Booker: Floods in Midwest Happening Because We Don’t Have ‘More Courageous Empathy’

MATTHEWS How do we ░░░░░░░░ this world market this ░░░░░░░░ market for hatred because ░░░░░░░░ puts somebody down 8 ░░░░░░░░ miles away in New ░░░░░░░░ is connecting with other ░░░░░░░░ that think and talk ░░░░░░░░ him on the social ░░░░░░░░ Is there any way ░░░░░░░░ the people that don ░░░░░░░░ believe in that hate ░░░░░░░░ stop the social media ░░░░░░░░ being the traffic for ░░░░░░░░ Any way BOOKER Yes ░░░░░░░░ re not helpless We ░░░░░░░░ t surrender to cynicism ░░░░░░░░ s the toxic spiritual ░░░░░░░░ I think cynicism is ░░░░░░░░ refuge for cowards It ░░░░░░░░ not enough to say ░░░░░░░░ America or the world ░░░░░░░░ say I m not ░░░░░░░░ racist That s not ░░░░░░░░ If racism exists you ░░░░░░░░ to be anti racist ░░░░░░░░ those platforms that we ░░░░░░░░ let s not use ░░░░░░░░ for trivialities Because other ░░░░░░░░ are using their social ░░░░░░░░ platforms to preach hate ░░░░░░░░ we need to use ░░░░░░░░ social media platforms to ░░░░░░░░ kindness and decency and ░░░░░░░░ try to revive civic ░░░░░░░░ There s a researcher ░░░░░░░░ Stanford that has shown ░░░░░░░░ one act of decency ░░░░░░░░ kindness or love witnessed ░░░░░░░░ others it actually goes ░░░░░░░░ it ripples put two ░░░░░░░░ three degrees of separation ░░░░░░░░ Yeah President Obama tried ░░░░░░░░ do that right Or ░░░░░░░░ he BOOKER Of course ░░░░░░░░ tried to do it ░░░░░░░░ MATTHEWS And BOOKER And ░░░░░░░░ we now need more ░░░░░░░░ ever after this President ░░░░░░░░ than ever we need ░░░░░░░░ revival of grace in ░░░░░░░░ country revival of civic ░░░░░░░░ in our civic spaces ░░░░░░░░ we need this election ░░░░░░░░ s what I tell ░░░░░░░░ You can t make ░░░░░░░░ election just about one ░░░░░░░░ and one person about ░░░░░░░░ we re against We ░░░░░░░░ to talk about what ░░░░░░░░ re for And if ░░░░░░░░ reduce this effort to ░░░░░░░░ being we re going ░░░░░░░░ beat Republicans no this ░░░░░░░░ has to be about ░░░░░░░░ Americans again and common ░░░░░░░░ and common purpose When ░░░░░░░░ talk to folks in ░░░░░░░░ I mean they re ░░░░░░░░ to be angry Attacks ░░░░░░░░ public education attacks on ░░░░░░░░ Here in this state ░░░░░░░░ loopholes to get around ░░░░░░░░ Bacon Attacks on farmers ░░░░░░░░ suicide rates are as ░░░░░░░░ as they have been ░░░░░░░░ the Great Depression Just ░░░░░░░░ the street here you ░░░░░░░░ the rivers rising Historic ░░░░░░░░ happening year after year ░░░░░░░░ year All of this ░░░░░░░░ is happening because we ░░░░░░░░ not seeing with a ░░░░░░░░ courageous empathy the suffering ░░░░░░░░ our neighbors So we ░░░░░░░░ to have politics where ░░░░░░░░ say hey we ve ░░░░░░░░ common cause We definitely ░░░░░░░░ common pain But this ░░░░░░░░ this time in American ░░░░░░░░ more than ever we ░░░░░░░░ to reunite in a ░░░░░░░░ purpose and put more ░░░░░░░░ back into this one ░░░░░░░░ under God.”