white america turns on him and inside black america, that's zero percent of black folks that he was irrelevant. i mean the naacp come out against him. the urban league come out against him. the leading black journalist, ralph bunch a nobel laureate comes out against him. i can't quote what thurgood marshall, supreme court justice said about dr. king, what he felt about him during that era. so everybody turns on martin. the media, white house white folk, black folk and that's the life he has to navigate for the last you're of his life. he is talking about racism and poverty and militarism, and nobody wants to hear that. they turned their back on him. he dies broke. in the last year of his life he can't get a book deal. he can't gate paid speech. disinvited to the white house and disinvited to to black churches. this is the last mile of the way that king has to walk all by himself. so when martin takes the bullet a year later, same day april 4, 1967. killed april 4 1968. when he is killed on the balcony he believes and dies -- imagine this now -- martin dies believing that everything and everybo

[applause] i am not the candidate of black america, although i am black and proud. [applause] i am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although i am a woman and am equally proud of that. [applause] i am not the candidate of any political fatcats or special interests. [applause] i stand here now without endorsement from many big-name politicians or celebrities or any other prop, i do not intend to offer to you the tired things , cliches that have been accepted part of our political life. i am the candidate of the people of america. [applause] we have looked in vain to the nixon administration for the courage, the spirit, the character, and the words to lift us, to bring out the best ins, -- in us, to rekindle in each of us the faith in the american dream. yet all that we have received in return, another smooth exercise in political manipulation, deceit and deception callousness and indifference to our individual problems, and the disgusting, divisive politics pitting the young against the old, labor against management, north against south, blac

we started with a covenants with black america. a book that came out and talked about the 10 issues most important to african-americans and what the next president how to do about these issues. that book came out long before the country ever heard of barack obama. this is the bush era when we knew the black agenda needed to be taken more seriously. before hillary declared or john edwards, joe biden this book about black america came out. as a result of that book we had two presidential debates i was able to moderate with my network pbs. democrats met at howard university. those that showed up, morgan state, two black colleges in baltimore and d.c. respectively. we had the covenant in action, the second book in that trilogy. how do you take the issues and principles in the covenant and put, peter those issues into the action. that was the second book the covenant in action. the third book is accountable. senator obama or president obama winning. his face is on the cover the book. he is the guy who made these commitments and promises

that explains a lot about why this has been a perpetual in black america. what it would take to fix you see i always a member from chief bernard at the lapd was because the criminal justice system, but it is five parts about related things jammed together and they don't work together well. >> host: from "ghettoside," jill leovy writes many critics today complain the criminal justice system is heavy-handed and unfair to authorities. we are great deal about capital punishment drug laws supposed misuse of eyewitness evidence, traveling high levels of blackmail incarceration and so forth. to assert that black americans suffer from too little application, not too much seems at odds with common perception. >> guest: i did write that. it is not as much of a paradox as it sounds like. i am talking about two different things. they are important things. i came to believe the way you respond to violence in a society is foundational. it is what you build everything else on. so if you have a system that responds adequately, response stickers late when human beings are h

so what do you think the impact of these black reality tv shows has been on the perception of black america? >> it's been both negative and positive, okay? i feel like when our show first started we were positive. i thought people really liked it. even though we got in your face it was never a fistfight. it was mouthing. our first physical fight on our show was last season. they really took it there. it's just been negative. it's been negative the type of shows that have come on and i always say when i meet all of these reality stars because they all contact me at some point or another and i said i can't believe you did all that for $1.50. they are not that serious. you cannot go all the way left and feel like you're going to have a career after that. i don't think you can have one. >> so what positive has come from this for black america? >> it definitely shows other black girls who are watching the tv, i can be an author. they can be a designer like me. >> right. >> oh my gosh. i can be a designer. i can actually be an actor. i can actually be on broadway. >> sure. >> it's the way you go

this is a familiar frame in all too, deadly refrain in black america. the only thing different about this is a video. >> what do you think about the police report david? it's so contradictory to the video here. >> absolutely. but that's to be expected in a case where the officer, i'm sure the officer after the fact realized oh my god, what did i do? >> you think as soon as he's fired shots? >> by the way, this is no way shape or form anything close to the hikemichael brown shooting. with respect to the speaker, michael brown was the bad actor. this is totally different. to make that comparison is not fair and not just. >> we understand at a certain point, and we should talk about that as well. what do you think about that? the hands up don't shoot narrative has turned out to be false in this case. you look at this video for instance and see walter scott clearly running away from the officer. >> let's be clear, it has not been determined by a court of law. that was a specific legal standing the doj spoke about. the narrative or story of someone reaching

