>> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex. >> monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> this is aljazeera america live from new york. here are today's top stories. the ceasefire was to go into effect two hours ago so is there peace in eastern ukraine at this hour? >> police in denmark are hunting for the shooter who opened fire at a spree speech event including a controversial cartoonist. >> a protest over the police shooting of a migrant worker in washington state. >> so for a black issue comes up everyone's looking to hear what you have to say, because now you're the spokesperson at seven for all black people in

america. >> we'll take an in-depth look at the receipts of race in america. >> two hours and counting, that's how long the ceasefire has been in effect in eastern ukraine. it's an attempt to bring some semblance of peace after 10 months of skirmishing between government groups and pro-russian separatists. >> it's anker resilence here in eastern ukraine. it's the first time we've had anything like this in recent weeks. i say that, as we say that now i can layer a little small arms fire in the distance, but there's certainly the big shelling the large scale shelling in recent weeks seems

to have stopped. we've spoken to local reporters around the region. it seems to be holding not just here in cesarien, but reports that there's quiet in places like debaltseve, in make your poll and luhansk, as well. >> we were waiting for a news conference to start when a shell exploding was heard. >> as we left the building, there was another bang. and much closer this final. one of the shells had hit a residential area they're a children's play ground. >> we heard several explosions, the glass broke. we ran into the basement. >> we were sitting at home

celebrating my daughter's birthday and this happened. there are old people who live here too. how can they live like this? >> shortly after the separatist liter announce add ceasefire would not apply to the town of debaltseve. >> we will stop fire in all of the donetsk people's republic territory except internal regions. debaltseve belongs to those regions. any attempt by ukraine force to say break out will be considered a violation of the minsk agreement. obviously, any attempt will be stopped. >> debaltseve has seen some of the most intense fighting in recent weeks. it's believed that thousands of ukraine soldiers are surrounded there by separatists. debaltseve is strategically important. if the separatists take it, they will have a direct railway link to russia. ukraine and the u.s. accuse

russia of arm got separatists a claim they deny. the adjustment ambassador to ukraine showed pictures they say show the troops building up. these statements do not bode well for the ceasefire deal. the status of the town of debaltseve so he's was never mentioned in the minsk deal and that could prove a major stumbling block for the implementation of the truce. >> the fate have the ukraine soldiers in debaltseve, it seems, may now determine whether the fighting stops. charles stratford, al jazeera donetsk, east issue ukraine. >> join us in our next hour as we take a deeper look at the situation in ukraine. if the ceasefire holds what will the future hold for the region? that's coming up at 8:00 p.m. >> denmark on high alert after a gunman opened fire at a cafe, shooting at a public debate on art, blasphemy and free speech

in copenhagen. danish officials are looking for this man seen fleeing the scene in a dark jacket and maroon hat. they say he may have been targeting one of the show's speakers controversial cartoonist lawrence vilks. he has faced death threats for drawing the prophet mohamed. >> we take this situation extremely seriously. we are in a high alarm all over the country. our main priority at this stage is to catch the perpetrators and make sure that we find them as soon as possible. >> earlier i spoke with a reporter for t.v.2 in denmark. she was at the scene of the shooting in copenhagen. >> we have a manhunt going on in copenhagen and at the danish borders. i heard from police that they have 125 phone calls from people who may have seen something and

according to the police, some of the tips from the people are good so they have something to watch out for. we have three pictures of a man they are looking for. it's a man who was dressed in dark clothes and carrying something that looks like a machine gun. >> what security cautions were put in place prior to today's event? as i understand it there was a return of gunfire from police, who were on the scene. >> i was at a press briefing at the police station a few hours ago, and they told us for the first time that what happened at the scene was that a man was coming and standing outside this house of culture and he was shooting against the building. because of the situation in there, it was a debate meeting with a swedish mohamed drawer. there was security there. there were at least three policemen and they fired back against the man. at least 50 shots has been

counted, so there was firing from both sides. >> do you know how many people attended this event? >> it's not actually quite certain, because everybody who was at the meeting were rounded up by the police and stuff into a bath and taken to the police station. there was quite a few and representatives from the french embassy and danish news reporters there, as well. >> the cartoonist has been targeted numerous occasions in the past since his drawing of the prophet mohammed. do you know if he's still in copencopenhagen and that he made statements? >> he was at a small island outside of the main denmark yesterday, where we talked to him in another actually

