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MSNBC’s Glaude on Covington Students: ‘Why Do We Always’ Defend ‘White Boys’?

‘What do we do, how do we react when brown and black kids are involved?’

EXCERPT:

GLAUDE JR.: “Well, I think we’re always going to face people who have their assumptions affirmed by video footage and the like, folks who are in their -- their isolated silos, Craig. But I think more than anything, underneath some of the backlash against hearing the young man is this question, who -- who are allowed the innocence of childhood, right? So, you saw the image. And then there was this attempt to kind of give a fuller account of the young man. And I think a lot of folks were asking the question, when — why do we always do this in these sorts of cases, when white boys are involved, and what do we do, how do we react when brown and black kids are involved? And -- and people saw the difference. And I think that was underneath it all, if that makes sense to you.”

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