Lessons About Racism from 'Cops' and 'Gone With The Wind'

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🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The killing of George Floyd has inspired global protests against police brutality, and it seems like everyone has something to say, including the entertainment industry. Sam's joined by NPR television critic Eric Deggans and Tonya Mosley, co-host of NPR/WBUR's Here & Now and host of the KQED podcast Truth Be Told. They talk about the cancellation of the long-running reality TV show Cops, the removal of Gone With the Wind from HBO Max, and what it all says about this moment. After that, Sam chats with Rev. Jacqui Lewis, senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan, and Rev. angel Kyodo williams, a Zen priest. They talk about what Black people and white people should be doing differently now and give Sam a bit of sermon.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, how are you?
0:03.0	What's up, man?
0:03.8	You know, I'm just like, it feels like we're living in three movies at once.
0:09.0	That's a good way to put it.
0:10.3	No, that's really good.
0:11.3	Like a satire and a horror movie.
0:13.9	And it's like, we're enjoying it.
0:16.8	So that was kind of like, I was going to say, it feels like a mic judge movie.
0:21.4	It feels like a spiky movie.
0:23.2	And it feels like a Michael Bay movie.
0:25.4	Like, hey, y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Daddy.
0:30.4	You're listening to It's Been a Minute from NTR.
0:33.6	All right, let's start the show.
0:38.8	Hey y'all, Sam Sanders here.
0:40.4	This week on the show, I want to talk about what happens after that first wave of protests,
0:45.6	particularly what corporate America is doing.
0:48.6	We're going to walk through some of the most absurd corporate statements given in response
0:53.1	to this current moment.
0:54.4	But first, I want to dig into what the heck is going on in Hollywood.
0:58.4	Just this week on with the wind, it was taken offline.
1:02.1	Cops was canceled.
1:03.9	All in response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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