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>> I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE
TRAYVON FAMILY FOR LIFE.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL
TRAYVON MARTIN FOUNDATIO
REMEMBRANCE WEEK.
THIS WEEKEND COMMEMORATES HIS
BIRTHDAY.
>> IT'STANT THAT WE MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN
ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH
TRAYVON MARTIN AND OTHER KIDS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE I.
>> Dr. Phil: IT'S BEEN JUST OVER
TWO YEARS, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE
IT, SINCE
ED 17-YEAR-OLD
TRAYVON MARTIN WAS SHOT AND
KILLED BY GEORGE ZIMMERMAN ON A
DARK RAINY NIGHT.
THROUGH THE TRAYVON MARTIN UNARM
FOUNDATION, TRAYVON'S PARENTS
RECENTLY HOSTED A PEACE WALK AND
DINNER HONORING THOSE THAT HAVE
SHOWED THEIR SUPPORT.
TRAYVON'S CASE TRIGGERED A
RACIAL DIVIDE IN OUR COUNTRY AND
MANY CASES HAVE SINCE BEEN
COMPARED TO WHAT HAPPENED.
>> A FLORIDA MAN CHARGEDH
KILLING A TEENAGER AFTER AN
ARGUMENT OVER LOUD MUSIC TOOK
THE STAND TODAY.
THE CASE IS BEING COMPARED TO
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF TRAYVON
MARTIN.
>> I WIT EVERY RIGHT OF
SELF-DEFENSE AND I TOOK IT.
>> MICHAEL DUNN IS ACCUSED OF
KILLING JORDAN DAVIS OUTSIDE A
JACK HADLE CONVENIENCE STORE
IN 2012.
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KILL ME,
YOU SON OF A [BLEEP].
I SHOT HIM.
>> THE CHARLOTTE NAACP ISSONVILG
THAT OFFICER RANDALL CARRICK BE
CHARGED WITH ***.
>> HE SHOT HIM TEN TIMES.
>> AND SAID HE HAD HIS HANDS
UP AND NOT THREATENED AS HE
MOVED TOWARDS POLICE.
>> THAT IS ***.
>> A CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP SAYS THE
KILLING OF A HE 13-YEAR-OLD BOY
MUCH LIKE THE KILLING OF TRAYVON
MARTIN.
>> THE COALITION FEELS SPOONER
CALCUL COLD-BLOODED
KILLING EVEN WORSE THAN
TRAYVON'S ACCUSED KILLER, GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN.
>> Dr. Phil: WITH NEW STORIES
BEING PARALLELED TOATED AEORGE
ZIMMERMAN ON A REGULAR BASIS, MY
NEXT GUEST SAYS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
TO NOT THINK ABOUT HER ROLE IN
HIS ACQUITTAL EVERY G SINGLE DA.
>> WE NOW HAVE A JURY SELECTED
FOR THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL.
>> THE JURORS ARE ALL WOMEN.
FIVE WHITE AND ONE MINORITY THAT
COULD BE HISPANIC OR BLACK.
>> AFTER SERVING AS A JUROR ON
THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN CASE, MY
LIFE HAS BEEN RUINED.
I WAS SEQUESTERED FOR THREE
WEEKS.
I LOST MY JOB WHEN I CAME BACK.
I LOST MY FREEDOM.
I HAVE REPORTERS IN FRONT OF MY
HOUSE.
I GOT A DEATH THREAT ON SOCIAL
MEDIA THAT SAID THAT I WAS GOING
TO FEEL THE SAME PAIN THAT
TRAYVON MARTIN'S MOTHER FELT.
I'M NOW HOMELESS AND JOBLESS.
I FEEL LIKE I'M A VICTIM.
WHEN I WAS O THE JURY, I WAS
TREATED DIFFERENT.
I WAS THE ONLY MINORITY JUROR.
ONE OF THE JURORS MADE FUN OF
THE WAY I SPOKE.
I FELT PRESSURED WHEN I WAS INN
THE DELIBERATION.
I FELT THAT WAS BULLIED.
