Bakari Sellers
The In late May in 2020, while discussing the murder of George Floyd on CNN, Bakari Sellers spoke from the heart sharing devastating insight that touched millions around the world: “It’s just so much pain. You get so tired. We have black children. I have a 15-year-old daughter. I mean, what do I te...
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Bakari Sellers, the CNN political commentator, discussed the book during a conversation about the current political climate and the upcoming election, framing it as a perspective on moving forward after a missed race reckoning. He highlighted how the title offers thoughts on addressing racial issues in today's political landscape. The discussion presented the book as a relevant contribution to ongoing political discourse.
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The book, "The Moment," discussed the race reckoning that didn't happen and ways to move forward.
His latest book, The Moment, thoughts on the race reckoning that wasn't and how we can all move forward now.
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The book, "The Moment," discussed the race reckoning that didn't happen and ways to move forward.
His latest book, The Moment, thoughts on the race reckoning that wasn't and how we can all move forward now.
The book talks about the belief that we were on the brink of a third reconstruction in 2020, but that moment was lost. It touches on topics like the death of George Floyd and the reaction to it, the underlying systems that are still in place, and the current political climate.
I think 2020, 2021 there was a belief that we were on the brink of some third reconstruction.
And I was a proponent of that, a believer in that.
I think that we had a very hot summer with the deaths of Amad, Brianna and George.
We forget that all three of them were murdered within and you see the videos within a matter of moments.
I think COVID played a huge role in George Floyd and the reaction there because we were stuck in our homes.
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Sellers reflects on the racial reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd, expressing disappointment that progress was not sustained and outlining the need for continued efforts towards racial justice. He discusses the various factors that contributed to the lack of progress and emphasizes the need for dialogue and empathy.
Justice is George Floyd still being here.
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Sellers reflects on the racial reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd, expressing disappointment that progress was not sustained and outlining the need for continued efforts towards racial justice. He discusses the various factors that contributed to the lack of progress and emphasizes the need for dialogue and empathy.
Justice is George Floyd still being here.
I thought about why we saw what we saw and we were in a pandemic and so people were locked in their homes.
We had the audacity of a 17 year old black woman to take her phone out and videotape what happened.
We have literally since that point when I thought we were making that change, we have been going backwards over 1600 books banned.
For a lot of people, including a lot of white folk that we love, that we talk to, that are our friends. Equality feels like oppression to them. And that's the definition of white supremacy.
Sellers wrote this book about the racial reckoning that wasn't, reflecting on the events of 2020 and 2021 and how the momentum for change seemed to reverse. He discussed the hope inspired by Barack Obama's election and the letdown that followed the death of George Floyd.
So back in 2020, 21, when we were all kind of locked in our homes, and then we saw George Floyd be murdered on camera. I thought about why we saw what we saw.
And we were in a pandemic, and so people were locked in their homes. We had the audacity of a 17-year-old Black woman to take her phone out and videotape what happened.
We had nine minutes of a Black man calling out for his mom with a knee on the back of his neck, and the world could not turn away.
And it took all of that just for us to have accountability. Not justice, but accountability. Justice is George Floyd still being here.
And then shit changed and we went backwards. I mean, we have literally since that point when I thought we were making that change, we have been going backwards over 1600 books banned.
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