[applause] i am not the candidate of black america, although i am black and proud. [applause] i am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although i am a woman and am equally proud of that. i am not the candidate of any political fatcats or special interests. [applause] i say here now without endorsement from many big-name politicians or celebrities or any other prop, i do not intend to offer to you the tired things that have two long been part of our political life. i am the candidate of the people of america. fellow americans, we have looked in vain to the nixon administration for the courage the spirit, the character, and the words to lift us, to bring out the best ins, to rekindle in each of us the faith in the american dream. yet all that we have received in return, and exercise and political manipulation, deceit and deception, callousness and indifference to our individual problems, and the disgusting divisive politics pitting the young against the old, labor against management, north against south, black against white. [applause] the abidi

this is the 2015 a of black america report. before we get into the report, i want to ask you what do you think of the response in south carolina to the shooting of mr. scott? guest: the important thing is that the family and the lawyers are conducting themselves with absolute dignity and professionalism in how they have responded to the death of a loved one. number two, the local officials risk wanted very quickly once presented with evidence and the evidence was the videotape. it they responded to fire the officer and two book him on charges. in that respect, this case is very different from prior cases where there was a long time. in ferguson there was a local denial before there was an investigation. there was not an indictment. what stunning about this case is we not only witnessed this awful incident, this shooting of a man who was fleeing, we also saw the effort to cover it up instinctively. that was deeply troubling. the effort to plant the taser at the person's body. the police reports the written by the other officers

house floor. >> it feels like open season on black men in america and i'm outraged. in fact, all americans are at risk when bad access and law enforcement use their guns instead of their heads. >> here to explain is the congressman you just saw in the video hank johnson, how are you, sir? >> i'm fine been thank you for having me. >> the latest year we have statistics for, do you know how many total deaths black, fatal fatalityies caused by law enforcement, do you know how many they were? >> no, and that's a big problem, sean. >> i do have the number. >> we do not collect those figures -- >> well i have the cdc -- >> from 18,000 jurisdiction that have police departments. it's about 400 deaths. >> it's 123 deaths. the last year that we have 2012, from the cdc, do you know for 2013 the fbi, the latest statistics that we have murder statistics, black on black crime, do you know how many actual murders took place in 2013? >> well i tell you this is a problem that we have in our society with crime -- >> but i'll give you the number. there's a big disparity. >> it stems fro

but is black america entitled to something? i believe the answer is yes. and to your first question, are we a permanent underclass, i hope not but if you tuned in earlier, the data is going indicate that black people have lost ground in every economic category in the own years. that's going to cause a serious conversation among our leaders and community aboutabout what the future holds for us and that's when reason i have been soaggr inrying that's one of the reasons why i've been so aggressive. i'm trying to hold this administration accountable. they acted like i've never held clinton accountable or the other bush. i've been doing this for years. it hasn't been just with the obama administration. i want to be progressive about it because i said the opportunity for us to no longer be an under class is slipping away. time is not on our side. the data is hard to argue with. >> volume two may 22. last night i was standing between bill gates and warren buffett having a conversation thinking to myself that these are the number one and number two richest people

so now in black america, we flip the script. for all the sacrifice and all the service and all the struggle, the blood, the sweat and tears we have now arrived at a play in more than history in black history, where black kids are not going to do as well as their parents. i've gone full circle here. so again i'm not ever going to call the president a house negro. what i am suggesting is he had a different journey and the journey he had is the different than the journey most of us have had and the journey his kids -- his daughters are going to have is a very different journey than most black kid inside america are going to have if we read the data. that where the conversation in the barber shop and the beauty salon gets interesting. >> host: claire in new york, good afternoon claire. >> caller: good afternoon. thank you for taking my call. i am a white folk. i'm a big follower of tavis, the truth-teller. i really just want to talk to him. i have a very simple question, i guess. i just want know what he thinks of al sharpton elizab

