Saint Paul, MN -- When Billy Hughes, an indigenous man, was murdered by the Saint Paul Police Department, MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) published a story with the word "justified" in the headline. Although they were quoting the prosecutors, MPR made a vile mistake in presenting passive language in response to the murder of a person of color. This form of reporting is selective and celebrates the racially biased behavior of police.

This march will go through a very symbolic part of the Twin Cities, and give platform to dozens of BIPOC press, as they address gaping inequities among our current performative platforms of public media.
DEMANDS
- Companies considering themselves "Public Media" are to hire as many, or more, BIPOC employees as they do white employees. Call Center employees not included.
- Companies considering themselves "Public Media" must turn over their cameras to the public at least one day out of the week to have the public film its own stories.
- Diversity is not good enough. Companies considering themselves "Public Media" are to address their complicity in white supremacy by taking white privilege workshops to garner not only awareness of their white power, rank and privilege, but to be able to avidly work to dismantle white supremacy.
- A public apology is not good enough. Companies considering themselves "Public Media" must turn over reports made on bodies of color that have suffered or been murdered at the hands of police brutality, to the families of the victim to be rewritten and rereleased with the family's explicit consent.
- Minnesota Public Radio, Twin Cities Public Television, and Public Broadcasting Service must refrain from use of the word "Public" until these demands are met.
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