What Covid taught us about racism – and what we need to do now

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The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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We were told coronavirus didn’t discriminate, but it didn’t need to – society had already done that for us. But there is a path to a fairer future if we want it. By Gary Younge. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:09.3	Welcome to The Guardian Long Read,
0:11.1	showcasing the best long-form journalism covering culture, politics and new thinking.
0:15.7	For the text version of this and all our long reads, go to TheGuardian.com
0:19.6	for a slash long read.
0:24.3	What COVID taught us about racism?
0:26.7	And what we need to do now?
0:28.1	By Gary Young
0:29.6	Read by Dermott Daily and Produced by Hattie Moyer
0:33.6	In June 2020, I attended a Black Lives Matter demonstration in North London,
0:39.2	not far from my house.
0:41.5	My wife had found out about it from friends who'd found out about it on Facebook.
0:46.6	We took the kids.
0:48.0	Well over a thousand people went.
0:50.8	Beyond my immediate circle, I only recognised a few there.
0:54.6	The sound system was poor and I couldn't hear what was being said from the stage.
0:59.0	We took a knee like Colin Kaepernick while raising a fist like the Black Panthers
1:03.5	and held the pose for eight minutes.
1:06.1	The length of time Derek Shoveyne kept his knee on George Floyd's neck.
1:10.0	Then we clapped, chatted and made our way back to our locks downhomes.
1:15.4	I have no idea who called the demonstration.
1:18.5	It just happened and then it was gone.
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