Tape 039London
Reel VERDICTJJ
That came at a cost
The words
Like I said earlier, the problem is systemic racism. It's
institutional. And that's one thing we need to realize.
So if you're a white person and you're watching this and
you're thinking, well, I've got
nothing to do with racism, or I'm
not racist, I don't see color, or you
think that your ancestors did what they did and that somehow doesn't affect
you, I'm here to tell you that you
have white privilege and that white privilege
came at a cost.
The fact that you're deemed valuable in society and
we are not, that came at a cost.
Not only the cost of my ancestors, but
at the cost of so many people currently living today.
So if you don't use that privilege to speak out
against racism, if you don't use that privilege
to actively be anti racist, then shut up.
Honestly, you've got nothing to bring to the table.
The room
Another pass at the charge I had made in April, now alone and more precise.
The problem is systemic; it is institutional. So if you are white and watching this and thinking you have nothing to do with it — you’re not racist, you don’t see colour, your ancestors did what they did and it has nothing to do with you — I’m here to tell you that you have white privilege, and that privilege came at a cost. The fact that you are valued and we are not came at a cost: my ancestors paid part of it, and people living today are still paying the rest. If you don’t use that privilege to speak out, to be actively anti-racist, then shut up. You’ve got nothing to bring to the table.
In April, sitting opposite someone, I had called the same people complicit. Here there was nobody opposite me, and I sent the invoice.
The receipt
Words
Fireflies · diarised audio transcript
VERDICT transcript, day one · Speaker 1 · turns 00:38:58 + 00:40:49
Speaker 1 = JJ · anchored on 3 lines
Time
FCP captions · the cue lines
VERDICT captions, day one · 00:40:10.7–00:41:19.5
Provenance
The canon index
VERDICT master index v1.1 · not tiered — found in the skim
DivergenceThe captions garble 'at a cost' and repeat a phrase. The transcript is printed.
Testimony, not fabrication.
The echo
the same charge, face to face → Tape 026
The decode
COSTa reading of the word — not of the passage
🔒 verified bridge 19b871bf A reading, not a claim. Read any word →