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You terrified. you're probably sitting there, froze, looking out, all the businesses are gone. >> i would have felt a little bit of animosity towards them. it's the whole fact of the situation. you came into my hometown, killed my people, and then y'all going to dispose of our bodies without a proper burial. that's crazy. >> reporter: her students are only in eight grade, but intensely aware of the politics around them. >> we're smarter than we look. we know what's happening in america. >> you want to grow to tell your kids about your story and not your kids tell them about your own. >> at the...

>> i think it's really important first to acknowledge that harm may have been caused in the workplace. i think for so long we have kind of skirted around racial issues in the workplace, and i think rebuild trust between employers and employees is to say, hey, a few things can be true at the same time. harm may not have been intended but might have happened. in my former life a manager always saying racialisted jokes. might not have meant harm but it still caused me harm. when i had a hard conversation, this is how it landed on me he would dismiss. we need to not dismiss what's happening and be...

>> the lawsuit you filed is perhaps just the first step. if a judge ruled in your favor, it would give schools the option to have mask mandates. but how do you ensure your son's school will actually require them, or can you? >> you know, i feel like our hands are tied. i think at least with the injunctions granted, it would give the school board or superintendent to do what he thinks is best. so i feel like the superintendent will do the right thing, and if the injunction allows him to, he can do what he needs to, but the executive order kind of ties his hands, and that's the issue. >> i have ...

Their children. these are the people who are hurt by this, and it's unforgivable that people will put their own political aspirations ahead of the good of public health. >> we have to see what this means for the variant, but it goes much broader than that. you have things you immunize for that are way for dangerous than covid-19 in terms of how fast they spread. one last thing and i'll let you go. what if the state comes out and says, no, we got rid of fiscus because she stunk at this, this, and this. do they have a case against you? >> they may. i think there's a ground swell of support withi...

Covid-19 in terms of how fast they spread. one last thing and i'll let you go. what if the state comes out and says, no, we got rid of fiscus because she stunk at this, this, and this. do they have a case against you? >> they may. i think there's a ground swell of support within state government itself. people have been walking on eggshells, afraid of being fired for doing the right thing, and i think those folks will help if that comes to that. but if they decide to try to disparage me that's fine. i'll know it's out of desperation and my concern is for children and people of tennessee who i ...