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he is the first like writer to win the award since toni morrison one on the 30 years ago in 1993. abdulrazak gurnah was born in 1948 in zanzibar, an island off the coast of east africa which was then a british protectorate but now part of tanzania. he fled the country in the late 1960's following the zanzibar revolution, arriving in britain as a refugee where he has lived ever since. he is here in new york for the pen america world voices festival where he gave the opening night conversation wednesday night, emeritus professor english and postcolonial literature at the university of kent. we welcome you to democracy now! congratulations on your nobel prize for literature. if you can talk about what this has made to you, the literature that it is recognizing -- particularly, your focus on the refugee experience. >> thank you very much for having me on your program. as we all know, i think the nobel prize is a global recognition. so any writer would be absolutely thrilled and delighted to be given the award. but only -- not on because of the recognition, but because a pretty strong

everyone remembers the first time that they read beloved or any of tony morrison's modern classics. i do. there is power in her words and residents in her story. just ask one of the velshi band block club members who wrote to us saying quote, tony morrison 's writings expressed a deep rooted emotions and cultural experiences on the page. i briefed her words and found solace in him. we want to know about the first time that you opened up the copy of a 20 morrison book. emailed the questions. let us know some of your thoughts or reactions to my story at velshi.com. thank you to those who have already done so. the same white supremacist conspiracy theory publicized by the buffalo massacre last weekend has been doubted by far-right politicians. we will discuss what white replacement theory really means after the break. after the break. eals on every iphone - including the iphone 13 pro with 5g. that's the one with the amazing camera? yep! every business deserves it... like one's that re-opened! hi, we have an appointment. and every new business that just opened! like aromatherapy rugs!

email us your comments and questions about the late tony morrison and her work at velshi.com. maria teresa kumar. she is diving in from the 8 to 10 eastern with tiffany cross begins right now. >> good morning, welcome to the cross connection. we have a lot to get to you this morning. for starters, there is a massive government agency that might be spying on you right now, and we will be getting on to that later this hour. plus there's the shocking new

ruth, the blue sky by tony morrison, who is a nobel prize winning author. it could's book about racism has been targeted for censorship. a book called hair love. the infamous anti racist baby book. little legends, exceptional men in black history. and finally, little dreamers, visionary women around the world. so, these are some of the most common books that are being targeted right now. obviously it's a legitimate subject for parents, teachers principals, and schoolbooks, to discuss which works are the best and may most age-appropriate curricular choices for different age groups and great. this is what educators do. and the best ones include families, parents and experts in the decision-making process all across the country. but that normal curriculum and library selection process is completely different from whipping people up into a moral panic over the use of this or that worked or passage in a book, and then demanding its removal from the school library. fashions in censorship change. for a great deal of history, books were centered because they were c

now, so far, the board reversed its decision to ban four of those books, including toni morrison's book, "the bluest eye." the lawsuictive. the fights are not just happening in courtrooms, banned book clubs are growing. in places like kuztown -- in places like kuztown, pennsylvania and in austin, texas, students run groups that read and discuss forbidden titles. book bans are in effect in at least 26 states and 86 school districts, with texas and pennsylvania topping the list. >> when we come back -- >> it linked us physically, emotionally, financially for the very first time ever. >> a history lesson on the building of the transcontinental railroad, and the immigrants who made it a reality. ♪ my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. i had to get help somewhere along the line to stay competitive. i discovered prevagen. i started taking it and after a period of time, my memory improved. it was a game-changer for me. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. feeling sluggish o

republican book bands -- bans up beloved by 20 morrison -- of beloved by toni morrison. republicans have sought to prohibit students because the subject matter tells the truth about racial injustice. miss bridges you know this all too well. your book is on a list of books that texas republicans want removed from public schools. ms. burgess, what do you say -- ruby bridges, what do you say to these parents? >> i believe that history is sacred and none of us have the right to change it in any way. we need we need to know our history to know where we are going. everything we have this morning, it seems to me that we have somebody ask of choice that the reason why is that our young people, cannot find their stories and contributions, sacrifices to this country, in the books that we do not have a choice in. that is in our textbooks, this seems like these books of choice are even more crucial. that we have them so that our young people can have a place to go to to find their stories and their contributions to this country. at some point in time we might be calling on these you

