Being Black in America: UIUC Chancellor Robert Jones

Dr. Robert Jones is the current Chancellor at the U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which is one of the largest public universities in the country and one of the largest and most prominent research universities in the world. He recently gave an interview about being black in America. He thinks our approach should be one we don't hear discussed a lot, which is as a public health crisis.

That would be an interesting mindset and approach to take as a nation, just as many suggest we should treat gun violence as a public health crisis...big, important issues that become politically and emotionally charged in a hurry when taking them on head-on, could be looked at in a different light, as public health, which is something that invites working together because public health is more inclusive and doesn't care what color one's skin is; just as a virus or bacterium doesn't care who its host is, the public as a whole must figure out how to handle the disease.