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this is the 2015 a of black america report. before we get into the report, i want to ask you what do you think of the response in south carolina to the shooting of mr. scott? guest: the important thing is that the family and the lawyers are conducting themselves with absolute dignity and professionalism in how they have responded to the death of a loved one. number two, the local officials risk wanted very quickly once presented with evidence and the evidence was the videotape. it they responded to fire the officer and two book him on charges. in that respect, this case is very different from prior cases where there was a long time. in ferguson there was a local denial before there was an investigation. there was not an indictment. what stunning about this case is we not only witnessed this awful incident, this shooting of a man who was fleeing, we also saw the effort to cover it up instinctively. that was deeply troubling. the effort to plant the taser at the person's body. the police reports the written by the other officers

america. c-span: if this film were to come out today and be a in a multiplex theater in this country, what would happen? >> guest: well, i hope it wouldn't get censored but i hope there'd be lots of protest drawing anticipation to the racism that's at the heart of story. c-span: just so we can get a flavor, want to do a minute. want to show the opening of this. understand what it looks like for three hours and 12 minutes. let's watch. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ c-span: the first minute of "the birth of a nation," what did we just see? >> guest: we showed as griffith in his title said the first thing of this union in america was the bringing of africans as slaves to the united states. and it sort of sets the note that the tone that freeing slaves was a huge mistake. c-span: when did you first watch this and what was your reaction to it? >> guest: boy, my first viewing of this was, like many people's, it was in a film history course in college. it's the starting point. because this movie, in terms

black america needs support of the police because we suffer a 9/11 every six months. 3,000 blacks killed by other blacks. only a handful of killed by the police. for him to interject himself into that kind of controversy did not serve this nation did not serve the republican party. i believe it is important for the republican party to broaden its base. it is in the interest of black america and this nation to have both parties competitive. but rand paul made a critical mistake. to me the race issue for candidates is a third real issue. he touched that third real. any candidate that believes the only way to get support from the black community is coming through the race door we have issues that are much broader than that and i think it was ill advised for him to go to ferguson. >> let me bring in political analyst former rnc chairman michael steele, not just because you're the other black man on the panel here let me say that. let me get your reaction to what mr. woodson had to say, that this was a mistake for rand paul to go to ferguson and that op-ed as well that he wrote. >> well i hav

is there a vacuum of leadership in black america and civil rights america? >> i don't think there's a vacuum of leadership. i think there's a vacuum of organized-- organization and these are not quite the same thing. in ferguson, the leadership was there. it was mobilizing people. it was saying, "let's do something about this. let's raise some hell about this." today-- things are not happening as quickly and they're not put together as quickly as they-- as they were then. >> if today somebody said, "we're gonna make julian bond the de facto head of ferguson response--" after it had happened what would you have done differently? >> i would have organized people to march or protest in a particular way t-- to-- tow-- in a particular direction. i'd have them-- saying "we're all gonna knock on-- these doors. we're gonna make this noise. we're going to do this thing right here. we're gonna be a machine moving and yelling and screaming and making noise." and that is the difference i would make. >> we look back at the civil rights movement as students of it and peop

is there a vacuum of leadership in black america and civil rights america. >> i don't think there is a vacuum of leadership. there is a vacuum of organization. these are not quite the same thing. in ferguson the leadership was there and was mobilizing people saying let's do something about this let's raise some hell about this. today things are not happening as quickly and put together as quickly as they were then. >> yes if today someone said we're going to make julian bond the de facto head of ferguson response what would you have done differently? >> i would have organized people to march or protest in a particular way towards a particular direction. i would have them saying, we're all going to knock on these doors. we're going to make this joys. noise. we're going to do this right here. we're going to be a machine moving yelling and screaming and making noise. >> when you look back at the civil rights students, you see people like yourself, john lewis, martin luther king, we could have a long list. but when we look today we see very often jesse jackson and al sharpton. the young

