Gun violence exposes structural racism in U.S., say experts
STORY: Gun violence exposes structural racism in U.S., say experts
DATELINE: June 3, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:55
LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S.
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of U.S.
2. various of scenes of shooting incidents in the U.S.
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ANTONIO GONZALEZ PLESSMAN, Human rights activist in Venezuela
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SUZAN ISMAIL, Lebanese lawyer
5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English) : STEPHEN NDEGWA, United States International University (USIU-Africa) in Kenya
STORYLINE:
As the U.S. is plagued with worsening gun violence, some observers say that mass shootings carried out by white supremacists expose structural, generational racism in the society.
Last month, a heavily armed 18-year-old white man shot and killed 10 people and injured three others in Buffalo, New York, 11 of them African Americans.
U.S. President Joe Biden denounced white supremacy as "a poison running through our body politic."
However, as a recent Washington Post-Ipsos poll shows, more than half of African Ame
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