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Derrick Johnson

Derrick Johnson

CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleWikipedia

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Oct 17, 2026

Bess FreedmanGUEST
41:05
And if people can't get access to homes, it's gonna have a very bad impact on minorities.
Bess FreedmanGUEST
41:09
Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP, spoke specifically about this in his piece in Time.
Bess FreedmanGUEST
41:16
And I think access to housing is crucial.
Bess FreedmanGUEST
41:18
We just talked about having a housing affordability crisis.
Bess FreedmanGUEST
39:20
It's about the impact, and if people can't get access to homes, it's gonna have a very bad impact on minorities.
Bess FreedmanGUEST
39:26
Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP, spoke specifically about this in his piece in Time, and I think access to housing is crucial.
Bess FreedmanGUEST
39:34
We just talked about having a housing affordability crisis.
Scarlet FuHOST
39:37
Mm-hmm.
Bess FreedmanGUEST
40:09
It's about the impact, and if people can't get access to homes, it's gonna have a very bad impact on minorities.
Bess FreedmanGUEST
40:16
Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP, spoke specifically about this in his piece in Time, and I think access to housing is crucial.
Bess FreedmanGUEST
40:24
We just talked about having a housing affordability crisis.
Scarlett FuHOST
40:27
Mm-hmm.
Rock-THOST
48:50
Yeah.
Rickey SmileyHOST
48:50
I'm actually shocked these days when somebody stand up, uh, uh, for what's right and, and stand up for civil rights and stand als- alongside of Derrick Johnson and the NAACP and, and, uh, y- you know, the Black Panther movement and all the people that's out here, uh, you know, trying to do the right thing and help people to register to vote and, and for civil rights.
Rickey SmileyHOST
49:11
That is just absolutely heartbreaking, sad, disrespect- disrespectful and disappointing and I'm, and I'm not shocked.
Rock-THOST
49:18
Yeah, you-
Rock-THOST
7:10
Yeah.
Rickey SmileyHOST
7:10
I'm actually shocked these days when somebody stand up, uh, uh, for what's right and, and stand up for civil rights and stand als- alongside of Derrick Johnson and the NAACP and, and, uh, y- you know, the Black Panther movement and all the people that's out here, uh, you know, trying to do the right thing and help people to register to vote and, and for civil rights.
Rickey SmileyHOST
7:31
That is just absolutely heartbreaking, sad, disrespect- disrespectful and disappointing, and I'm, and I'm not shocked.
Rock-THOST
7:38
Yeah, you-
Rashad RobinsonGUEST
31:59
And I also the chapter on taking on big tech towards the end of the book, chapter 14, I think is really important because it shows.
Rashad RobinsonGUEST
32:09
So when I was taking on Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg and that led in the effort that led up to the largest boycott in American history, that was co-led with folks like Derek Johnson, NAACP.
Rashad RobinsonGUEST
32:21
I'd been in back and forth battles with them.
Rashad RobinsonGUEST
32:24
And, you know, we had been meeting with them and folks in their diversity and trying to get them to agree to things.

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