also with me, kimberly crenshaw, executive director of the african-american policy forum. good morning to you both. thank you for being with us. caroline, your op-ed has one of the most striking and provocative titles i've ever read. ask you explain what you mean when you say your body is a confederate monument? >> thank you for having me on this morning. when i wrote, when the title came up, the idea behind it was this idea that a monument is a tangible truth to commemorate the past, to show who the people past were and to make sure that their memory is not forgotten, and so when i wrote that my body was a confederate monument, what i meant by that was, my body is one of the outcomes of the beliefs and practices of the confederacy. i am genetically a mixed race person but i am culturally fully a black person, and all of the black people -- excuse me, all of the white people in my family that i'm related to, all of the whiteness came through plantation rape, pre or post-civil war. >> i want to read an excerpt. i have rape colored skin. my blackness is the causes of the old

next e we have kimberly crenshaw, cofounder and de executive director of the african-american policy forum. next, we have mark lewis, an activist with we the people oklahoma. next, we have pastor michael mcbrye x director for the live free campaign and last but not least, we have don bonngihi and with that, miss herron, you are not recognized. >> greetings. my name is contoura herring and i'm a policy strategist and also a member of black lives matter in louisville. i want to thank you for inviting me to speak on this important issue of race, policy, policing injustice. i come before you to make sure we lift up breonna taylor's name and as we continue to fight for justice for her and others who have lost their lives to police brutality. we see protests across the country because enough the enough. during this time of the coronavirus, america and the world are essentially put on pause, which forced people to stop and pay attention. for years, black people have been screaming and america has largely ignored us. i think the coronavirus coupled with the horrific death of george floyd for

next kimberly crenshaw, cofounder and executive director of the african-american. next, an activist with we the people, oklahoma. next, director for the troop campaign. last but not least, host of the bond ouija show. >> greetings. i'm a strategist the aclu black lives matter. i would like to thank you for inviting me to speak on this important issue of policy and justice policing. i come before you as we continue to fight for justice for those who have lost their lives for police brutality. we see protests across the country saying enough is enough, isn't it time the coronavirus, america and the world force people to stop and pay attention? for years black people have been screaming and america has largely ignored us. i think the coronavirus coupled with the horrific death of george floyd forced america to look. for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the world watched as a black man lost his life and called out to his deceased mother as he lay dying. this is not something people can easily erase from their minds. no distraction could take those images, it's time for am

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