CNN’s Baldwin Breaks Down on Air: As a White Woman, Aware of My Own Privilege ‘I Am So Angry’

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Pam Key 28 May 2020

Thursday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” host Brooke Baldwin got emotional while interviewing Minneapolis City Council member Andrea Jenkins about the death of George Floyd.

After playing a clip of Jenkins singing “Amazing Grace” during a city council meeting, an emotional Baldwin said, “That voice you just heard was that of Minneapolis city council vice president Andrea Jenkins who joins me now. Excuse me, Miss Jenkins, your voice, that song, with just everything that’s been happening. You represent the neighborhood where this incident took place. You have said that George Floyd’s death felt like a symbol “for a knee on the neck of black America.” Thank you so much for joining me today. Can you just talk about how this death has impacted the community you represent and you personally?”

Jenkins said, “Good afternoon, Brooke. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this conversation. You know, before I speak on your questions, I do want to, you know, publicly offer my own deep, sincere condolences, sympathies, apologies to the family of George Floyd. What a tragic, traumatic incident to happen to our city, to my community, to our nation at a time when we are dealing with this terrible coronavirus. We’re in the midst of a pandemic, and unfortunately, we have two viruses that we have to deal with in America. That is the coronavirus and as well as the virus of racism that has infected our entire society for far too long. The people in my community are pained, are traumatized.”

She continued, “We absolutely must see justice for George. That is what the community is seeking. That is what the community is asking for. And the violence, I do not condone, the looting and the violence. I do fully understand the outrage that people are expressing.”

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