In Their Own Voice: Young, black Bay Area residents react to the killing of George Floyd

OAKLAND, California (KGO) -- ABC7 reached out to several young black residents of the Bay Area to share their thoughts on being black in America today, and what they see as the path forward to overcoming the extensive and systematic racism embedded in our society.

Listen to what they had to say in the video player above.

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