contact. we are not quite sure where the danish prophet mohamed draws are but all of them have been under heavy police protection. >> what has been the response of the citizens? >> we have been aware for quite a few years now that we are a target. it has been a question of time in a lot of people's opinions. people are not surprised today. the place of the shooting today is not a place where a lot of people lives it's just next to the main central football stadium in copen hague understand and close to a park, but it's where a lot of people take their children and a park where people do running and people are shocked but near not surprised. >> thank you so much for your

time this evening. >> back here in the states, about 1300 people showed up at a police protest today at a small town in southeastern washington state. they are outrages over tuesday's shooting over a migrant worker. antonio montez was throwing rocks at officers then took off running. when he stopped and faced three officers, he was shot and killed. we are in washington now live. what's the turnout for today's event? i see quite a few people behind you. >> yeah, it was pretty good. we didn't know what turnout we'd have. there were estimates from a couple hundred to 10,000. it fell right about in the middle that have maybe the lower end, 1300 or so is what i counted by the end of this march. the march ended on this corner, the intersection where the shooting happened. this is where people have been coming all week long to a very small set of stones and candles and flowers set up as a

memorial. today, though, a much bigger scale protest. this was the scene in volunteer park early this morning. noon time, people gathering by the hundred to say listen to a series of speakers, speak about the need for justice the need for police accountability, the need for better training among the police officers of the city of. all four in support of the family for the 35-year-old migrants worker, antonio zambrano montes killed by police. he was known to be aggressive with the police. witnesses at the scene said he was throwing rocks, he was not armed at all and police confirmed that yesterday no gun, new five found at the scene when antonio was shot down. the rally swelled to more than 1,000 people, 1200 to 1300

marching through the streets people say the biggest event of this kind that they have seen. gathering in front of a cafe where the shooting happened, this video is out on social media, sees by hundreds of thousands of people and the people we've talked to who have seen it are still stunned by that video. >> these police, this has got to stop. it's got to stop. what's a little rock? what's it going to do to you, a little bump in the head? use a little force? execution style? man, isn't this america? where the heck are we? >> there is an investigation launched by a special unit, a multi-agency unit that does not include members of the town police department. it will be weeks or months

before that investigation is complete. we had a group of the more hard core marchers who did not want this rally to end. they took off down the street, heading for city hall, staying they would stage a sit in there. we'll keep an eye on them and see if anything develops here. everything peaceful tonight the march has gone off in complete calm. >> are the residents there looking at this situation as a race problem or simply a police problem? >> you know, we asked that to many many people today and last night when we arrived here. virtually everyone says this is not about race, this is not about skin color it's about human beings, it's about police behavior and police accountability. they made that point over and over again. many speakers who were up on the stage at the rally did, as well. people of the city want the word to know this is about police behavior not necessarily about skin color.

>> reporting live from washington, thank you. >> with no solution in sight president obama's sending his labor secretary for an end to the labor dispute that threatened to shut down west coast ports. tom perez traveled to meet with the dock workers union. partial shutdowns and backed up freighters trying to unload cargo in southern california. investigations over how the ports function has been taking months. a complete shutdown could have a catastrophic effect on the economy. >> in oregon, federal agents are looking into the departing governor and the pressure that caused him to resign. he is investigated over the role his fiancee had in state government allegations that she used her position as an advisor or financial gain. the agent subpoenaed emails and records pertaining to her and 15

others in the administration. the woman taking his place will be the first bisexual governor in history. she has been open about being by sexual throughout her political career. >> in new jersey, governor chris christie set to raise money through a super pac. a source close to the team told the associated press the pack could come together next week, but there's been no formal announcement as of yet. >> g.m. announced yet another recall. details on which vehicles are affected, when we come back. speaking of yet again, new england is under a blizzard warning. we'll tell you how much snow is expected this time. plus: >> here we are. >> 10 years ago today the very

first video appeared on you tube. a look at however the company has come and where it may be headed, next. xt.

