Honest. I think this is a move in the right direction because people take for granted how our perceptioning of the police are shaped by the shows we watch on tv. When we hear about Police Brutality, a lot of people are like, that cant be right. I grew up watching shows like miami vice, starsky hutch, and hawaii 50. All the cops, they never did anything wrong. If you think about it, even when we did watch cop shows about police violating somebodys rights or beating them up to get a confession, what did we think as kids . We thought, this job was trying to do his job but the constitution is holding him back. So no more cops. That isnt the only problematic content being removed from american tv. This morning, an American Cinema classic gone with the wind has been temporarily pulled by the streaming platform hbo max. For years, the movie has been considered controversial for its depiction of black people and glorification of slavery. In a statement, hbo max writing in part, these racist depictions were wrong then and are wrong today, and keeping this title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible, adding, the film will return with the discussion of its Historical Context and a denouncement of those very depictions. Trevor man, this is a big move from hbo. They know that millions of people, millions of people loved gone with the wind. And they also know that the movie is problematic because it makes it seem like some slaves were having a pretty good time. And we know thats not true, i know some people want to argue that. Because if slaves were having some slaves didnt have it that bad. Some slaves werent having it tough. Let me tell you something if slaves were having a good time then they wouldnt have needed to be slaves. The people could have let them go home and see if they come back. Another reason you know they werent having a good time is because no white person ever tried to become a slave. No white person was ever like, honey, im going to see if theyre hiring down at the plantation. I think ill make a pretty good slave. Do you think this outfit lookses professional . Wish me luck. I know some people are going to argue this is just a movie. It distribute have to be an accurate portrayal of slavery. But my argument is, maybe you wouldnt have to rely on movies if american schools didnt use textbooks that referred to slaves as immigrants, and if they didnt give out homework assignments asking people to list the positive aspects of slavery. If you cant count on the education system, movies are going to have to pick up that slack. I understand what hbo is doing. Theyre like, we are going to have to provide some context because clearly a lot of americans dont have it. Maybe thats what hbo should do. Maybe hbo should make people take a quiz about American History before they get to watch gone with the wind. Question number one why was there a civil war . Because states wanted the the right you dont need to watch the movie. Heres a documentary. Try in a few years and come back again. Hbo hasnt said how theyre going to add context to gone with the wind. It is going to be a tough task. So we decided to do it for them. Scarlet, you know you get prettier all the time. Thank you, ashley,. We traveled a long road since the old days, havent we scarlet, the lazy days. They werent lazy for everyone. The warm twilight, the high soft the what. Lets get one thing straight, if were laughing starkly, it means were laughing at you. You know shes talking about slavery. You got that, right . Go ahead and make that way. Spend whatever you want. Make it as fine a plantation as it ever was. Oh it will be a fine plantation. But its going to have to have white labor next time. The south is not going to rise again, scarlet. Trevor great job, dulce. Next up, you should fix green book. Now, while our movies are getting a lesson in racism, were also making some updates to the movies of reading books. One woman is changing the way peole look at racism by changing its definition. Kennedy mitchum contacted merriamwebster after she saw folks quoting the definition of racism online. Mitchum says the definition should include that there is a systemic oppression upon a group of people. It is not simply just dislike of someone because of the color of their skin or ethnicity. The editor of merriamwebster agreed and said a revision to the entry of racism is being drafted. Trevor you know this movement is creating change when even the dictionary is agreeing that they need to update the definition of racism. Dictionaries can be very slow to embrace change. Most of these words have the same definition since i was in preschool. They just updated the definition of an entire word in the dictionary. That is huge. I can imagine if whoever is in charge of math was like, yo, we screwed up on the number 7. Its a lot more complicated than we realized. And it makes perfect sense to do this, because too many people out there think that racism is only if you wear a klan hood or call somebody the n word. If you dont do that, thats not racist. Amy cooper herself said i did not do anything racist. But racism as a system is often more dangerous and descructsive. Preventing black people from getting loans, stopping black kids from getting an equal education, Racial Disparities in medical treatment racism is like the corn syrup of society. Its in everything. So right now, thanks to this movement, the movement in the street, if