morrison's beloved that helped young can when it was terry mcauliffe. saying that he thought parents should, but out of this i think there was essentially an unforeseen error and that's what sank him. and i think, you know, this matches up with andrew saying a moment ago. it seems to me that you know, if you're concerned about challenges and censorship in the school for the right answer, the right response is to organize yourself. not to say that other citizen shouldn't be engaged in the issue, but to engage in yourself. and obviously we're seeing some burdens of that to the 1st of your question about dialogue and discussion. and it seems to me that word a movement when there is a lot of dissembling on both sides. i would say the most storage and was obvious dissembling is on the republican side and thanks to figures like chris roof o there. now, lots of americans who imagine the 4th grade teacher is getting up at the beginning of class and saying, you know, good morning kids, it's time for your critical race theory lesson. and of course, this is ridicu

books targeted include toni morrison, art spiegel and biographies of ruby bridges, rosa parks and martin luther king, jr. we are tracking proposal to travail teaches the screen since a public library holdings in mandate loyalty oath and encourage calling a hotline to report on educators are perceived acts of defiance. as an epic is us champion stalwart use leadership on speech issues worldwide i barely recognize my own country. the supreme court is clear that the discretion afforded to school boards is bounded by the first amendment. the state cannot quote cast a pall of orthodoxy over the classroom nor quote contract spectrum of available knowledge. the current wave of bands and gag orders to just that, partly because their disturbingly vague, divisive concept comes to typing end quote racist scapegoating offering no definitions of the sometimes novel terms. courts have held that speech bans must be narrowly tailored because a silence not just what is expressly prohibited by the wider band to what may be close to the line. bake prohibitions at risk entire subject areas off-limits predic

republican book bans turned classics, like the blue aside, and beloved by tony morrison, the first black woman to win a noble prize in literature, because the novels discussed racism and slavery. but their focus is not only on works of fiction. in multiple states, republicans have sought to prohibit students from reading nonfiction and historical recounts, because it's such a tells the truth about racial injustice in america. as you know, wall-to-wall. your book, this is your time, is a list of books that republicans won't know from public schools. and the so-called moms for liberty grow has launched a campaign in more than 30 states that have one of your children's books will be bridges go to school, banned, because it makes students feel uncomfortable. miss bridges, would you say to the parents who do not want their children to hear your story, or seek to exclude the truth of racism that you and your family experienced firsthand? well >>, as i said earlier, i believe that history is sacred, and that none of us have the right to change or alter history in any way. i've been taught that

frequently banned authors, tony morrison. it's impossible to overstate her reverberations. her work is a part of true modern classics. we have a lineup to talk about her legacy. email us your comments and questions about the late tony morrison and her work at velshi.com. maria teresa kumar. she is diving in from the 8 to 10 eastern with tiffany cross begins right now. >> good morning, welcome to the cross connection. we have a lot to get to you this morning. for starters, there is a massive government agency that might be spying on you right now, and we will be getting on to that later this hour. plus there's the shocking new report on the abuse of new american -- native american children in u.s. schools. we will talk about congress looking into possible extraterrestrial. that's, right there have been credible sightings. we are opening up the x-files. we have to begin this morning right here on earth was some unprecedented developments here in the january six investigations. five sitting members of congress now facing subpoena testify and what they knew about the planning b

yvonne also volunteered for the toni morrison society for 15 years and wrote a memoir about growing up in a fractious iranian-american family. she "lived life loud," a friend told us, and wanted her daughters samira and layla to be confident and comfortable in any setting. she was 44 years old. salvador ortiz, known as "cano," was warm, funny and selfless his daughters told us. cano grew up in a large family in puerto rico, then moved to lorain, ohio with his wife julie. he worked at the lorain city water department for three decades and also did odd jobs as a handyman to support his family, his daughters said. cano loved the cleveland browns and bonding with his seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. he was 68 years old. we want to thank all the families for sharing your stories with us. our hearts go out to you as they do to everyone who has lost a loved one in this pandemic. and online right now, we have more on the tragic covid milestone, including why it's so hard for us to comprehend the true scale of the lives we've lost. find that at pbs.org/newshour. tune in tonight