>> new england is facing more blizzard warnings this weekend. cities across the northeast are trying to clear snow from the last three major storms before more arrives. forecasters predict more than a foot of fresh snow come got to region along with 70 miles per hour wind and coastal flooding. officials warn people tonight about the possible dangers. >> i can't say this enough, unless you have a really good reason to be out tomorrow, we would urge you all to stay off the roads, so that the crews can do the work they need to do to plow the roads and to continue the work we've been doing over the course of the last week to remove and dispose of snow from previous storms. >> temperatures might drop below zero. saturday night will be a bad time to travel. we don't want people sliding off

the road and getting stuck in frigid conditions. that's when bad things happen. >> the historic snowfalls are becoming expensive. cleanup costs are costing state and local ghosts millions of dollars. >> general motors has recalled 81,000 cars due to faulty power steering systems an expansion on last year's recall. it includes 2006 and 2007 chevy malibu malibu mack and pontiac g.6 cars. new injuries or fatties have been reported. the palestinian government is asked to join into an investigation in the killing of three muslim students this week at chapel hill. the suspect was branded an american extremist and hateful ratist. the f.b.i.'s begun an investigation to see if federal laws were broken in the

killings. local law enforcement are considering the possibility of hate crimes in the case. >> isil is reportedly hold ago 19-year-old israeli arab they say was sent to syria to spy on the islamic group. israeli officials and the teenager's parents deny he is a spy. it comes after the first crack down of the cell of isil operating in israel. >> protestors rallied saturday in nigeria demanding the postponed presidential vote proceed. security concerns forced the delay as armed group boko haram poses an increasing threat. >> in nigeria's niger delta region an amnesty offered to local fight everies has improved

the security situation there. there are concerns growing positive either could bring back the violence. we have a report. >> still new at this, back in 2009 the nigerian government granted amnesty to 30,000 fighters from an armed group called the movement for the emancipation of the niger delta. former fighters get a basically month allowance of ruffle $340, and taught a trade an incentive not to attack pipelines and kidnap foreigners. desperation could make her go back to a life of violence. >> i feel bad. i don't want to go back. >> these creeks are quieter but

armed groups still hidout here. largely disbanded when the amnesty deal was accepted, the fighters were well armed and often attacked people living in the delta. they would destroy oil pipelines and kidnap foreigners. after years of fighting in the creeks former war lowered now lives a comfortable life, largely financed by the amnesty program, one he doesn't want to give up. he knows that could happen if president goodluck jonathan loses the election in march. >> if for any reason people who are desperate of power rig election and push goodluck jonathan out, i don't think there will be peace in the delta. >> the niger delta is where 90% of nigeria's oil comes from, but this is how most people live,

poverty and frustration could make it easier for former war lowered to say find new recruits. the government amnesty was believed to be a short term solution that only benefit add few. >> you do qualify for amnesty. the question therefore is, the people that have potential to carry arms that have not carried arms what do you do with them? they are the once that are left out and will carry arms in the future. >> if things get worse, she will join anyone who offers her a way out of poverty. >> pope france welcomed 20 new cardinals into the catholic church receiving their red hat from the holy father in a ceremony in st. peter's basilica. the pope gave a pep talk, sounding like a tough love message, telling them to put

aside pride jealousy and self interest and exercise perfect charity. tomorrow in our week ahead we'll look at the pope and whether he's remaking the catholic church. that's tomorrow at 8:30 east jean from rome to sicily, migrants rescued are safe today from sea. some 1300 were rescued in the past two days while several hundred others perished. good weather inspired a new wave of attempts to smuggle migrants across the mediterranean from libya. it has brought renewed criticism of italy's decision to shut down a rescue mission last year. >> 10 years ago today, you tube was born, three men registered the domain name with an idea of sharing videos on line. it is one of the most profitable and influential sites on the internet. we look at how it all began. >> here we are. >> this is the first video uploaded to you tube.

the companies company founder at the san diego zoo in 2005. the idea that anyone anywhere could share their videos on line caught on fast. a year later. 65,000 were being uploaded each day and you tube getting more than 100 million daily views. not surprising when this happened. >> today we have exciting news for you. we've been acquired by google. >> seven months later, you tube was bought by google for $1.65 billion. >> google has this very large scale infrastructure for deliver. you tube would not have been able to do it if it was just a few guys. >> with the backing of google, the site's influence and open access policy made ate powerful force. >> no longer do people have gate

keepers, radio stations, t.v. net worse movie studio to say get the word out about content they've created. instead, anyone can create something and distribute it to the world. >> with a billion people visiting the site each month a new generation of on line stars have found their audience. >> you tube's revenue sharing system means that some are now making millions of dollars each year. >> now once they've built an audience, they can go free merchandise, do brand deals do concerts if they want to. it's reduced the barriers to entry for anyone to then go build an audience and monetize. >> it's seen a wydra right of education roll religious and char city groups, guides and tutorials, changing the self education industry. >> more than 300 hours of video is uploaded to you tube every

