Baton Rouge activist Gary Chambers Jr. joins Morning_Joe to discuss viral video demanding Confederate school name change: 'What you saw in that video is really a reflection of what Black America is dealing with as it relates to white America.'
A video of Baton Rouge activist Gary Chambers Jr. giving an impassioned speech in support of changing the name of a high school named for Robert E. Lee and calling out a school board member who was shopping online has gone viral.
Chambers, who appeared on MSNBC's"Morning Joe" on Monday to discuss the video, attended an East Baton Rouge Parish School Board meeting on Thursday during a debate about whether Lee High School, named for the Confederate general, should be renamed.“I had intended to get up here and talk about how racist Robert E. Lee was, but I’m going to talk about you, Connie. Sitting over there shopping while we’re talking about Robert E. Lee.
Chambers was calling out school board member Connie Bernard, whom he accused of shopping online while community members were voicing their concerns about the school's name. "You can look at all of the streets around Lee High School are named after Confederate generals ... when you go to a local school board meeting, what you saw in that video is really a reflection of what Black America is dealing with as it relates to white America," Chambers told"Morning Joe" on Monday.Sign Up
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