we are being forced to look at all the ways we might be further perpetuating negative ideas or stereotypes that enforced racism in the world from our tv shows to our movies to even the definitions of words. And whats been magical to see is how some corporations and institutions have jumped on board to say, yes, we can do better. Well babynames. Com is making a powerful statement in honor of recent protests in the black lives matter movement. The websites home page shows a black box with dozens of names along with a message. It says each of these names was somebodys baby. They include eric, michael, philando, breeona, and george. The website posted the names of black people who have been killed, many by police. Babynames. Com says it stands in solidarity with the black community. Trevor im not going to lie. This is one of the most powerful statements ive seen, and from one of the most unlikely places as well babynames. Com. Because you dont think they would have any way of participating in a conversation about race and racism, but they show that if you want to be a part of moving society forward, you can find a way. In fact, what they did gave me an idea. All you white people uall you white people watching the show now saying youre allies, you should name your white son kwame, and your white daughter makabe. When corporations are looking through job applications, they we want know who is black. They wont wont know who is white. Im being serious, white people. The only way to be an ally is to give your kids blacksounded names. Im joking. You should see your face. You were terrified. You can be allies in different ways. For now you can continue giving your kids white names like polo and denaerys. While all this racial reckoning is going on, its easy too forget this is also an election year. Last night, democrats and republicans lined up to vote in georgias primary elections. And when i say, lined up, they lined up. Today voters waited in long lines as they tried to cast votes. From the air you could see long lines of voters, socially distanced. Voters reported standing in the hot sun for up to four hours. An extremely long wait. I have seen lots of people leave they dont have understanding employers. This is a crisis in our world to make us not exercise our right to vote please, god, help us. Trevor goddamn, did you see those lines. That doesnt look like a voting day. That looked like the last scene in us. Kudos for that white woman to use her complaining power to defend democracy. We need to see more of that instead of white women klaining their iced tea is cold. Whether youre wyatt, black, republican, or democrat, nobody should have to struggle to vote. I think we can all agree on that. Nobody should have to wait four hours to vote. This is an election, not the latest pair of jordans. And thats what it was yesterday was, an unnecessary struggle. And the reason it went wrong is because of everything. Georgia, a key battleground state in november, had rescheduled its primary twice because of the coronavirus pandemic. Health concerns kept many longtime poll workers from showing up today, leaving inexperienced volunteers to run new Voting Machines for the first time. Polling precincts that were at churches, assisted living centers, and Senior Centers had to be moved because of the coronavirus. Georgias secretary of state, who oversees the election, is blaming local officials, saying poll workers were not properly trained. The employees didnt understand the system, so what were they doing for all these months . All of a sudden they wake up and say, lets have an election on tuesday . One county official firing back at the secretary of state saying, if there was a failure of leadership, it starts where the buck should stop, at the top. Now georgias secretary of state has launched an investigation ahead of novembers election. Trevor you know, its funny how america has unlimited resources to make sure that countries around the world get democracy, but then america never seems to have the resources to make sure theres democracy in america. I mean, if atlanta wants more voting resources, maybe they should just declare that theyre a country in the middle east. Aafghanistalanta now, so can we get that democracy cash . It was especially bad in black areas. Threequarters of people who called the hot line to complain about voting problems were black, and partly, thats because out of the 53 georgia counties where polling places have been closed since 2012, more than half have large black populations. At this point, none of this is surprising. Right. Were used to seeing this by now. In fact, smartphone data shows in 2016, voters in black neighborhoods across the country waited at polling places 29 longer than voters in white areas. So, as usual, when something goes bad in america, for blac people it gets worse. It doesnt matter what it is, whether its policing, voting issues, or winter. Because the Weather Channel says its 30 degrees, but for black people, that shit feels like negative 10. Once again, america had election day and a case of severe electoral dysfunction, especially with coronavirus now in the mix. Just like with coronavirus, america has an opportunity right now to heed the warnings before its too late because this isnt just a problem in georgia. Weve seen these issues all around the country. And if this happens ghaen gwen in november with the presidency at stake, best believe, people are going to be fighting over a lot more than just toilet paper. All right, we need to take a short break. 