Dr. Michael Eric Dyson laid down the raw truth about why critical race theory is so necessary, doing so within the legal framework of Derek Chauvin's sentencing on Friday for the murder of George Floyd.
Noting that all of George Floyd's family members have "almost an intuitive activism in them," Nicolle Wallace shined a light on their coupling personal pain with a deeply moving expression of gratitude for the activists who have flooded the streets in the wake of Floyd's murder. She said, "Every one of them thanked the activists, and called on them to press for passage of the George Floyd Police Reform act."
In response, Dr. Dyson expounded on why Black people are "great at performance" and activism, not because they want to be, but because they have to be. "The reason there is an intuitive grasp of activism is because it has been forced upon us. It has been hoisted upon us. We have been forced to grapple with what it means to be an activist," he said. "We didn't start out to be that way. Tamir Rice's mama didn't want to do that. George Floyd's family didn't want to do that. But they were forced into that position. Foisted upon them by historical contingency, by circumstance."
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