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The Chuck ToddCast

NAACP President tells college students: 'We will not survive' if Trump is reelected

The Chuck ToddCast

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Government, News

4.02.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

On Meet the Press: College Roundtable, Anna Salvatore, an incoming freshman at Princeton University, Tamia Fowlkes, a rising junior at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and Camille Respess, a rising senior at the University of Florida, interview NAACP President Derrick Johnson as protests continue across the country following the death of George Floyd.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Meet the Press College Roundtable edition, where we give college journalists from

0:08.9

across the country the opportunity to ask questions they want answers to.

0:12.8

This week, America is addressing two public health crises, seemingly at odds with one another.

0:18.1

Doctors say the solution to one is to stay home,

0:20.8

activists say the treatment for the other is to head into the streets.

0:24.8

But unlike COVID-19, systemic racism is not new. In fact,

0:28.4

the NAACP has been working on that crisis for over 100 years now.

0:33.2

As young people across the country risk their lives to protest, they are left wondering,

0:37.7

how will this time be any different? Our guest is Derek Johnson. He is the current president and CEO

0:43.9

of the NAACP. Welcome to you, sir, and asking the questions. Our panel of college journalists,

0:50.6

let's introduce them very quickly. First up is Camille Respiss. She's a rising senior at the

0:54.9

University of Florida. She's coming to us from her home right in St. Louis.

0:59.2

Camille, tell us a little bit about your experiences as a journalist in Gainesville.

1:04.3

Absolutely. Hi, I'm Camille. I was a high school journalist from Michael Brown

1:09.0

and I'm a black woman with a child by white, through software and service brand. And

1:12.4

Father Black Lives Matter is a growing state lawyer. And that's when I really started

1:16.7

thinking about institutionalized racism and how that affects access education. And that's

1:21.4

a topic I'm very committed to as a journalist. Very nice. Welcome. Next we have Anna Salvatore,

1:29.5

a rising freshman at Princeton University. Anna, tell us a little bit about your high school

1:33.6

scotus coverage. Sure. So the past few years I've been editor in chief of high school scotus,

1:39.7

a blog that teaches teenagers about the Supreme Court of the United States. As a team of 13 students,

1:44.8

we look at past opinions like Brown vs. Board of Education, analyzed current opinion,

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