Linda Thomas-Greenfield talks about Black Lives Matter and her experiences as a career diplomat
Capehart
The Washington Post
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
- See more from Jonathan Capehart: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jonathan-capehart/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up
- Read more from Washington Post Opinions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up
- Listen to our newest Opinions podcast, Please, Go On: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/please-go-on/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Jonathan Capehart. If you're enjoying this podcast and you'd like to support the |
| 0:05.0 | reporting behind it, consider a subscription to the Washington Post. With it, you'd get |
| 0:10.0 | unlimited access to everything we publish. Not only would you be supporting Cape |
| 0:14.5 | Auth, you'd be supporting our reporters working around the world, covering and uncovering |
| 0:19.8 | the next big story. Now, here's something special. Podcast listeners can get one year of |
| 0:25.7 | unlimited access to the post for just $29. That's less than $1 a week. Learn more and |
| 0:33.1 | subscribe at WashingtonPost.com slash subscribe. That's WashingtonPost.com slash subscribe. |
| 0:41.4 | Or click the link in the show notes. Please consider it. And thank you. |
| 0:55.7 | I live racism. I have experienced racism. And I survived racism. That's the United States |
| 1:05.9 | ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield during a speech at the UN in March |
| 1:11.5 | to commemorate International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination. It serves |
| 1:16.8 | as the foundation of a remarkable conversation I had with the career diplomat, a black woman |
| 1:22.3 | who's wide eyed about how far our nation has to go and uses our ability to tell the truth |
| 1:28.2 | about our own history to push other nations to confront their own. The conversation |
| 1:33.7 | with Ambassador Thomas Greenfield covers a lot of ground from Black Lives Matter. |
| 1:38.8 | I wear proudly my Black Lives Matter t-shirts and hat and was not at all concerned about |
| 1:48.6 | putting it outside my house because Black Lives do matter. To that time when mistaken identity |
| 1:55.3 | during the Rwandan genocide almost cost her her life. I decided I wanted the young |
| 2:00.7 | man who was holding the gun in my face to know my name. Because I thought if he killed |
| 2:05.4 | me, I want him to always remember Linda here at all right now. |
| 2:18.2 | Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield, thank you very much for coming to the podcast. And |
| 2:23.2 | Jonathan, thank you for inviting me. So we are speaking on the day that the president |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Washington Post, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Washington Post and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.