New Republic Editor: ‘Black Bodies Are Under Assault’ in America

TEICHNER v o In ░░░░░░░░ Denmark Vesey one of ░░░░░░░░ founders of Mother Emmanuel ░░░░░░░░ a failed slavery volt ░░░░░░░░ and 34 coconspirators were ░░░░░░░░ Angry whites burned the ░░░░░░░░ down Symbols of black ░░░░░░░░ black churches have often ░░░░░░░░ targets More than 300 ░░░░░░░░ bombed in the 1906s ░░░░░░░░ weren t we supposed ░░░░░░░░ be past all that ░░░░░░░░ In Chicago on the ░░░░░░░░ Barack Obama was elected ░░░░░░░░ was a sea of ░░░░░░░░ people black and white ░░░░░░░░ think a lot of ░░░░░░░░ thought that it was ░░░░░░░░ turning point that we ░░░░░░░░ reached a post racial ░░░░░░░░ Smith I think that ░░░░░░░░ people were fooling themselves ░░░░░░░░ v o Jamil Smith ░░░░░░░░ a senior editor at ░░░░░░░░ New Republic Smith The ░░░░░░░░ in that crowd celebrating ░░░░░░░░ what a pivotal moment ░░░░░░░░ this was That Barack ░░░░░░░░ as a symbol offered ░░░░░░░░ lot of hope But ░░░░░░░░ said it certainly didn ░░░░░░░░ make racism go away ░░░░░░░░ v o According to ░░░░░░░░ News New York Times ░░░░░░░░ conducted in May during ░░░░░░░░ unrest in Baltimore following ░░░░░░░░ death in police custody ░░░░░░░░ Freddie Gray 61 of ░░░░░░░░ the highest percentage since ░░░░░░░░ believed race relations in ░░░░░░░░ United States are bad ░░░░░░░░ from just 38 in ░░░░░░░░ So does the race ░░░░░░░░ makes Mother Emmanuel killings ░░░░░░░░ from Adam Lanza s ░░░░░░░░ of school children in ░░░░░░░░ Connecticut Should this latest ░░░░░░░░ instead be seen alongside ░░░░░░░░ police shootings of black ░░░░░░░░ including Walter Scott in ░░░░░░░░ Charleston a few miles ░░░░░░░░ in April Smith It ░░░░░░░░ all part of the ░░░░░░░░ threat Black bodies are ░░░░░░░░ assault and whether it ░░░░░░░░ from 21 year old ░░░░░░░░ wolves or they be ░░░░░░░░ the police we need ░░░░░░░░ understand the urgency of ░░░░░░░░ Obama video The apparent ░░░░░░░░ of the shooter remind ░░░░░░░░ that racism remains a ░░░░░░░░ that we have to ░░░░░░░░ together TEICHNER v o ░░░░░░░░ Friday President Obama tried ░░░░░░░░ connect the dots between ░░░░░░░░ mass shootings and gun ░░░░░░░░ Obama video I know ░░░░░░░░ s politics makes it ░░░░░░░░ likely that we see ░░░░░░░░ sort of serious gun ░░░░░░░░ legislation I remarked that ░░░░░░░░ was very unlikely that ░░░░░░░░ Congress would act and ░░░░░░░░ reporters I think took ░░░░░░░░ as resignation I want ░░░░░░░░ be clear I am ░░░░░░░░ resigned I have faith ░░░░░░░░ will eventually do the ░░░░░░░░ thing TYLER I don ░░░░░░░░ think that this tragedy ░░░░░░░░ about the gun debate ░░░░░░░░ I don t The ░░░░░░░░ bombing it wasn t ░░░░░░░░ gun it a bomb ░░░░░░░░ v o AME Pastor ░░░░░░░░ Kelly Tyler TYLER It ░░░░░░░░ just eerie how all ░░░░░░░░ these things you talk ░░░░░░░░ then and now seem ░░░░░░░░ kind of mirror those ░░░░░░░░ So is it a ░░░░░░░░ point I would just ░░░░░░░░ say this I hope ░░░░░░░░ their lives have not ░░░░░░░░ lost in vein It ░░░░░░░░ already a tragedy but ░░░░░░░░ would be even more ░░░░░░░░ a tragedy if nothing ░░░░░░░░ comes out of it ░░░░░░░░ v o Charleston South ░░░░░░░░ is known as the ░░░░░░░░ city because of all ░░░░░░░░ its churches After Wednesday ░░░░░░░░ shooting there may have ░░░░░░░░ anger but there was ░░░░░░░░ violence Only people gathered ░░░░░░░░ peacefully To mourn and ░░░░░░░░