Bear Witness, Take Action 2: Continuing the Movement

How it feels

A group of prominent people of color discuss the history of racial inequality in America and share ideas for raising awareness and making change. The special includes segments on how LGBTQ+ issues intersect with race.

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What happens

Bear Witness, Take Action 2: Continuing the movement is an American YouTube Original television special which aired on December 5, 2020, as part of a YouTube Original Channel Initiative supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in correspondence with the George Floyd protests. It gathers notable people of color in the United States such as Anthony Anderson, Soledad O'Brien, Isabel Wilkerson, Karamo Brown, and more and is hosted by Keke Palmer and Common. It centers around the history and experiences as people of color in America, as well as exploring ways to raise awareness and end the long inequality and it weaves in intersectionality, having some segments focused on LGBTQ+ issues and the intersection of how those issus relate with race. It is a continuation of Bear Witness, Take Action which aired in June of 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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