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A
Yeah
well
turning
to
another
pretty
hot
topic,
and
that
is
race
and
equity
that
has
dominated
news
cycles.
Lately
the
county
has
announced
a
new
effort
to
address
racial
equity
and
disparity
in
the
community.
What
can
you
tell
us
about
this
venture.
C
B
Are
thinking
this
is
new
in
a
way
it's
new,
but
you
remember
christian
dorsey,
who
was
our
chair
last
year,
brought
forward
as
his
focus
area
equity
and
we
adopted
an
equity
resolution
and
we
have
actually
been
setting
out
fulfilling
all
the
items
that
we
said.
We
were
going
to
do
with
that
equity
resolution,
so
this
particular
step
is
a
new
step,
but
the
whole
effort
is
not
new
at
all.
We
began
in
last
year,
particularly
focusing
on
our
organization
with
the
government
alliance
for
race
and
equity.
B
That's
through
the
council
of
governments.
Actually,
all
of
the
surrounding
jurisdictions
have
been
sort
of
focusing
on
that
with
their
employees
and
that
has
really
taken
off
that
for
a
while
was
really
getting
started
when
the
pandemic
hit.
But
I
will
say
that
helped
give
a
foundation,
for
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
obviously
tripped
this
for
everybody
nationwide
was
the
horrible
murder
of
george
floyd
and
the
upset
and
the
concern,
and
just
a
sense
that
we've
got
to
fix
that
this
and
which
is
great.
B
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
dislodged,
as
you
mentioned,
was
that
was
a
dialogues
and
that's
an
effort
to
bring
the
community
together
and
have
conversations
and
not
just
one
of
the
things
about
racial
discussions,
particularly
they
can
be
difficult.
So
you
tend
to
talk
with
people
who
think
like
you
do.
You
don't
tend
to
get
into
a
situation
where
you're
really
talking
with
people
who
come
from
a
different
from
a
different
place.
B
Sometimes
when
that
happens,
people
just
yell
at
each
other
and
that's
not
helpful,
so
we're
working
to
try
and
help
the
whole
community
have
these
conversations
and
get
it
up
to
a
certain
level.
Where
then,
we
can
really
start
to
examine
these
issues
and
deal
with
it.
I
say
we're
trying
to
move
from
systemic
racism,
to
systemic
equity
as
a
county
and
as
a
government
and
so
takas.
I'm
sorry
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
C
C
The
it
is
absolutely
true
that
arlington
county
under
the
leadership
of
christian
dorsey,
adopted
this
resolution.
C
This
resolution
came
came
already
after
a
very
deep
and
profound
dialogue
about
the
you
know:
the
systemic,
the
structural
issues
and
liabilities
we
have
in
in
this
field,
in
lack
of
equity
and
of
of
what
kind
of
impacts
racism
as
institutionalized
systemic
racism
has
had
in
all
parts
of
arlington's
life
from
you
know,
zoning
issues,
housing
issues,
employment
issues,
wealth
differences,
health
differences.
C
We
we
see
that
all
percolating
right
now
during
the
covet
in
this
coveted
summer,
the
the
the
pandemic
has
really
revealed
a
lot
of
things,
a
lot
of
disparities
that
we
already
knew
knew
about
and,
of
course,
the
precipitating
factor
of
george
floyd's
murder
in
minneapolis
and
several
other
episodes
we
had
this
this
year
and
the
ongoing
black
lives
matter
protests,
and
that
puts
you
know
that
puts
us
in
a
position
where
everybody
can
engage
and
should
engage.
So
the
dialogues
are
a
one
of
many
areas
where
citizens
can
engage.
C
Actually,
we
are
recording
that
today,
which
is
the
22nd
of
of
october
thursday.
I
believe
the
first
one
is
already
offered
on
in
october
24th
saturday,
this
saturday,
so
I
I
we
warmly
approach
everybody
to
go
online
and
the
arlington
county
webs
website.
They
will
see
that
pretty
fast,
where
it
is
and
sign
on
to
participate
in
these
dialogues.
In
addition,
I
have
to
say
there
are
other
all
other.
C
We
have
been
every
single
board
meeting
and
that
I
have
participated.
All
three
of
them
have
been
dealing
with
this
issue.
The
issue
is
not
only
pro
forma
present
in
our
action
is
actually
substantially
present
in
every
single
board
meeting
and,
I
believe,
every
in
everyday
life
in
in
government's
everyday
life.
This
is
important
to
know
and
important
to
take
into
account.
