

This is Sean King and you are listening to

0:44.0

The Breakdown.

0:47.0

The Breakdown.

0:50.0

Breakdown. We could say a whole lot about 2020. It's hard.

0:58.8

We could say a whole lot about 2020. It's hard. It's been a hard year for me. It's probably been a very hard year for you.

1:09.8

This year I can't believe it's still June because this year feels like it's three years

1:14.9

long already like this year has existed in dog years and it's it's different.

1:23.0

That's generous.

1:26.0

But one of the ways it is actually different

1:30.0

was really revealed in a brand new study that showed for the first time not only do we have a strong majority of all Americans from all races and backgrounds saying that they actually

1:48.2

believe not just in the phrase Black Lives Matter but they believe in the purpose and goals and need for the Black Lives

1:57.2

Matter movement, but the majority of white Americans are also a part of that group for the very first time.

2:06.4

And we are seeing that in marches, in demonstrations, in protest, in petitions, in advocacy. We are seeing in try to be allies for the very first time. It's not without its

2:27.8

its bumps and bruises and mistakes, of course. But I think that that new study showing that a super majority of

2:37.9

Americans, including a majority of all white Americans, are now saying, saying yes I support that movement and inside of the

2:47.3

study it shows that not only do we have a majority of Americans including a majority of white Americans saying that they

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