New documentary asks if the focus on removing statues and mascots is a distraction from true racial justice – By Cydney Adams (CBS News) / Sept 24 2020
“Changing the name of sports teams, changing the packaging of a style of pancake mix. Is it all just a kind of distraction from actual justice and political change?” author John Semley asks. “I think that a question like that is itself a little reductive.”
It’s a question explored in depth in the latest CBSN Originals documentary, “Speaking Frankly | Symbolic Justice.”
Protests across the country this summer in the wake of George Floyd’s death focused attention on the problem of police brutality in communities of color. But this time, activists also zeroed in on other ways racism has often been overlooked or reinforced in American society.
There were renewed calls for the removal of Confederate statues and racist team mascots. Popular music groups renamed themselves and major companies scrambled to redesign or retire outdated and offensive brand images.
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