Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff : The bill has come due for the US's history of racism

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff·TED2020

The bill has come due for the US's history of racism

Summary

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by police. After that, the demo of black lives matter is not stopping now, even during COVID. It's because, I didn't know, on March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor and on February 23, 2020, Ahmad Arbery had been shot by police.  They had been black...

Phillip Atiba Goff is the founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity and works with police departments across America. It's including in Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed. He tells us that the way making progress is that we put forward public safety that empowers particularly vulnerable communities. In the first place, the police is not necessary for public safety and its budgets should invest vulnerable communities where black residents have unpaid debts. There is no justice for George Floyd, though, it's not enough to only reform the police system.  Public safety including investing, being able to go to hospitals and clinics, having insurance, etc. have to change for communities.

The story is excerpted from The path to ending systemic racism in the US.　The full discussion → The path to ending systemic racism in the US