IN MY HEART, I BELIEVE GEORGE
OF KILLING GUILTY
TRAYVON MARTIN.
>> WERE THE INJURIES O
MR. ZIMMERMAN'S HEAD WITH THIS?
>> WE FIND GEORGE ZIMMERMAN NOT
GUILTY SO SAY WE ALL.
>> INVE THAT NOBODY SHOULD
PUNISH ME.
I WASN'T THE ONE THAT PULLED THE
TRIGGER.
>> I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO JUDGE
ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T KILL BELIE
ANYBODY.
>> Dr. Phil: WELL, MADDY IS THE
ONLY JUROR FROM THE CASE TO
SPEAK OUT PUBLICLY AND REVEAL
HER IDENTITY.
ANALYST AND ATTORNEY LISA BLOOM
WHO HAS WRITTEN A NEW BOOK THAT
IS -- YOU CANNOT PUT THIS DOWN.
"SUSPICIOUS NATION," THE INSIDE
STORY OF THE TRAYVON MARTIN
INJUSTICE AND WHY WE CONTINUE TO
REPEAT IT.
AN ABSOLUTE COMPELLING READ.
LISA, GOOD TO
YOU.
MADDY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
THERE WERE SIX WOMEN ON THIS
JURY.
>> YES.
>> Dr. Phil: AND YOU WERE THE
ONLY MINORITY, CORRECT? SEE>> Y.
>> Dr. Phil: AND THE JURY
BROUGHT BACK A NOT GUILTY
VERDICT.
AND THAT HAUNTS YOU
TO THIS DAY.
>> I'M A GODLY PERSON.
IF YOU KILL SOMEBODY, YOU'RE
GUILTY.
IT'S SAD TO SAY T BECAUSE OF
A LAW THAT WAS WRITTEN AND IT
WAS DESCRIBED TO ME THAT I HAD
TO FOLLOW THIS LAW AGAINST MY
OWN WILL.
IN MY HEAHAT KNEW THAT HE WAS
GUILTY.
BUT I COULDN'T USE MY HEART.
I HAD TO USE THE LAW.RT I>> Dr.
GUILTY WHEN YOU FELT IN YOUR
MIND AND HEART THAT HE WAS
GUILTY?
>> YES.
>> Dr. Phil: YOU KNOW, LISA, DID
SHE HAVE A CHOICE IN THE WAY SHE
D HERE?
>> SHE DIDN'T.
AND MADDY IS VERY BRAVE TO SPEAK
OUT IN A WAY THAT SHE IS.
I BLAME THE PROSECUTION AND THE
VOTEGO THROUGH IN THE BOOK THE X
BIGGEST BLUNDERS THEY MADE.
PUTTING IT TOGETHER, THEY FAILED
TO CONNECT THE LAW AND THE FACTS
THEY HAD.
TO
I JURORS LIKE MADDY AND
THE OTHER JURORS THAT WANT TO
CONVICT A ROAD MAP TO
CONVICTION.
THE PROSECUTORS MADE MISTAKE GIE
AFTER MISTAKE IN THIS CASE.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE BIGGEST ONE.
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN SHOWED ON A
VIDEO TAPE THAT HIS GUN WAS
HOLSTERED BEHIND HIM INSIDE HIS
PANTS.
LYING ON HIS BACK
WITH TRAYVON MARTIN ON TOP OF
HIM STRADDLING HIM AT THE MOMENT
THAT TRAYVON MARTIN SAW THE GUN,
REACHED FOR THE GUN AND
THREATENED TO KILL ZIMMERMAN.
ZIMMERMAN SAID AT THAT POINT I
HAD TO PULL THE GUN AND SHOOT
HIM IN SELF-DEFENSE.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT STORY IS,
UNLESS TRAYVON MARTIN HAD X-RAY
VE SEEN THROUGH GEORGE HE COULD
ZIMMERMAN'SODY TO A GUN
HOLSTERED BEHIND HIM.
THE PROSECUTION INEXPLICABLY
FAILED TO ARGUE THAT.
FAILED TO GIVE THE JURY THAT
HAFORMATION THAT THEY HAD ON A
VIDEO TAPE FOR OVER A YEAR.
