A Racist Attack Still Haunts 45 Years Later, Here's Why. George Floyd Protests
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Date: 2020-08-15
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Whitney
Hi! Im a producer who worked on this story. When my colleagues Christiaan Triebert, Dodai Stewart, Sarah Maslin Nir and I first saw a small clip of this shocking moment on Twitter, we immediately wanted to know what happened to the children involved.
Our first lead came from right here on YouTube. Christiaan found a comment from someone who said his mom and aunt appeared in the video. That post helped us get in touch with Samantha. We spent the next several months trying to find everyone else who appeared in the clip. We made more than 90 phone calls and were able to reach Samantha, Renee and Mark, who were willing to share their difficult stories with us.
We also spoke to the journalist Bill Moyers, who made the documentary where the clip originally appeared in 1976. He told us that horrific images like these blasted into American homes force people to reckon with what is really going on in the country.
We also tried to locate the white children, but no one we contacted said they were present on this day. We may never know what happened to the white children or how they look back on this moment, decades later.
This video was very hard to make, and very personal to me as a black woman who has also faced racism. But I think its a vital examination of our history. Thanks for watching. If you have any questions, please ask. Ill answer as many as I can.
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Hi! Im a producer who worked on this story. When my colleagues Christiaan Triebert, Dodai Stewart, Sarah Maslin Nir and I first saw a small clip of this shocking moment on Twitter, we immediately wanted to know what happened to the children involved.
Our first lead came from right here on YouTube. Christiaan found a comment from someone who said his mom and aunt appeared in the video. That post helped us get in touch with Samantha. We spent the next several months trying to find everyone else who appeared in the clip. We made more than 90 phone calls and were able to reach Samantha, Renee and Mark, who were willing to share their difficult stories with us.
We also spoke to the journalist Bill Moyers, who made the documentary where the clip originally appeared in 1976. He told us that horrific images like these blasted into American homes force people to reckon with what is really going on in the country.
We also tried to locate the white children, but no one we contacted said they were present on this day. We may never know what happened to the white children or how they look back on this moment, decades later.
This video was very hard to make, and very personal to me as a black woman who has also faced racism. But I think its a vital examination of our history. Thanks for watching. If you have any questions, please ask. Ill answer as many as I can.
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dtk100000
wow they were totally ambushed. Imagine thinking you are going to take a look at a parade and when you get there you find out that parade is aimed against you. Young kids totally caught off guard. The one woman carries the hurt with her today as well. Pretty ugly. And being from New York most of those white kids probably had immigrant parents or grand parents who were treated like sht when they first arrived. Lucky for them there was always a more hated group around. and they leveraged that to their advantage.
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wow they were totally ambushed. Imagine thinking you are going to take a look at a parade and when you get there you find out that parade is aimed against you. Young kids totally caught off guard. The one woman carries the hurt with her today as well. Pretty ugly. And being from New York most of those white kids probably had immigrant parents or grand parents who were treated like sht when they first arrived. Lucky for them there was always a more hated group around. and they leveraged that to their advantage.
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blogs
In 70s i lived south ga i had black friends. If id been kid there i wouldve been by her side. I was called a n lover many times. Those were growing pain years. Many of those people probably changed over years some may be the same. There are places opposite race can not go. There are neighborhoods whites cant go even now
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In 70s i lived south ga i had black friends. If id been kid there i wouldve been by her side. I was called a n lover many times. Those were growing pain years. Many of those people probably changed over years some may be the same. There are places opposite race can not go. There are neighborhoods whites cant go even now
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Woah
As a new yorker who was born in 2008 I've never had to deal with this but my mom had to deal with it and got tased and almost shot if a black cop didn't stop the white cop. Rascim will never end just know that
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As a new yorker who was born in 2008 I've never had to deal with this but my mom had to deal with it and got tased and almost shot if a black cop didn't stop the white cop. Rascim will never end just know that
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Charles
History always has a way of repeating itself. America is centuries old but they are still days old in making its people feel free and safe. Do better America! There is always hope.
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History always has a way of repeating itself. America is centuries old but they are still days old in making its people feel free and safe. Do better America! There is always hope.
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BWIN
Nothing had changed. The same hateful devils live in this country, but like Fiddler said in the movie Roots: There gone be another day, there gone be another day.
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Nothing had changed. The same hateful devils live in this country, but like Fiddler said in the movie Roots: There gone be another day, there gone be another day.
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OP
Hey were you one of the kids that slapped my son and cause him to have a concussion.
Hmmmm, Im most likely gonna get in trouble soooo, no I didnt do it.
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Hey were you one of the kids that slapped my son and cause him to have a concussion.
Hmmmm, Im most likely gonna get in trouble soooo, no I didnt do it.
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yokochristina
Huge shoutout to Mr. Mitaritonna, the teacher bringing this into the classroom. The students are right. Everyone needs to see this.
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Huge shoutout to Mr. Mitaritonna, the teacher bringing this into the classroom. The students are right. Everyone needs to see this.
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NoName
Im ashamed to be White. Wish I can be Black. Now these folks are Judges, Police Chiefs, and Bank Managers. etc. Racist Lives Dont Matter.
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Im ashamed to be White. Wish I can be Black. Now these folks are Judges, Police Chiefs, and Bank Managers. etc. Racist Lives Dont Matter.
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2: 15 We called 90 people lived in Rosedale. couldn't find any white resident that said they've been there. Sound like y'all surprised? LMFAO
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2: 15 We called 90 people lived in Rosedale. couldn't find any white resident that said they've been there. Sound like y'all surprised? LMFAO
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