minute making it difficult for the company to stop violent sometimes explicit videoing from being posted. >> this is the challenge as well as the opportunity is that you can have this huge platform that anybody can upload anything, having huge positive net value but also negative, as well. >> as more around the world connect to the internet and their band width improves, the popularity of videos is likely to increase. google will be hoping to continue to dominate audiences and the revenue they bring. >> apple known for iphones and mcintosh computers is considering self driving electric cars. that's according to a source within the automotive industry. they are seeking advice from carmakers on parts and production. a spokesperson for the company declined to comment.

apple isn't the only silicon valley giant with plans google announced a self driving car in september. >> when we return, race in america. >> more and more miserable 20-25 minute ride up ahead. you know, that was just -- i didn't know if i would be allowed or not because you're helpless. >> an elderly veteran arrested in seattle, he says for carrying a golf club. we'll discuss the often tense relationship between police and minorities. >> also, the difficulty in being black in a mostly white community. plus: >> that's the first rule, don't run. if you start running or start fleeing the police, what are they going to do? what are they going to do? be like ok? >> they're going to come after you. >> we look at why many african-american parents feel they must train their children how to deal with police. lice.

>> michael brown lost his life six months ago the unarmed african-american teen shot to death by a-wise police officer in ferguson, missouri. we've seep the protests, heard call for change. tonight, we're looking at the impact of his story an police, and race relations across america. has anything changed since and what could possibly change going forward. this week, f.b.i. director gave an unprecedented speech about race and law enforcement calling for a new federal database to track police involved shootings in the united states. the current system is volunteer and only tracks fatal incidents and many police departments do not submit reports to the justice department. he says there needs to be change in tuesday. >> we must better understand the people we serve and protect. by trying to know deep in our

gut what it feels like to be a law abiding young black man walking down the street encountering law enforcement. we must understand how that young man may see us. >> he said an open and honest discussion must happen in the u.s. and the that police departments must confront unconscious biases officers may have. >> that brings us to the story of william wind gate. the veteran made a point of taking a walk every day after he retired, use ago golf club as a contain. one day a police officer accused him of threatening her and threw him in jail. we look at the case that's sparking outrage. >> what do we want? justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> in seattle golf club carrying protestors called for police reform and rally. the 70-year-old marches with a contain instead of the putter he has walked with for years. all because of this, last july 9 a police officer confronts him saying he

threatened her with his golf club. >> put that down, please. >> what? >> aren't you hold ago golf club? >> i can't hear you over there. >> your golf club. >> what about my golf club? >> can upset it down. >> he appears startled. >> i thought she was looking for a shoplift he be, that's what i thought, maybe i jay walked or something. i had no idea. >> 22 times officer cynthia asks him to drop the golf club. >> put it down. >> this is my golf club. >> i'm not going to take it from one it's a weapon, set it down. >> i've had this golf club for 20 years. >> five times she accuses him of threatening her. >> you're being audio taped and videotaped. >> you just swung that golf club at me. >> i did not. >> yes you did right back there. >> i didn't see you. >> it was on audio and videotape, put it down, you are not free to leave.

put your golf club down. put it down. put in down! >> nowhere in the dash cam video reds by police is wind something else gate shown swinging the club. >> why would i have a reason to swing it at her? >> you never swung it at her in a threatening way? >> no, for what. >> the air force veteran and retired bus driver who's said he's never had a problem with police before is hauled off to jail to face harassment and his putter defined as a weapon and confiscated. >> that was the most 20-25 minute ride i ever had. i was just -- i didn't know -- your helpless, your hands behind your back. >> a former washington state representative heard about the arrest. >> if this has been a white man this age doing exactly what

mr. windgate was doing the officer would have never stopped, would ever never noticed him and this would never have come up. >> quietly with no publicity she went to work on windgate's behalf. >> i enlisted some white women. we had a brand new white police chief, we had and it was a white female officer who did the arrest. >> seattle police have cause for concern. the department is operating under department of justice rules, a federal monitor keeping an eye on things after a series of racially charged incidents. long before a local newspaper's request brought the windgate video to life, mason and her supporters working their contacts at city hall made progress. >> the seattle police department finally offered a public apology, william windgate got his golf club back and the city has deferred charges for now. wind gate is now suing the city

for $750,000 and has become a symbol for the police reform movement. >> we tried to contact the officer, but were not successful. she has now been put on administrative leave. her boss, the chief of police, has not been available for interviews. john mason admits not everybody on the street has a team like herself behind them and said positive response from city leaders, the system failed mr. windgate. >> police chiefs don't apologize to black men. not in this country. not in this city. but chief o'toole did. that's a win and i'm not going to take that from her. does she have a lot of work to do? yes. she has to put systems together in that department that just don't exist. >> i sure appreciate it. >> seattle is a boom town, thanks to companies like amazon and microsoft ranged at one of the fastest growing major cities in the united states, but is also the fifth whitest major city in the nation.

