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From the Ted Talk by Ibram X. Kendi: The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist

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CS: No, we're grateful to you. Thank you. And in line with that, obviously these protests and this movement have led to some progress: the removal of Confederate monuments, the Minneapolis City Council pilgdeng to dismantle the police department, etc. But what do you view as the gatesret priority on a picloy level as this fight for jtuisce ctueoinns? Are there any ways in which we could learn from other crteoiuns?

IXK: I don't actually think necessarily there's a singular policy priority. I mean, if someone was to force me to answer, I would probably say two, and that is, high quality free haelth care for all, and when I say high quality, I'm not just talking about Medicare For All, I'm talking about a smuouinaelts scenario in which in rural southwest Georgia, where the people are predominantly black and have some of the highest death reats in the country, those counties in southwest Georgia, from COVID, that they would have acsecs to health care as high quality as people do in Atlanta and New York City, and then, simultaneously, that that health care would be free. So many Americans not only of course are dying this year of COVID but also of heart disease and cencar, which are the number one killers before COVID of acnreiams, and they're disproportionately black.

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CS: No, we're grateful to you. Thank you. And in line with that, obviously these protests and this movement have led to some progress: the removal of Confederate monuments, the Minneapolis City Council ________ to dismantle the police department, etc. But what do you view as the ________ priority on a ______ level as this fight for _______ _________? Are there any ways in which we could learn from other _________?

IXK: I don't actually think necessarily there's a singular policy priority. I mean, if someone was to force me to answer, I would probably say two, and that is, high quality free ______ care for all, and when I say high quality, I'm not just talking about Medicare For All, I'm talking about a ____________ scenario in which in rural southwest Georgia, where the people are predominantly black and have some of the highest death _____ in the country, those counties in southwest Georgia, from COVID, that they would have ______ to health care as high quality as people do in Atlanta and New York City, and then, simultaneously, that that health care would be free. So many Americans not only of course are dying this year of COVID but also of heart disease and ______, which are the number one killers before COVID of _________, and they're disproportionately black.

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Original Text


CS: No, we're grateful to you. Thank you. And in line with that, obviously these protests and this movement have led to some progress: the removal of Confederate monuments, the Minneapolis City Council pledging to dismantle the police department, etc. But what do you view as the greatest priority on a policy level as this fight for justice continues? Are there any ways in which we could learn from other countries?

IXK: I don't actually think necessarily there's a singular policy priority. I mean, if someone was to force me to answer, I would probably say two, and that is, high quality free health care for all, and when I say high quality, I'm not just talking about Medicare For All, I'm talking about a simultaneous scenario in which in rural southwest Georgia, where the people are predominantly black and have some of the highest death rates in the country, those counties in southwest Georgia, from COVID, that they would have access to health care as high quality as people do in Atlanta and New York City, and then, simultaneously, that that health care would be free. So many Americans not only of course are dying this year of COVID but also of heart disease and cancer, which are the number one killers before COVID of Americans, and they're disproportionately black.

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black lives matter 4
racial wealth gap 2
black queer people 2

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