morrison's beloved that helped young can when it was terry mcauliffe saying that he thought parents should. but out of this, i think there was essentially an unforeseen error and that's what sank him. and i think, you know, this matches up with andrew saying a moment ago. it seems to me that you know, if you're concerned about challenges and censorship in the school, the right answer, the right response is to organize yourself. not to say that other citizen shouldn't be engaged in the issue, but to engage in yourself. and obviously we're seeing some burdens of that to the front of your question about dialogue and discussion. it seems to me that word a movement where there is a lot of dissembling on both sides. i would say the most storage and was obvious dissembling is on the republican side and thanks to figures like chris roof o. there are now lots of americans who imagine the 4th grade teacher is getting up at the beginning of class and saying, you know, good morning kids. it's time for your critical race theory lesson. and of course, this is ridiculous. i mean, this is a phantas

that slavery is the, that story, is the inspiration behind tony morrison's beloved, which goes a long way towards explaining this big push to ban that book in schools and libraries. as the aclu points out, like slavery, maximizing wealth and consolidating power motivated the antiabortion enterprise. republicans -- making clear that they are not finished trying to consolidate power by not just overturning roe, they want to go further. mississippi governor tate reeves evaded all sorts of questions this weekend while refusing to rule out banning contraception. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said a national abortion ban would be possible. would be possible if roe is a returned. joining me now is chair of the religious teddies department at the university of pennsylvania and author of white evangelical racism, the politics of morality in america. former rnc chair michael steele who is an msnbc political analyst. thank you for being here. i do want to start with you, i went into a deep wormhole about the history of enslaved women and abortion over the weekend, and the reality is it

. >> in a programming note, the velshi banned book club will be honoring the late author tony morrison next weekend. there is not another american authorize consequential to the political, social, and literary landscape of this nation. and so heavily contested and banned. please send memories of the person that you read beloved, opinions on morrison's body of work, and questions for more since the scholars, and my story at velshi.com. you do not want to miss it. we will be right back. we will be right back. here to meet those high standards is the walgreens health and wellness brand. over 2000 high quality products. rigorously tested by us. real world tested by you. and delivered to your door in as little as one hour. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing the all-new infiniti qx60. take on your wild world in style. ♪ welcome to your world. your why. what drives you? what do you want to leave behind? what do you want to give back? what do you want to be remembered for? that's your why. it's your purpose, and we will work with you every step of the way to achieve it. at pnc private bank, we'll h

tony morrison, in her epigraph to beloved underscores ethical ramifications of our choices about who we identify with. quoting romans 9:25, morrison declares i will call them my people, which were not my people, and her beloved, which was not beloved. in the spirit of morrison's memorial to beloved, i invite you to remember jeffrey price, whose birth name was -- . on a sunny day, in 1758, -- he celebrated his 16th birthday by swimming in plain water sports with 13 of his friends in the niger river. when they sounded the riverbank to head home, a party of slave catchers with dogs sprang from the forest and grabbed the terrified voice. three managed to escape but the human traffickers secured in the other 11 with ropes, gag them and tossed them into a boat that sank of death and fish. after a four-day journey, they reach the atlantic ocean and transferred boys to a large slave ship. the traders spent several more weeks guyger gathering him in cargo -- the british colony of barbados. over the next 15 years, boyrereau brinch, renamed jeffrey brace, suffered the horse -- in the seven year

morrison who is a nobel prize-winning author. they could's book about racism has been targeted for censorship a book called haired love. the infamous antiracist baby book. i little legends, exceptional men in black history and finally, little dreamers, visionary women around the world. these are some of the most common books that are being targeted right now. obviously it is a legitimate subject for parents, teachers parents and school boards to talk which is the best age-appropriate curricular choices for different age groups and grades. this is what educators do. families, parents and experts in the decision-making process all across the country. that normal curricular library schedule is different fromus whipping people up into a moral panic over the use of this or that word or passage. fashions and censorship change. look books were censored because they were subversive. uncle tom's cabin which was seized, censored and burned as propaganda. many books are being targeted for censorship these days simply because they address ra