i think the sad thing is black america is going to go in such a deep depression when the obama sleep the white house because it would mean then as he leaves the black suffering and misery still in place. he is going to nice little philanthropic program. not 1 penny from the government. philanthropic program for the black brothers of the black sisters catching hell too traded that black folks will look around and say a what happened? why are they telling the truth? all we want our positions. all they want is so-and-so. how come you didn't tell the truth? gillani is strong on wednesdays and fridays and other days we pray for that. there are folks who know deep down the tradition that produced them can be cheered to malcolm and martin and stokely and the others without taking a risk and sacrificing your popularity for telling the truth. this is not about popularity. it's about integrity. that is what we love about martin but again he's not the only one. the book is about martin and in a way to better people. it's about a tradition. it is the greatest tradition in the modern world when i

it's time for renewed focus for blacks in america and a need for real solutions for issues that have plagued our communities. i'll end mr. speaker, by quoting some excerpts from a state of the union speech. he said, unfortunately, many americans living on the outskirts of hope. some because of their poverty and some because of their color. all too many because of both. our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. this administration today he said, here and now declares unconditional war on poverty in america. and so i urge this congress and all americans to join with me in that effort, he said. it will not be a short or easy struggle. no single weapon or strategy will suffice, but we shall not rest until the war is won. president johnson said the richest nation on earth can't afford to win it. we cannot afford to lose it. $1,000 invested in salvaging an unemployable youth today can return $40,000 or more in his lifetime. president johnson said poverty is a national problem, requiring improved national organizations and support. but this attack, to be effective, must al

and i think the sad thing is that black america is going to go into such a deep depression when they leave the white house because it will mean them as we leave them still in place and escalating you have a nice little philanthropic program not 1 penny from the government can't program for the black brother and black sisters but they will look around and say what happened? like a computer list the truth? >> we wanted positions and lectures in the so and so. why didn't you tell the truth? spank there was some but not a lot. they are strong on wednesday and friday so they are caught because they know deep down the tradition has produced them and we can't be true to mark command malcolm and stokely without taking a risk that is sacrificed in the popularity for telling the truth. this isn't about popularity. it's about integrity. that's what we love but again he is not the only one even though it is about martin in a way it is about people. it is about a tradition, and it is the greatest tradition and modern world when it comes to the people who have levels of href from 400 years and the

is there a vacuum of leadership in black america and civil rights america? >> i don't think there's a vacuum of leadership, i think there's a vacuum of organization. and these are not the same thing. in ferguson the leadership was there. it was mobilizing people. it was saying "let's do something about this let's raise hell about this." today, things are not happening as quickly and are not put together as quickly as they were then. >> if someone said today we are going to make july yn bond the de facto head of -- julian bond the de facto head of ferguson response what would you have done differently. >> i would have organised people to march in a particular way, in a particular direction. i would have them saying we are all going to knock on these doors, we'll make this noise, we'll do this thing right here. we'll be machines moving and yelling and screaming and making noise. that's the difference i would make >>> we look back on the civil rights the movements and we see students people like yourself john lewis, martin luther king so many others. we could h

blacks are being killed, unarmed blacks are being killed about the same rate as whites in america. that would lend the idea or if alan wants to use some math. >> i actually did use. >> incident rate than blacks. >> i agree, eric. this is a problem. in the black community, we need to have a conversation that is unencumbered by the radical left and progressive agenda that tries to use government coercion to address problems. here is the reality, black americans like myself. we have an elevated risk of death that will come not from law enforcement but that will come from other black americans. i want to make this one quick point. if you look at the mortality rate in america between white men and black men, according to the cdc, the second most likely contributor to that disparity is homicide. there is no other ethnic group that homicide ranks as high and statistics actually show it's black people killing other black people you are talking about homicide blacks versus blacks and you are correct. law enforcement officials and african-americans which is a different set of stats than blac

