'TRIAL & TRIBULATION' Examines the Pressing Questions of Our Time By Jess Bellville, Kevin Dragseth and Kyeland Jackson
On May 25, 2020, we witnessed George Floyd's murder in a video watched around the world – a cellphone capture shot by then 17-year-old Darnella Frazier who has since been recognized with a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. As the trial of former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin unfolded in March and April 2021, we looked back at the past year and the last 100 years of Minnesota's long history with systemic racism and examined the pressing questions of this moment in our collective history.
How did this happen? Why did it happen here? And what does it take to move forward?
Part of Twin Cities PBS’ digital storytelling project, Racism Unveiled, "Trial & Tribulation: Racism and Justice in Minnesota" is a digital series that tackles a range of questions sparked by the trial, with answers rooted in the past that continue to send tremors through our society in the present. Each episode revolves around a key question and features mostly BIPOC thinkers, dreamers and doers who offer perspective, nuance and context. Just as the full force of George Floyd’s murder will be with us for years to come, the series asks important questions that will take time to unravel, such as: EPISODE 1: "How Can Black Communities Find Healing After Generations of Racism and Historical Trauma?" Social worker and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem talks about the impact of generational and historic trauma on top of the trauma of the pandemic, racism and the trial of Derek Chauvin. Resmaa gives ideas for how to process trauma in the coming days, weeks, months and years.
EPISODE 2: "How Does the Social Justice SystemWork Against Black and Brown Folks?"
For white Minnesotans, juries can be inconvenient, yet fair and impartial. But for Black and brown people, a long history of racism, bias and exclusion makes trial by jury a more complicated topic. In this episode, we answer a two-part question: how does the jury system work and how does it work against Black and brown folks?
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