Name: Van Jones on What Gives Him Hope
Uploaded: 2020-07-03T07:55:13.000Z
Duration: 6 min 59 s
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With everything that's going on right now,

our next guest is one of the most vocal figures

He's a CNN political commentator and the CEO

at times like this, I feel blessed, though,

And that's what this show is about today,

is giving a platform for anybody that we should be listening to.

And it's weird, like you said, that even during the pandemic,

when somebody said how are you, it's a weird way to answer.

But now, how are you, it's a ridiculous question, you know?

I think we have to come up with a different greeting.

Well, I tell you, listening to Mayor Keisha,

I mean, I've never seen African Americans so hurt, I mean,

And I think part of the problem is, as you were talking about,

as a parent, you always have this belief--

we kind of sprinkle this fairy dust on our kids

that, listen, if you don't talk back, and if you don't run,

Because there is nothing you can tell your child

that would save them from a brute like that,

deprive someone of their life in front of the whole community.

They have people feeling completely helpless and broken.

I'm starting to feel more hopeful, though,

is leaders are starting to rise up, like the mayor of Atlanta.

And there's probably 20, 30, 40 million white Americans

who, maybe they've always cared a little bit,

or they thought about it as a possible thing,

but it was number 17 on their list in terms of racism.

or it's not that big a deal to me, to what do I do.

hanging onto it when what you see on TV just

And like you said, first of all, you have to tell your children,

if you don't run, if you don't-- if you have to even say that,

And then you have Ahmaud Arbery running, jogging.

And it's just-- but I don't know how people are standing

I'm sorry, I have so many questions to ask you.

And then there are white people saying, all lives matter.

to people who really don't understand why

and you don't understand what we go through literally

every single day, every time you get in a car, you're nervous.

you're nervous, not because you're afraid of a mugger,

might be some negative interaction with law

But I think when people hear Black Lives Matter,

they might hear, only black lives matter,

black lives matter more than white lives.

What they mean is, black lives matter, too.

And I don't think anybody can argue with that.

Because we live in two different countries.

The person sitting next to you in the cubicle, or on the bus,

or on the airplane, if they have skin that looks like mine,