THERE'S MANY PEOPLE IN AMERICA
THAT FOUND THIS VERDICT VERY
UNSATISFYING.
I WAS ONE OF THEM
INAVING WATCHED
THE TRIAL.
>> Dr. Phil: YOU SAY THAT YOU
WERE BULLIED AND TEASED AND
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AS A
JUROR.
>> ONE OF THE OTHER JURORS H --
EVERY TIME I WOULD SAY SOMETHING
SAID YOU DIDN'T SAY IT RIGHT.
AND IT WAS JUST A CONSTANT -- I
FELT LIKE WE WERE IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
I
REALLY TOOK THIS SITUATION,
THIS CASE, I REALLY TOOK IT VERY
SERIOUS.
AND OUT OF ALL OF THIS, I FEEL
LIKE IT BECAME A MOCKERY.
WHEN I CAME OUT OF THIS, IT
BECAME I WAS THE BAD GUY.
I HAVE PEOPLE SAYING YOU COULD
HAVE DONE SOMETHING.
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING WITHIN A
YEAR TO CHANGE MY LIFE TO SEE
HAT I COULD HAVE DONE.
I SHOULDN'T BE PUNISHED FOR
TRAYVON MARTIN'S DEATH.
>> Dr. Phil: LET'S TANK A BREAK.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND
TALK ABOUT TWO REALLY IMPORTANT
THINGS.
I WANT TO HEAR FROM LISA BECAUSE
ING TO HER, THE
PROSECUTION MISSED OTHER
CRITICAL EVIDENCE THAT COULD
HAVE GOTTEN GEORGE ZIMMERMAN
CONVICTED.
WE ALL WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT
IS.
THEN IACCORD TO TALK TO MADDY
ABOUT WHAT HER LIFE HAS BEEN
LIKE SINCE THIS VERDICT
>> IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN SHOT AND KILLED
UNARMED TEEN TRAYVON MARTIN AND
WALKED OUT SCOT-F
ONE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR
GEORGE'S ACQUITTAL IS JURY
MEMBER MADDY.
JOINING MADDY IS LEGAL ANALYST
SHE WROTE A NEW BOOK CALLED
"SUSPICIOUS NATION."
THIS BOOK REALLY DISSECTS THIS
TRIAL THE WAY THE EVIDENCE CAME
IN AND DIDN'T COME
IN.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE JURY ROOM?
WAS IT DIFFICULT TO EXPECT YOUR
OPINIONS IN THE JURY ROOM?
>> YES.
>> Dr. Phil: WHY?
WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, I DIDN'T
SEE MYSELF AS DIFFERENT.
BUT AS THE TIME OF ME BEING
THERE FOR THREE WEEKS, I COULD
TELL THAT I WAS DIFFERENT.
MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY AND
EMOTIONALLY.
IT'S NOT JUST ONLY BY COLOR.
IT'S ALSO BY WHERE I WAS RAISED.
IT WAS ALSO BY WHO -- NOT THE
CULTURE BUT MOSTLY I WAS
YOUNGER, A LITTLE MORE YOUNGER.
I HAD YOUNGER KIDS.
SO A LOT OF THEM COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHERE I WAS COMING
FROM.
SO THEY DIDN'T EVEN TAKE THE
TIME TO GET TO KNOW MADDY FOR
WHO MADDY IS.
I JUST ALWAYS FELT THIS
DISCOMFORT WHERE I WAS IN THE
RIGHT PLACE.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE ME FEEL TOO
COMFORTABLE.
>> Dr. Phil: THE OTHER JURORS.
>> THE OTHER JURORS.
>> Dr. Phil: DID THEY TAKS
SERIOUSLY?
>> DEPENDING ON W WAS SITTING
DOWN ON THE WITNESS STAND.
JUST LIKEE THI SITUATION WHERE
RACIAL -- YOU KNOW, THE FIRST
DAY THAT EVERYBODY WAS STATING
THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HER,
THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HER THE
TALKS.
THEY SAID WHAT IS SHE SAYING?
WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATION IS
THAT.
LIKE SHE WAS FROM ANOTHER
PLANET.
I UNDERSTOOD HER.
I UNDERSTOOD VERYTHING SHE WAS
SAYING.
YOU KNOW?
A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS LIKE SHE
SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON THE
STAND.
SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING THAT WE
NEEDED TO HEAR.
>> Dr. Phil: EA'LL MISSED IT,
THIS WAS A KEY WITNESS.
LET'S LISTEN TO THIS.
WE'LL SHOW YOU CLIP SO YOU KNOW
WHAT WE'RE TALKING IF YABOUT.
>> PROSECUTORS SAY ZIMMERMAN
RACIALLY PROFILED MARTIN AND
DECIDED TO TAKE MATTERS INTO HIS
OWN HANDS.
BUT THE DEFENSE INSISTS IT WAS
MARTIN WHO INJECTEE INTO
THE CONFRONTATION.
THE TEENAGER WAS ON THE PHONE
WITH HIS FRIEND, RACHEL AND SAID
A MAN WAS FOLLOWING HIM.
>> I ASKEDD RAC HIM WHAT THE MA
LOOKED LIKE.
HE WAS LIKE CREEPY [BLEEP].
>> SO IT WAS RACIAL BUT BECAUSE
TRAYVON MARTIN PUT RACE IN THIS?
>> DEFENSE ATTORNEYS CLAIM
MARTIN STARTED THE FIGHT AND
ZIMMERMAN SHOT IN EFENSE.
>> RACHEL WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT
PROSECUTION WITNESS.
SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH
TRAYVON MARTIN IN THE MOMENTS
LEADING UP TO HIS ENCOUNTER ANDD
AFTER THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE
ENCOUNTER WITH GEORGE ZIMMERMAN.
THIS IS A 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
SHE MADE IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE PART OF
THIS HIGH PROFILE CA
SHE WAS TERRIFIED.
WHAT A GOOD PROSECUTOR WOULD DO
IS GO MEET WITH HER IN HER HOME,
GET HER COMFORTABLE.
ANOTHER DAY HAVE HER COMESE. IN
THE OFFICE, MAYBE TAKE HER TO A
COURTROOM.
PUT HER ON THE WITNESS STAND.
GET HER USED TO MICROPHONES,
WHICH IS INTIMI.
GO OVER THE STORY WITH HER.
TURNS OUT SHE HAD AN UNDERBITE.
THAT MADE HER HARD TO
UNDERSTAND.
IT'S A MEDICAL CONDITIONSDATING
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
CREDIBILITY.
PROSECUTORS NEVER POINTED THAT
OUT.
SHE CAME ACROSS TO THE JURY AS A
PERSON THAT IS MUMBLING AND.
MUTTERING AND HAS POOR
COMMUNICATION STYLE.
TO HEAR FROM MADDY THAT RACHEL
WAS COMPLETELY DISCOUNTED IS
HEART BREAKING.
WHEN YOU HEAR HER STORY AS DO
AND I TELL IT IN THE BOOK, HER
STORY IS TRAYVON MARTIN WAS
AFRAID OF GEORGE ZIMMERMAN.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS CREEPY.
HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM
HIM OVER AND OVER AGAI I
WHEN HE DID GET AWAY FROM HIM,
HE RETURNED TO A JOKEY FUN
CONVERSATION HE WAS HAVING WITH
RACHEL AND TEASING HER ABOUT
DOING HER HER,N. ASKING ABOUT T
ALL-STAR GAME HE WANTED TO GET
HOME IN TIME TO WATCH, THIS IS
NOT A HOMICIDAL KILLER THAT WAS
LYING AND WAITING FOR GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN, WHICH IS ZIMMERMAN'S
STORY.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT STORY NEVER
GOT TO THE JURY BECAUSE THE
PROSECUTORS DIDN'T PREPARE HER.
>> Dr. Phil: DID THEY MAKE A
STRATEGIC MISTAKE IN NOT
FOCUSING ON THE RACIAL PROFILING
ASPECT OF THIS CASE?