C
We
have
talked
about
the
symbols
and
the
and
the
logo
for
lipton
county,
the
desire
to
retire
that
we've
talked
about
the
names
of
certain
streets
of
certain
places,
public
places
all
this
is
right
now
subject
to
these
dialogues,
and
this
is
the
first
point
of
engagement
for
citizens
coming
up.
C
B
Weren't
there
in
january,
but
I
know
I
know
you
know.
Obviously
I
carried
forward
that
same
focus
area
for
the
for
the
board
this
year
and
I
had
three.
You
know:
equity,
innovation
and
resilience,
and
little
did
I
know
that's
kind
of
basically
all
we're
doing.
That's
all
we've
been
doing
a
little
bit
of
foreshadowing.
A
B
It's
all
coming
together
and
it's
all
getting
people
kind
of
on
a
level
set
on
the
language
we
use
and
what
we
talk
about
and
what
and
kind
of
being
able
to
understand
each
other's
perspectives
challenging
racism
is
a
local
nonprofit
that
has
been
doing
this,
for
I
think
at
least
20
years
I
mean
I
worked
with
them
when
I
was
on
the
school
board
and
my
focus
on
the
school
board
was
equity
and
education.
That
was
the
one
at
one
area.
B
You
didn't
mention
tacos,
but
it
really
permeates
everything
we
do
and
they
will
be
coming
up
with
the
challenging
racism.
Folks
we're
having
the
conversations
with
citizens,
then
we're
going
to
move
to
groups
and
they're
going
to
develop
a
toolbox
for
these
conversations
that
you
can
kind
of
anybody
who
wants
to
have
a
conversation
like
this
can
take
it.
So
we
have
similar
similar
questions
to
ask
and
a
similar
way
to
move
forward.
B
As
I
said
at
the
outset,
I
think
we
all
know
this
is
a
difficult,
difficult
issue,
and
people
can
use
a
little
support
in
how
to
handle
it
and
have
these
conversations
so
they're
developing
a
toolbox
from
these
conversations,
we're
going
to
be
working
with
larger
groups
and
then
getting
on
and
continuing
and
having
those
larger
groups
span
out
themselves
and
sort
of
train.
The
trainer
kind
of
idea
we
got
a
good
partner
with
amazon
amazon
is
is
helping
to
fund
this.
B
They
are
also
participating
now
that
was
kind
of
part
of
the
the
deal
when
we
talked
to
them.
We
would
love
to
have
you
join
us,
but
we
really
want
you
to
participate
as
well.
We.
Finally
I
want
to
mention
the
questionnaire
that
we've
got
and
that
is
online
too,
and
we
really
encourage
people
to
take
this
questionnaire.
We're
trying
to
get
a
baseline
sense
of
where
people
are
and,
as
I've
said,
I
mean
people
listening.
There
may
be
some
people
who
just
think
systemic
racism.
What
is
that
racism?
B
That's
not
a
big
problem
here,
not
in
arlington.
That's
fine!
We
want
to
hear
from
you
because
we
want
to
get
the
gamut
of
ideas
and
then
one
more
thing
in
the
when
we
adopted
that
resolution.
There
were
four
questions
so
for
anything
that
we
do
that.
You
should
ask
these
questions.
One
is:
who
benefits
the
next?
One
is
who's
burdened
by
this
decision.
B
The
next
one
is
who's
missing
and
how
do
we
know
and
samia
byrd,
our
new
chief
equity
racism,
equity
officer,
which
is
part
she
came
out
of
that
resolution
as
well.
She
added
another
question,
a
fifth
question,
which
is:
what
did
we
do
so
in
answering
that
question
carl.
We
have
plans
on
what
we're
going
to
do,
but
we're
going
to
make
sure
and
hold
ourselves
accountable,
because
we've
got
to
be
able
to
answer.
C
Fascinating,
it's
definitely
relevant
to
this
conversation
as
well.
So
this
is
an
another
process
that
is
ongoing,
we'll
be
rendering
results
all
very
actionable.
I
I'm
pretty
confident
that
they
will
be
very
actionable
by
the
end
of
the
year
or
a
little
bit
after
the
new
year's,
but
this
is
an
ongoing
process.
B
B
I've
talked
to
the
manager
and
that's
on
the
you
know
what
we're
gonna
do
about
the
logos
and
the
symbols
at
least
getting
to
a
process,
and
I
believe
the
police
policy
group
procedures
group.
That's
reviewing
that.
I
think
they're
going
to
have
a
report
out
as
well
before
the
end
of
the
year.
I
believe,
and
that
will
inform
the
search
for
the
police
chief.