Angela Davis: Black on Black Crime Is Just ‘Noise, a Distraction’

‘We don’t have the time in our community to be distracted by those sound bites’

LEMON: "How do you get to this though? And I get it all the time. Why are you talking about race so much? You're race baiting just by talking about race. Stop it. You're racist. You're racist."
DAVIS: "You know what? That's noise, a distraction. That race baiting conversation, that black on black crime, all that litany of rehearsed one liners. I don't have time for it. We don't have the time in our community to be distracted by those sound bites, right. So I think again, part of what the work is again, those engaged white folks, please go back to your communities. Go back to your homes. Get involved in the work. Not just as an ally but as a real advocate."

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