yes, america, many black people struggle. yes, there has been black crime but that does not define us, there are many white people struggling and white crime. but that does not define whites. i would like to tell you what black is. black is beautiful just as white is beautiful just as every other color you see is beautiful. black is human just as every other color is human. black is a shelf underneath which we all share the same red blood, the same vital organs and same skeletal structure. america, we cannot live like this any longer. as you can see, it is not only black people who see this injustice, every single color is represented here, america. this right here is what we are need to see, people seeing others fight the injustice that join in the cause to work toward a better and equal tomorrow. please, please i am begging you, try to change for the better, america. sincerely, a black life. >> a special thanks to alex ford and the students at princeton university. and that does it for this edition of our world with black e

we live in white america and black america. sadly that is true, but it reminds me of what dr. king said consistently change does not roll in on the wills of inevitability. taking the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. these are real issues. we cannot continue to turn a blind eye or a deaf ear. all americans have to take this seriously. why? because as often as we talk about these black men being gunned down by cops there are clearly more white fellow citizens killed by cops every year than there are black fellow citizens. >> tavis smiley, it's good to have you. >> thank you john. >> the change of the guard. tuesday's election brought two more african american members to the city council. six member council is now 50% black for the first time in its history. even though nearly 70% of ferguson citizens are black wesley bell talked to tony harris this morning. >> our entire movement was about public servants. and oftentimes our public servants forget that part of the title. they forget the service part. and as a result everything we did was about getting people involved making the

but not only in terms of black america. but you see higher rate of single parent families among the whites and hispanics and what does it lead to? >> hi absentee rate and it is one that led out. douglas high school in baltimore. what you can see, high dropout rates and high absentee rates and then kids without hope we are talking about. it is not that there is no hope but the kids impacting by the drug and impact these kids and we saw that at 3 o'clock p.m. they are the ones that are subjected to the gang and professional provokeours. >> and a new pair of nikes are 150 and you don't have that money because you are not working and there is an opportunity to smash the window in the shoe store, that looks acceptable alternative. >> it is not acceptable. i think what you have here it is easy to do it. it is something you can do easy and get away with. and a big excuse to rationalize it. there is no excuse. >> the get away with it is interesting too. the police had a hands off approach. they were not going to crack down on the l

why the singer says the system in america was never built for black people. stay with us. >>> you're watching "talk to al jazeera", i'm speaking with akon, the senegalese-american singer. >>> you are considered a first generation american, your parents are african, you were born in the united states, but spent your early childhood in senegal and moved to the united states. do you consider yourself american, african, african-american what are you? >> america. >> so you are not american. >> i wish i was. >> you have the accent. >> no, i went to school in america. my earlier childhood i was raised in africa. when i graduated high school it was a choice of africa or the u.s. greater. >> you are the perfect example true. >> thank you. >> millions of africans who make it to the states, and who don't, you know, have the same success and the same luck as you have. what would be your advice to a young african who is emigrating to the united states today? >> this advice will go to any person migrating into the states. ultimately you can't change who you are. the bigges

america. they say it is okay when i say it because it is good natured. >> it comes from a great place. it is like a negro spiritual. >> it is the ga. >> and the er? >> that's what i am told though. it comes down to spelling and it comes down to tone. >> and generation. >> it makes me uncomfortable. even if it was in a song lyric. >> how about in the throws of passion? >> that's different. >> it is different. your conversation between the ceiling is nobody's business. pause for a second. >> andy, what do you think? >> i think i don't know what is going on anymore. >> see it makes everyone weird, right? except for you. >> i am reveling in it. i want to drag in lou daabs. >> you are watching her from the ceiling. >> joe, you got to concerts? you are singing along? >> when i say broadway musicals i harmonize in my seat to all of the songs. i totally get it and i know i am not the broadway star but i feel like one when i am watching it. >> ♪ i really need this job ♪ ♪ who am i anyway? >> hope

