Eric Davis and Mary Lewis
Recorded
January 24, 2024
Archived
January 24, 2024
01:04:32
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Id:
osv000286
Description
One Small Step conversation partners Eric Davis (64) & Mary Lewis (78) discuss their lifelong witnessing of race relations, racism, and working for change.Subject Log / Time Code
Eric Davis talks about his interracial marriage, his biracial children and his views on racism.
Mary Lewis talks about how she grew up in the segregated South.
Eric tells a story about going on vacation with his wife in Arkansas.
Mary talks about going to college in the 1960s and Civil Rights marches.
Eric recalls witnessing integration of schools and white flight in Memphis.
Mary recalls her first job as a social worker, witnessing extreme poverty and empathy.
Eric and Mary talk about pay inequity in the workplace for people of color and women.
Mary talks about race relations in Louisiana and the advice she had for her children.
Mary reflects on the views of younger people today.
Eric wishes the government would do more to eradicate racism.
Mary talks about witnessing the cycle of poverty and how to break it.
Mary and Eric discuss the importance of family to eradicate racism.
Mary reflects that people need training in essential skills: parenting, finance...
Eric talks about losing his son to the street and the criminal justice system.
Participants
- Eric Davis
- Mary Lewis