>> THEY DID.
LOOK, PRACTICALLY EVERYBODY IN
AMERICA IS UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING
ABOUT RACE. BUT WE HAVE TO TALK
AT SOME TIME.
THE REASON WHY THIS CASE GOT SO
MUCH ATTENTION IS BECAUSE OF THE
RACIAL ANGLE.
THE DEFENSE IN THIS CASE IS
STRAIGHTFORWARD ABOUT RACE.
THEY PUT ON A YOUNG WHITE WOMAN
THAT SAID SHE WAS A VICTIM OF A
BURGLARY BY ONE OR TWO AFRICAN
ERICAN MEN, ONE OF THE LAST
WITNESSES.
SIMPLE CROSS EXAMINATION THE
PROSECUTION SHOULD HAVE DONE.
DID THESE GUYS HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH TRAYVON MARTIN?
NO.
WHY ARE WE HEARING A THEM
THEN?
TO A TRIBUTE THE WRONGS OF TWO
AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN TO ALL
AFRICAN AMERICANS IS THE VERY
DEFINITION OFBOUT RACISM.
TRAYVON MARTIN WAS A STRANGER TO
THE BURGLARS.
HE WAS NOT A BURGLAR.
HE HAD NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
HOW DARE THE DEFENSE PUT ON A
WITNESS LIKE THAT IN THE
PROSECUTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON
THEIR FEET AND RANTING AND
RAVING ABOUT THAT IN CLOSING
ARGUMENTS.
THEY NEVER DID IT.
>> Dr. Phil: OKAY.
MADDY IS ONE OF THE JURORS THAT
VOTED NOT GUILTY AND LET GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN GET OFF SCOT-FREE.
HOW DOES SHE FEEL ABOUT HOW HE'S
BEEN ACTING SINCE AND WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN HER LIFE.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Dr. Phil: THE BOOK IS
"SUSPICIOUS NATION" AND LEGAL
T AND AUTHOR LISA BLOOM IS
HERE.
SHE'S WRITTEN THIS BOOK BECAUSE
SHE IS OUTRAGED ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE TRAYVON MARTIN .
JOINING US ALSO IS MADDY.
MADDY IS ONE OF THE JURORS IN
THIS CASE.
SHE'S ONE OF THE JURORS THAT
VOTED THAT GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WAS
NOT GUILTY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS
PAY ATTENTION TO FROM MY
PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT OF
HOLOGY AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR IS
WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO SPECULATE.
YOU CAN MEASURE.
PSYCIS PERSONNDER
IS GOING TO BE OKAY OR NOT.
WELL, YOU SPECULATE ABOUT IT OR
WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, YOU
CAN LOCK AND SEE WHAT THEY IF T.
HERE'S WHAT GEORGE ZIMMERMAN HAS
DONE SINCE THE TRIAL.
JULY 31, HE WAS PULLED OVER FOR
SPEEDING AND HAD A GUN IN THE
GLOVE BOX.
AUGUST 22, HE TOURED A
GUN-MAKING FACTORY AND ON THE
I
IN9 -- 9th, HIS WIFE CALLED THE
POLICE.
AND NOVEMBER 13th, CHARG WITH
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF AFTER HIS GIRLFRIEND
CALLED THE POLICE.
THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED.
JANUARY 30th HE AGREED TO AED
CELEBRITY BOXING MATCH.
HE EVEN TOLD CNN THAT HE WAS A
VICTIM AS WELL.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> THOUGH ABOUT THE VICTIM,
TRAYVON MARTIN.
>> I CERTAINLY WASN'T A VICTIM
WHEN I HAD MY HEAD BASHED INTO
THE CONCRETE AND MY NOSE BROKEN
AND TSBEATEN.
>> LISTENING TO THE EVIDENCE,
DID YOU MAKE IT?
>> NO.
>> WHY NOT?
>> FAITH.
>> IN YOURSELF GOD?
>> GOD.
I KNOW ULTIMATELY HE'S THE ONLY
JUDGE THAT I HAVE TO ANSWER TO.
