Reflections On A Week Of Protests And Unrest

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

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🗓️ 6 June 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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As Chicagoans respond to the death of George Floyd, WBEZ’s Natalie Moore, Monica Eng, Chip Mitchell and Sarah Karp take us through the moments that defined this historic week.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Curious City producer Stephen Jackson.
0:05.2	It's been quite a week.
0:07.5	And as you all know, a big part of our mission is listening to you, taking your questions and getting you some answers.
0:14.2	But the other part is just being transparent about how journalists do their work.
0:19.9	And with that in mind, we thought we'd share what it's been like for some of WBEZ's
0:24.1	journalists this week, who've been out in Chicago trying to make sense of what's happening
0:28.6	in this historic moment.
0:30.9	So here we go.
0:43.1	My name is Natalie Moore, and I'm on the race class community's desk at B.EZ.
0:57.6	This week is draining, but it's important to tell the stories that are going on, whether it's COVID-19, or if it's about all the unrest that we're seeing, it's nonstop,
1:03.0	particularly for a black reporter, it's grueling, but the work is necessary.
1:22.2	On Monday morning, I went to South Shore, a neighborhood on the South Side, and there was an activist, a young black activist who was having a press conference to say, no more looting, let's find ways to rebuild our community.
1:24.1	We want our community to cry.
1:24.7	We do.
1:26.1	What's next?
1:27.1	What can we do? We shouldn't have to destroy anything to be heard.
1:31.3	Why we got to be destructive to be heard?
1:34.3	I got there and there were a lot of police.
1:38.3	There was a large gathering of people and it felt almost like a showdown.
1:42.3	Young people yelling out of people, and it felt almost like a showdown.
1:48.9	Young people yelling at the police. There was also a lot of talk about these businesses here are not owned by black folks.
1:59.1	They come into our community and extract.
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