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i tried to reach out to another source, to a referral, but what i would say to them is just surround yourself with family, with friends and just know that you're not alone in this, and that we got your back, and we're going to be there for you, and that the floyd family stands in solidarity with you. >> you talk about your nephew in this book, and it really sparked a reckoning not only in this country but around the world, right? president biden, then-candidate at the time, said he changed the world. you write in your book an interesting point, because this happened during the pandemic. and you say, the coronavirus pandemic had most americans under stay-at-home orders in 2020. millions of people sat in front of their tv more hours than they were used to. they weren't in a position to see a video of something most of them had never seen before, a modern day lynching. what was it like for you to see your nephew die, those
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UpdatedMon, Apr 19, 2021 at 11:15 am PT Reply Skaar's family writes messages of support for the AAPI community on their driveway. (Courtesy of Diana Skaar) Skaar's family writes messages of support for the AAPI community on their driveway. (Courtesy of Diana Skaar) Skaar's family writes messages of support for the AAPI community on their driveway. (Courtesy of Diana Skaar) MANHATTAN BEACH, CA —Acts of hate against Asian Americans have prompted two Manhattan Beach residents to take a stand. The MB Families Against AAPI Hate campaign of awareness began over the weekend and will culminate on Saturday, April 24th. Madeline Kaplan and Diana Skaar are asking members of the community to make a statement of compassion and stand in solidarity with the AAPI community by writing messages of support on their driveways.
the mizzou family stands as one. we are united. and we are behind our players. here with reaction, author, columnist and the author of the brand-new book "the emmaus code." full disclosure he's been my attorney. >> i'm a graduate and law school, yes. >> i thought they were very slow in handling some of these incidents. >> yeah. >> feces in the residence hall, making swastikas. >> i'm not sure why that occurred. the only thing that bothers me about all this, we abhor the racism and can't deny the perception that these incidents are very serious and pointed to systemic racism. but i don't think that there's systemic race imgoing on there. i hate for this to taint the entire university and the state. i wish we would calm things down
we need to use my resignation. please, please use my resignation to heal, not to hate, and let's move forward together for a brighter tomorrow. >> and the healing he's talking about is the healing that needs to happen here on this campus. there was some racial incidents that the students say were not accurately investigated. it led to one graduate student taking the dramatic step of a hunger strike, nearly eight days on that hunger strike, and then the football team saying they would not take the field, they would not practice, they would not engage in any sanctioned activity here unless the president backed down and then they were backed by their coach. the coach sent out this extraordinary picture saying, quote, the mizzou family stands as one. we are united the. we are behind our players. an extraordinary amount of
tweeting out this photo saying the mizzou family stands as one. we are united. and we are behind our players. here with reaction, author, columnist and the author of the brand-new book "the emmaus code." full disclosure he's been my attorney. >> i'm a graduate and law school, yes. >> i thought they were very slow in handling some of these incidents. >> yeah. >> feces in the residence hall, making swastikas. >> i'm not sure why that occurred. the only thing that bothers me about all this, we abhor the racism and can't deny the perception that these incidents are very serious and pointed to systemic racism. but i don't think that there's systemic race imgoing on there. i hate for this to taint the entire university and the state. i wish we would calm things down
players and coaches, declaring, quote, the mizzou family stands as one. the tigers have not explicitly said whether this means they would boycott the three remaining games, an unprecedented move, but tension on campus has been brewing for months. on september 11th, the university student body president, a black student said he was repeatedly called the "n" word by men in a pickup true. this let to protests organized by a group called concern students 1950. on october 10th, students confronted president wolfe at homecometic and claimed the president hit a demonstrator with his car. october 24th, a swastika was drawn with feces in a dorm bedroom. and jonathan butler began a hunger strike until president wolfe resigned is what he said.
said he was not going anywhere. they want to see more conversations being had an an active plan to be to increase diversity, awareness and acceptance on campus. it's interesting, coy, when you look at what's happening with the team, the coaches who are operate dedominantly and even the white players are publicly supporting. we have a tweet from the team, saying the mizzou family stands as one. i've understood there's some espn reporting of dissension among the ranks that some of the players are not real happy about this boycott. >> i can imagine if some are not real happy if some aren't going to be able to play. the bottom line is that the coach, not only the head coach of the team publicly supporting his student athletes, the entire athletic department also released a statement saying they stand behind their student athletes as well. why is this significant for the football team? we talked about that 7% of the entire student population is
demonstrations didn't necessarily grab the attention of the university higherups. it took some of the missouri football players to go on strike for this thing to get really heated. those players promised not to participate in any activities until the school president resigned. a practice had to be canceled and the university faced up to $1 million in fines if it couldn't play this week's scheduled game. adding to that, the tigers' coach stood with the athletes, writing on twitter, the mizzou family stands as one. we are united, and we are behind our players. >> very interesting. matt, thank you so much. time now for some consumer headlines, all in the automobile world today. voekdz wagon trying to make good after its emissions scandal offering what it's calling goodwill packages to customers, those will be worth $1,000. airbags supposed to keep passengers safe, right? not the case with some of those made by takata. the recall of those products looks like it's going to expand again. plus, land rover getting
quote, the mizzou family stands as one. the tigers have not explicitly said whether this means they would boycott the three remaining games, an unprecedented move, but tension on campus has been brewing for months. on september 11th, the university student body president, a black student said he was repeatedly called the "n" word by men in a pickup true. this let to protests organized by a group called concern students 1950. on october 10th, students confronted president wolfe at homecometic and claimed the president hit a demonstrator with his car. october 24th, a swastika was drawn with feces in a dorm bedroom. and jonathan butler began a hunger strike until president wolfe resigned is what he said. the concerned student 1950 group