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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 607 - The US Senate Passes Bills When It Wants To. Just Not For African Americans

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday the US Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed a bill to have the government provide security for the families of the Supreme Court. And now they are about to pass a bill for $38 BILLION in aid for Ukraine. Biden only asked for $33 billion.

So, they don't mind working together. They just don't like working together for ANY serious priorities for African Americans.

And what burns me up, is in 2022, we still have victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 out here fighting for justice. We still have the living relatives of Emmett Till, who was murdered in 1955, out here fighting for justice. That's 101 years and 67 years respectively that they have been fighting - and they can't find justice anywhere!!

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Most people don't like to listen to grumbling.

0:04.0

But at Honda, we think if you listen closely, the grumbling can tell us things.

0:09.0

Yep.

0:15.0

Got it. People need a small car with big space.

0:19.5

By making the boot wider without making the car wider,

0:22.5

increasing the headroom in the back and adding seats that fold in endless combinations,

0:27.0

we turned into the Honda Jazz Hybrid and Cruster.

0:34.0

We took the grumbles out so you can fit more in.

0:37.0

Honda, the power of dreams.

0:41.0

Two of the biggest cases of racial injustice in the entire history of this country

0:48.0

are actually still going on.

0:51.0

And I want to tell you how I feel about it.

0:53.0

When unpacking explain how people are still living descendants,

1:00.0

living victims of the Tulsa race massacre, who are still around,

1:07.0

a hundred years old and older, an event that happened in 1921.

1:14.0

They're still fighting for some type of justice and compensation.

1:19.0

And the family of Emmett Till, who I'm message with, and speak with regularly.

1:25.0

Emmett was murdered in 1955, universally seen as a disgusting crime and injustice.

1:34.0

Here they are, still fighting for justice.

1:38.0

Let me unpack and explain both of these cases, both of these issues,

1:43.0

and tell you why I'm feeling particularly frustrated today.

1:46.0

This is Sean King, and you're listening too.

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