morrison, which is a who is a nobel prize-winning author kids book about racism has been targeted for censorship a book called hair love. the infamous anti-racist baby book little legends exceptional men in black history and finally little dreamers visionary women around the world. so these are some of the most common books that are being targeted right now. obviously, it's a legitimate subject for parents teachers principles and school boards to discuss which books are the best and most age-appropriate curricular choices for different age groups and grades. this is what educators do and the best ones include families parents and experts in the decision making process all across the country, but that normal curricular and library selection process is completely different from whipping people up into a moral panic over the use of this or that word or passage in a book and then demanding it's removal from a school library fashions and censorship change for a great deal of our history books were censored because they were considered indecent or politically subversive. for example the sla

morrison, which is a who is a nobel prize-winning author kids book about racism has been targeted for censorship a book called hair love. the infamous anti-racist baby book little legends exceptional men in black history and finally little dreamers visionary women around the world. so these are some of the most common books that are being targeted right now. obviously, it's a legitimate subject for parents teachers principles and school boards to discuss which books are the best and most age-appropriate curricular choices for different age groups and grades. this is what educators do and the best ones include families parents and experts in the decision making process all across the country, but that normal curricular and library selection process is completely different from whipping people up into a moral panic over the use of this or that word or passage in a book and then demanding it's removal from a school library fashions and censorship change for a great deal of our history books were censored because they were considered indecent or politically subversive. for example the sla

i'm going to keep the discussion going with eddie and imani perry about tony morrison. very soon you are going to be able to catch the extended cut, which will be exclusively available on peacock, msnbc's streaming network. check on a personal twitter and audio account for the details. we are going to let you know as soon as it is available, at ali valerie, and at velshi msnbc. that does it for me. thank you for watching. back next saturday and sunday. do not when you are just next. up, yet next, michael steele filling in for jonathan capehart on the sunday show. which begins right now. >> this, morning georgia is on our minds after record setting early morning turnout, taking place in tuesday's primaries, and donald trump's rearrange fantasy we will have a preview of what's to expect. plus, some real talk about my fellow republicans, why are you calling these people pushing racist replacement theory? what is up with? that time to speak up. what did rudy say? we have the latest on giuliani's hours with the january six committee. and to the panel could call next. i am mi

she should go to taxes and read of banned book, for read toni morrison's bluest eye. he should hold the summit around reproductive rights. you have too much silence and timidity and it results in a lack of enthusiasm. the key to winning is enthusiasm and a high level of participation of the american majority. host: let me ask you about black voters and what you think democrats should do to get those voters to the polls. what issues they should focus on. host: fundamentally, the reality, this gets back to the civil war never ended. there is a profound racial wealth gap in this country. the notion of economic equality is key. there is this whole debate on whether they should forgive student loans that is out there. if they took more bold action towards promoting economic equality such as forgiving student debt, you did not have to take this much debt to get a college education. that is a function of reagan's work to make higher education less accessible. college should actually be free and available to people. there is this whole issue around democracy and that this vot

read toni morrison's book that talks about african-american identity. he should have a summit around reproductive rights and choice. what is happening is they have these attacks, what i call the neo-confederate, and you have too much silence. the key to winning is enthusiasm and mobilization and high-level participation of the new american majority. host: let me ask you specifically about black voters and what you think democrats should do to get those voters to the polls. what issues specifically they should focus on. guest: fundamentally, there is the reality that this is getting back to how the civil war never ended, there is a profound gargantuan racial wealth gap within this country. the whole issue of economic equality is fundamental. one manifestation of that is student debt. there is this whole debate around should they forgive student loans and student debt that is out there. if they took more bold action toward promoting economic equality, such as forgiving student debt -- you did not have to take this debt to get a college education. this is

you're going to ban martin luther king and tony morrison, ban people who think critically and insightfully about the very issues important to this nation and this fear of this discomfort that might result from white students facing the truth, i think what the real fear is that these white kids, because i teach them every day, get mad at their parents, why didn't we learn this. it is not what you think will happen to them. it is about what they will say to you in response to what they've just learned. >> good morning to the esteemed professor dyson from the esteemed vanderbilt university. gs to see you. one of the things you do well in the book is tie the events of the past to what is happening in the country right now and you have a piece about martin luther king jr. and everyone knows i hope everyone knows by now that he was in memphis when he was killed and in support of sanitation workers there fighting for equal pay and you connect his work there to the fight that continues today on equal pay. >> yes. it is extremely important to talk about. dr. king in the context of racial and econom