we are joined now in our new york studio by david goodman brother of andrew goodman. on sunday, the anniversary of andrew's death he wrote an , editorial for mississippi's clarion-ledger newspaper headlined, "u.s. has turned pages, not closed book on racism." welcome to democracy now! david. this anniversary took place on father's day. you commented, the first father's day your dad was alive to learn of this would soon learn of his son's death. >> yes, it is ironic and away -- in a way. june 21, 1964 was father's day. my brother and james chaney and mickey schwerner were murdered by the ku klux klan that evening. 44 days later, we found out definitively because the bodies were found by informants buried 15 feet under the ground in a dam that was under construction. amy: and your thoughts today in the midst of the horror then, 51 years later, as you listen to this discussion and yet another massacre has taken place, this time in south carolina. you are just in selma for the anniversary of the selma marches . >> yes well, you know, i sort of came of age. i was 17 years

. >> my name is rubin david goodman. i'm mental health consumer. i like to report to you an example of the conditions in state license board within the city and county of san francisco. i'm a resident of golden residential care home which is located 166 foote avenue. the minimum requirement for board and care facility operator is to provide a bed and a shared room and free meals per day. on friday evening, i informed the caretaker that i was going to a meeting. i would return by 8:00 p.m. please save me dinner. i returned at 8:00 p.m. and i waited because usually i'll return this person is noncommunicative. when she did not put the dinner on the table. i said linda what about dinner. she shrugged and said no. i proceeded to the telephone which is located in the hallway where everyone can hear your conversation and called the number of the office. left a message for isaac tagger who is the ombudsman and was not provided with the dinner. after that, linda the caretaker got up, went to the kitchen inunlocked the cabinet and there was dinner. what kind

members of the board of supervisors, my name is ruben david goodman. my mental health consumer. i want to thank you in advance for your kind attention. i asked that they san francisco's board of supervisors take an interest in the conditions as -- in the treatment of residents in the city and county of san francisco. these residents are among our city's most vulnerable citizens and many are unable to articulate their needs. a letter of concern to the state regulatory agency would be a start. i feel very strongly that the city needs to involve itself in making sure that the citizens who are so vulnerable are receiving adequate care. i need to report discriminatory practices and preferential treatment at my board and care. preferential treatment is given to a caucasian resident. he is allowed to use the refrigerator to store milk. i placed items in the refrigerator was then thrown away by the caregiver. without informing me that they would be thrown away. i put some -- and was finally. a platoon opened cheeses from safeway in the. they were thrown away. most of setting i have rece