why the singer says the system in america was never built for black people. stay with us. >> monday. >> do you make anything that ends up in walmart? >> yes. >> child labor. >> how old are you? >> 12 years old? >> sweatshop conditions. >> says "old navy". >> who's making america's clothes? >> if walmart doesn't know, it's because they choose not to know. >> "faultlines". >> what do we want? >> al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today the will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >> we have to get out of here. >> "faultlines: made in bangladesh". monday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> you're watching "talk to al jazeera", i'm speaking with akon, the senegalese-american singer. >>> you are considered a first generation american, your parents are african, you were born in the united states, but spent your early childhood in senegal and moved to the united states. do you consider yourself american, african, african-american what are you? >> america. >> so you

there has been an iry element of black america -- >> you betterhç come to -- >> leo, you're killing me. >> i am not going to sit here and listen to this hate. now it is my turn. >> leo. >> i am not going to listen to it. >> leo, i want to ask you a legal question. we are talking about here i think what jesse is discussing is a topic for another day, but not in this case. >> yes. i agree. >> the legal justifiable use of force is clear. he is not a threat to anybody. i think it is irrelevant what happened leading up to this based on the video. >> listen, i just am giving you cudos. you and i are in agreement second time in the history of fox news cable. it is against the law for any officer to shoot an unarmed black man or any man in the back. he wants to talk about everything -- hey you quiet down, if you don't stop talking i am done. i am done. i am done. >> right now, i am working with a family in the inner-city of south central l.a. they have gang members who live in their community and openly rob their homes breaking into their homes, and they're afraid to call the police officers a

coming up in 45 minutes, national urban league president and ceo marc morial on the state of black america and the shooting of an unarmed black man by a police officer in south carolina. then whit ayres on host: andhost: our goal is to discuss public policy and having civil discourse with you about some of these current topics. this morning we are going to approach it a little bit differently for this first segment. there is a new book out and it's called "so you've been publicly shamed." he looks at public shaming and people who have been through it and whether or not it's an

south america, latin america, has been in denial about its black roots. it's been in denial about that 11.2 million figure to the point where these countries would allocate millions of dollars to pay europeans to come move to mexico, move to brazil, move to cuba, move to dominican republic, move to wherever, intermarry, and lighten the country. they were trying to change the ratio of black to white, and hope, through miscegenation, that they would lighten the country. and they even had theories about... in brazil, through gilberto freyre, was called "racial democracy," but in mexico, 1925, josé vasconcelos wrote a book called the cosmic race. >> hinojosa: that's right. >> and he said, "we are all the races," but he devalued the black element. he wanted the black element to disappear in a mestizanal kind of fantasy land. >> vasconcelos is in 1925, in his famous essay mestizaje, suggests that these other races are just a stepping stone for the mestizo race to come and take over. the mestizos, in his view, are the ones that are going to bring together the..

. >> i don't know how you can be black in america and be silent. >> reporter: this is the are evidence jamal harrison bryant. >> after this day we're going to keep on marching. after this day we're going to keep demanding justice. get your black self up andep weeks since gray was arrested after fleeing from police, but there is still no public explanation from any of the six baltimore police officers involved. billy murphy is the attorney for the gray family. >> we're calling for the police, the six of them who are at least being partially if not totally implicated, to come forward and tell it all, just like you tell our citizens to do. >> reporter: the speaker the pastor who gave that spirited eulogy later went out into the streets to ask for calm. the gray family has asked for calm. scott, at this funeral speaker after speaker challenged the community to show the world what baltimore is made of, but all this violence is not what they were hoping for. >> pelley: wyatt, thank you very much. let's have another look at the scene on the streets of baltimore this evening where protesters o

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. >> i don't know how you can be black in america and be silent. >> reporter: this is the reverend jamal harrison bryant. >> after this day we're going to keep on marching. after this day we're going to keep demanding justice. get your black self up and change this city. >> reporter: it has been two weeks since gray was arrested after fleeing from police, but there is still no public explanation from any of the six baltimore police officers involved. billy murphy is the attorney for the gray family. >> we're calling for the police, the six of them who are at least being partially if not totally implicated, to come forward and tell it all, just like you tell our citizens to do. >> reporter: the speaker-- the >> call earlier this evening to all available available clergy to ask for calm. one hour ago 100 clergy members left linked arm in arm saying they're on a mission to weighed into the violence and ask protesters to go home. >> now another look at the scenes of baltimore where the protests over gray's death turned violent. there's been many arrests. onto the other major story. the ca ca

