Of positive tests generally remains below the state aver 5e with the exception of marin county where cases have shot up due in part to an a outbresan quentin prison. Joining me to discuss the prison situation is dr. Matthew willis joining from elsan ra marin county is experiencing the largest covid spiking the bay area largely due to the outbreak at the prison. What is being done to manage that contagion . We have seen in the past few weeks a remarkable increase in cases attributed to marin county because that facility is within our boundaries. Ere has been almost 600 cases now at cithat ty and about 600 if you include staff. L, up unfor the first three months of our outbreak here in marin county we had a total of 1000 cases. You can imagine almost 600 in two weeks drives those case rates up dramatically and d s establis as having the highest incidence they wide. Wo we are ing with the California Department of corrections to offer consultation and technical assistance. How this happene
Information technology a lot ubusinesses. Money went to big what equity actions have your task force presented to the governor so far . I break it down into short term and longterm. Shortterm we need to make the needs of the families of california that are hurting the most and that includes taking care of their healthcare needs. We have millions of hungry people in our state. It is critical and the governor is on this intensely to make sure people are being fed. Longerterm we need programs about creating jobs, getting them back to work, making sure the Education System and enables them to reach their potential so we have a short term specific need to make me needs today and the longerterm goal of creating a structure that addresses economic inequity in our state. Reporter time is of the essence. Have you presented the governor with specific action items . Absolutely. Look, we advise him on all of the Business Decisions he is making so the protocols for opening up a retail store, he is
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Present. We condition the presence of racism and not as individual on acts of discriminabut as social force. One that has brought us to this particular point in history. Joining me now by skype is stanford establishment professor of psychology Steve Roberts professor berts thank you for joining us. Thank you. Profeor inroberts myself uded would say we are not racist but you say the common use of the term racism oois narrow. How do you and other academics define racism. Sm we define ras a system of advantage based on race. Weommonly think of racism as mistreating or disliking others because of the color of their skin but we define racism as a system and hierarchy and pandemic that we are embedded. You authored a paper with a white colleague that you ntribute to racism. That we wont get into them but can you list them for us and talk about this in detail. We listed the seven factors and many to choose from to clear but we spoke the categories and segregation d hierarchy and power and fas
Today. Mutual of america financial group, Retirement Services and investments. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. And by contrutions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. States and cities across the country are preparing for more demonstrations, calling up National Guard units and considering the federal governments offer to deploy active duty troops after violent protests last night. Demonstrations spread after the death of george floyd, a black man who died after a White Minneapolis Police officer kneeled on his neck for nine minutes. That officer is now charged with third degree murder. Many legal and peaceful gatherings continued today to grieve and demand justice for floyd, and for others. But last night, demonstrators set fires, smashed windows, and attacked Police Officers in many places, and Officials Say