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Getting On The Same Page About Racism

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Heffernan talks to CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams about Cooper vs. Cooper, how white people apologize for and are now confronting systemic racism, the legality around questioning the actions of police officers, and the “Yanny versus Laurel” disconnect some white viewers will have watching viral police brutality videos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Dad, I'm hungry!

0:01.5

Right, what do I cook for tea?

0:03.0

Errr, McCain chips. These will be good.

0:05.2

You know they'll come out nice and crispy if you cook them in a rye fryer.

0:08.1

Just say, Alexa, open McCain, and Alexa will help you.

0:12.0

What? You mean if I say Alexa, open McCain, Alexa will open the bag of chips for me.

0:16.4

Not literally open the bag of chips for your dad, but Alexa can tell you how to cook them

0:20.5

and give you ideas for tea.

0:21.9

Ah, okay. Alexa, open McCain.

0:24.4

Well done, dad. Such a tech wizard.

0:26.5

Chip, chip, hooray.

0:27.6

Crispy air fryer perfection with McCain.

0:30.1

As many of you saw the result of the photograph of me at Lafayette Square last week,

0:34.4

that sparked a national debate about the role of the military and civil society.

0:39.4

I should not have been there.

0:41.1

My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved

0:46.5

in domestic politics.

0:48.0

As a commissioned, uniformed officer, it was a mistake that I've learned from.

0:52.8

And I sincerely hope we all can learn from it.

0:56.3

Today is day 102, dealing with the COVID crisis.

1:01.3

And it is day 17 since we've been dealing with the situation of civil unrest.

1:05.3

They have to miss the point of murder.

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