HE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED.
I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
SO I OR LEAVE IT UP TO HIM.
>> Dr. Phil: WELL, THERE YOU
HAVE IT.
SO HE'S A VICTIM AS WELL.
LET'S TALK FOR JUST A MINUTE
ABOUT WHAT THE AFTERMATH HAS
BEEN FOR YOU.
YOU'VE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS.
>> YES.
>> Dr. Phil: IN WHAT WAY, WHAT
FORM?
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING?
>> I HAVE A THREAT WHERE SOMEONE
EXPRESSED TO ME THAT I WAS GOING
TO FEEL THE SAME FEELING AND
THE SAME HURT THAT TRAYVON
MARTIN'S MOTHER FEELS.
I HAVE A 18 AND 20-YEAR-OLD SSO.
AND THAT THEY WOULD DEFINITELY
FEEL THE PAIN.
>> Dr. Phil: YOU'VE HAD TO MOVE.
WHERE DO YOU -- I DON'T MEAN
SPECIFICALLY BUT DO YOU HAVE A
HOUSE NOW?
ARE YOU HOMELESS?
>> I LIVE WITH A FRIEND WHO HAS
ALLOWED ME AND EIGHT OF US
LIVING IN A ONE-BEDROOM
APARTMENT.
>> Dr. Phil: EIGHT OF YOU.
>> IT'S NOT FAIR.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GET BLAMED
FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S ACTIONS.
>> Dr. Phil: COMING UP, WE ASK
OUR VIEWERS AT HOME IF THEY
SHOWS.
LOG ON TODAY!
>> Dr. Phil: WE WANTED TO SEE
HOW MANY OF YOU AT HOME ADMITTED
TO BEING RY BIASSED.
WE PUT THIS UP THIS MORNING AND
WE'VE HAD OVER 26,000 RESPONSES
IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
DO YOU FIND YOURSELFACIALL USIN
RACIAL PROFILING?
41% SAID YES.
59% SAID .
WE THEN ASKED ARE THERE TIMES
WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF BEING
SUSPICIOUS OF SOMEONE BECAUSE
THEY ARE A MINORITY?NO
46% SAID YES.
54% SAID NO.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES
TO PLAGUE AMERICA IN GENERAL AND
IT CONTINUES TO PLAY A ROLE IN
THE COURTROOMS.
TRUE?
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE ROOT
PROBLEMS IN THE TRAYVON MARTIN
CASE AND THE CASES WE CONTINUE
TO SEE.
I WAS FASCINATED TO LEARN ABOUT
THE CONCEPT OF IMPLICIT RACIAL
BIAS.
MOST OF US CONSIDER OURSELVES
NOT TO BE RACIST.
THE ROOT OF THEPROBLEM, WE DO
HAVE RACIAL BIASES.
WE WALK AROUND WITH THEM.
WE LIVE IN A CULTURE WITH
NEGATIVE IMAGES OF AFRICAN
AMERICANS IN PARTICULAR.
THERE'S Y CLEVER TEST THAT
YOU CAN TAKE ONLINE TO SEE
WHETHER YOU HAVE IMPLICIT
BIASES.
YOU CAN'T CHEAT THE TEST.
WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THE TEST, ABOUT
70 TA VER 80% OF WHITE AMERICAN
TEST THAT YES, WE HAVE RACIAL
BIASES AGAINST AFRICAN
AMERICANS.
ABOUT 50% OFO AFRICAN AMERICANS
HAVE RACIAL BIAS AGAINST AFRICAN
AMERICANS.
THE FIRST STEP IS ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT AND UNDERSTANDING IT.
THE SECOND STEP IS WE CAN MOVE
ON FROM IT.
THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
>> Dr. Phil: LISA'S BOOK IS
"SUSPICIOUS NATION."
AND THIS IS A COMPELLING READ.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY
THINK MAKES PEOPLE THINK.
I THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO
MAKE YOU THINK.
HER NEW BOOK,SUSPICIOUS
NATION," THE INSIDE STORY OF THE
TRAYVON MARTIN INJUSTICE AND