Posted on Aug 29, 2023
Tallahassee's NAACP president reacts to the mass shooting in Jacksonville
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mutaqee Akbar, president of the Tallahassee branch of the NAACP, about the Jacksonville shooting in which a white gunman killed three Black people and then himself.
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mutaqee Akbar, president of the Tallahassee branch of the NAACP, about the Jacksonville shooting in which a white gunman killed three Black people and then himself.
Tallahassee's NAACP president reacts to the mass shooting in Jacksonville
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Racism
Firearms and Guns
Violence
Jacksonville
Posted 9 mo ago
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."AKBAR: That's a difficult question because it's trying to put a rational thought to irrational behavior. And that's the same thing we've been dealing with, I think, with this legislation and this whole idea of being woke and everything. So I do think we need to stop the rhetoric, stop the hate, stop this idea of being woke all of a sudden means division. And let's move towards community. Let's move towards unity and, at the same time, discuss the realities of history; at the same time, discuss these ideas and policies that need to be put in place, that put Black people and the Black community at equal footing as everybody else because of all that we've endured and still enduring. So I think moving forward with equality.
SUMMERS: We've been speaking with Mutaqee Akbar, president of the Tallahassee branch of the NAACP. Thank you so much for being here.
AKBAR: Thank you for having me."
..."AKBAR: That's a difficult question because it's trying to put a rational thought to irrational behavior. And that's the same thing we've been dealing with, I think, with this legislation and this whole idea of being woke and everything. So I do think we need to stop the rhetoric, stop the hate, stop this idea of being woke all of a sudden means division. And let's move towards community. Let's move towards unity and, at the same time, discuss the realities of history; at the same time, discuss these ideas and policies that need to be put in place, that put Black people and the Black community at equal footing as everybody else because of all that we've endured and still enduring. So I think moving forward with equality.
SUMMERS: We've been speaking with Mutaqee Akbar, president of the Tallahassee branch of the NAACP. Thank you so much for being here.
AKBAR: Thank you for having me."
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