kelly: something i want to speak about, as we discuss the state of black america, i want to address a topic that is left out of the health discourse and that is public health. dental health month and back in february i had the opportunity to go in my district to observe local dent activities performing screeningings. these types of efforts matter and this is critical. all across our nation many communities are experiencing some serious oral health crises. far too many people are lacking access to dental care despite the access to social service organizations. we must recognize that access to departmental health care across the country is not equal. 50 million americans and 16 million low-income children go without the services they need. as we continue the national decisions on improving health care and reducing health disparities, it is important orally health be central. when they discuss it, the mouth is connected to the rest of the body. in seems to be forgotten in the current dialogue. this year, i introduced h.r. 539, the action for dental health act which allows organizations t

america, which congressman butterfield laid out the bleak findings. and i hope members recognize this is a wake-up call. children in african-american households are nearly twice as likely to be raised in the bottom 20% of income distribution as children in white houseleds. and while african-american students represent 18% of the overall preschool enrollment, they account for 42% of preschool student expulsions. these are kids ages 2 to 5 years old. expulsions. these children don't even get a start, let alone a head start. the link between economic inequality, our broken criminal justice system is crystal clear and congress must do more to break down these systemic barriers. as our friend and colleague, our chair of the congressional black caucus said in his inaugural speech when he was sworn in, he said we as the congressional black caucus have an obligation to fight harder and smarttory help repair the damage. we must come together as never before to address the systemic, structural and rampant racial bias endem our crnl justice system. we've introdu

what this latest revelation shows is we are deemed a threat in america just because of the blackness of our skin. remember the national guard was called in ferguson before anything had happened. so this is just another reminder that again, we've been telling the truth. the truth is just now mainstream about the terror we've been feeling from the police. >> you know in the wake of everything members of congress trying to push this bill through in terms of the demilitarization of police. but let me say this. the national guard has defended the language. had is what they told cnn in an e-mail. they said a generic military planning format utilized in a wide range of military missions so the term enemy forces would be better understood as potential threats, often including inclement weather, et cetera. as i mentioned, once the national guard realized that there could be a real perception problem, they did change the language. >> now, once the national guard realized people understood what the words actually meant and how damaging and dangerous the truth was of how they felt about black pe

policing, violence unemployment, or schools -- all are significant components of black life in america. and they are also significant facts of american life. to discuss these issues, issues which aei is focused upon, we have a great group of scholars. first, we have professor orlando patterson. professor patterson is the john cole fester of sociology at harvard. he is the author of numerous papers and works. his most recent publication is "the corporal matrix: understanding black youth." i recommend it highly. after professor patterson, she is the bloomberg professor of public health at johns hopkins. she is one of the nation's leading poverty researchers, researching family life. her most recent work is "doing the best i can: doing the best in my committee." robert cherry is the stearns professor of economics at the brooklyn college. his publications include "moving families forward." he also authored papers on teen birth rates, and his article on helping black men thrive appears in the current issue of "national affairs." and finally, michael smith manages president obama's initiativ

what bothers me, is when we talk about latin black america, and we have gone through all of the major surveys they take responsibly for their actions. they are among the biggest supporters of the military. in this country in fact, they are essentially a group of people who are about as american as you can get. what we learned about this sort of culture of poverty in the cities, we learn that segregation matters. segregation matters. there is a long history of how america has treated them. look at the early civil rights leaders, segregation was a problem. martin luther king was referring to the need for integration. about the same time there was this group going against the culture there is also a reaction the idea of segregation as problematic. coming from the black leadership. and the same set of forces, in fact they come from the rise of black pride. to learn and so on. what it did, as well as the most decorated sociologist tried to point out it brings segregation off the table. let me tell you, it is a problem. to succeed in america, you need not just book knowledge not the knowled

chisholm: i am not the candidate of black america, though i am black and proud. i am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although i am a woman and equally proud of that. [applause] i am not the candidate of any political board or fat cat or special interest. [applause]