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Talk me through how you would plan to undo systemic oppression, and how you think youll address the needs of the African American community. Well, first of all, its going to take time. You know, donald trump didnt invent racism, but he sure has promoted it, and the disparities of the country, especially in the economy right now, the combination theres just an awful combination covid19, unemployment, systemic racism. And whats happening in terms of the way in which the George Floyds death took place. I mean, i think about it, when i was a kid, what really changed and sparked the Civil Rights Movement as a kid, i was just involved in it just a High School College student was that television was around. And television came along when they saw what paul carner was doing in birmingham, alabama, people went, whoa i didnt know that really happened in america. Trevor right. Now today, everybody not only should cops be wearing body cams. Everybody has a bodyical. Everybody has a cell phone. The last words of george floyd, i cant breathe, they would have been cons qesh, but if they had not seen him take his last breath, none of this would have been nearly as consequential. Because people are now saying, my god. Did you see that . Its one of those Inflection Points. Trevor it really does feel like an Inflection Point and it is one that is difficult for Many Americans to navigate. Most americans agree there is a problem in policing between police and the black community and even many poor white communities. This is something we know what we look at interactions between police and the American People. You have come out in favor of police reform, you know. But what does that actually mean . Because some people think that you cannot reform an institution that is fundamentally rotten in the core. Well, i dont think its rotten in the core. I dont think all cops are bad cops. But i think look, 90 of all the funding comes from local taxpayers, so the federal government, under our system, cannot, other than taking a civil rights action, say they can do a, b, c, and d. But what we can do is we can make sure that we insist on certain fundamental changes take place now, including giving making sure theres sensitivity training, making sure that all of cops past grievances excuse me, transgressions are all made public. Because we can say, if you dont, we are not going to provide the federal funding that we provide for you through what they call burn grants and cop grants. We can i think now impact on significantly the desire of Many Police Departments as well to fundamentally change the way they police. Trevor you know, many activists and organizers have capitol hill out saying there have been repeated attempts to reform many plepts. Police departments. Were it not for consumer cameras we would not know. Some would say to you, mr. Environment, if you were to become president , do you think that there would be a world where defunding the police would be the solution and getting getting some of these spnltss away from police forces, you know, police in schools, Police HandlingMental Illness, Police Handling homelessness, et cetera . I think a lot of changes, they can take place, period, without having to Defund Police completely. Heres what i think has happened. You have well over 80 of the American People going, whoa. I didnt know this. I didnt know this was happening. I dont believe police should be defunded, but i think the conditions should be placed upon them where departments are having to take significant reforms relating to we should set up a national use of force standards where if they dont sign up for it, they dont get any federal money. In addition, they have to demonstrate that they release all the data that relates to misconduct by police. It all has to be sent to the Justice Department. If they dont send it to the Justice Department nationally, they dont get funding. As it relates to, for example, Mental Illness and homelessness and drug abuse and the like, many changes we can make. For example, my daughter say social worker. She has her masters in social work. The idea that shes going to respond by herself to a 911 call that says that someone is overdosing or someone has a mental problem and theyre acting out, the idea of going by themselveses is not rational to expect. Conversely, cops shouldnt go alone. Cops should go with, with people who are Mental Health experts. Trevor you dont think theres an opportunity to have somebody who is not a policeman. The old adage, if you are a hammer, everything is a nail. So you dont think theres an opportunity to have people who are not even police in these environments who are trained and specialize . I mean, at mental institutions, for instance, its not police who are think helping these people. Its people who are trained in defusing these situations. But they are, though. They also use force in those mental institutions when someone is out of hand. They put them in straitjackets. They put them in circumstances they have big guys come in and hold somebody down. Its not just someone walking in and saying, look, you have to calm down. I know how to deal with you. Its not that simple. But that should be the objective. So we should put the Police Second in those circumstances, and not first. Fo