Tawanna Black wants to see a funeral for racism - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

Interview with Tawanna Black, the CEO and founder of the Center for Economic Inclusion.

Is there anything else our readers need to know?

I think it's important to note the number of people who are working hard to ensure that we heal. That can't be stressed enough. I actually am right now looking at letters that neighbors in Roseville woke up to on their lawns that are just hate-filled. We go to work every day and don't know that our black and indigenous and co-workers of color are experiencing hate in ways we have no idea about. They don't know that you have neighbors in Roseville who woke up to signs on their lawns telling them, "I'm going to torch your home." I don't think those signs or letters are left by their neighbors, but nonetheless, now they've living in fear. I've had people warning me all weekend about my Twitter feed and how I should be scared. I went to bed Saturday night with my kids in my bed because I was scared after all the warnings I got, and I'm living in a suburb for God's sakes. I just want readers to know they have no idea the weight that people of color are carrying every day, all day long. And now we have a real chance to not just have a funeral for another man, but to have a funeral for racism if we want to do this work and do it right.

Last part of the interview, but I appreciate her raw and direct comments.