the block population is shrinking. tanya looks at what this means for black families moving to seattle in search of opportunity and a sense of belonging. >> angelique has been thinking about the meaning of the word community. she and her family proofed from washington d.c. to seattle where she works for amazon. looking back, they remember someone making a joke as they boarded the plane to lee d.c., a city where half the population is black. >> they said to me it was pretty much wave bye-bye to black people this is the last you're going to see them. >> they knew what they were getting into but weren't prepared for how isolating it would feel to live in a city where one could go for days without seeing another person of color. >> it's not easy to do, i happen to be in seattle and i'll know exactly where to go to church,

where i can get my hair done, where i can go for whatever, african-american movie theater books, and other culture. when you go to a place and you see no one that looks like you and you have to do research to figure out where folks that look like you are and realize they're scattered around, what's a kind of unifying event. >> ben jacob. >> the shift tab especially taxing on their sons. their oldest recently asked his mother a question. >> he wanted to know when we were going home. i said we're home, see there's the space needle, safeco field we're home. he inside, mom we've just been on vacation. we've been on vacation here in seattle too long. it made me feel like from the mouth of babe, maybe we should listen to him and go home. >> they decided to stick it out. they found a diverse school, 45

minutes away. it's a long drive but worth it, if it means their kids won't be the only black ones in their class. >> when you're the one of one as my wife put it, you're to play that role and you speak for all black people, so a black issue, so to speak black issue comes up, everyone's looking to hear what you have to say because now you're the spokesperson at seven for all black people in america and that's a lot for a child to bear. >> great job. >> the growing pains of unchartered territory as they create a new definition of community. tanya mosley, al jazeera seattle. >> for more on our discussion of race in america i'd like to introduce any guests, the company founder of the black lives matter movement and executive director of the black allegiance for just immigration and dante berry executive director of million hoodies movement for justice which was founded following the death of

trayvon mash tin. thanks for coming in this evening. so many issues i want to address with you this evening, one is more of a legal matter. when you talk to minorities in this country black people, the issues between them and the police the police seem to be able to do whatever they want and never get punished, killing them beating them up, what have you. we heard earlier from f.b.i. director about having a national database for police-involved shootings. would that help at all for black people to have a little more trust in the system if officers ever to face some type of justice? >> yes. i think absolutely, i think one of the calls that we've been seeing from the black lives matter movement and many other organizations across the united states is this call for tracking of these types of cases these types of incidents of police brutality and killings in other community. we think accountability must be had, we need to see justice in

our communities. the other thing that we're really looking for is more fundamental, so we're looking for more invest in our communities, and divertment from the mechanisms that criminalize our communities. we're looking for a divestment in police, we need more invest in our communities. that's ultimately what we're calling for however this is one kind of program that might help hold some accountable. >> when it comes to the criminal justice system, black people often are skeptical of everyone involved in it, but the counter argument is that most black people don't do enough to be involved in the system themselves, trying to get out of jury duty or go vote and make sure you have the right district attorney in office. what is the responsibility of black people in the community if they want to affect change within the criminal justice system? >> i think that is a difficult question, in the condition that is we're in today and i think one, there is -- it's hard, i don't condone it, don't very

well operate it, but it's hard for some folks to feel they can trust into a system that isn't protecting them in any way. i think for some folks that's really hard for them to deal with. also i think there's an inhe is scalable amount of capacity we need to be putting to to help folks understand how these democratic processes work for them and how we can fit into this power structure there. >> one thing we want to talk about, as well is the basic belief or thoughts of people that you don't know. a good example of the story we saw with mr. windgate, simply standing on a corner holding a golf club. he reminded me of my father, he used to carry a golf club. all he was doing was standing on a crash. it appears as if the police officer saw a black man sawing him holding a club and saw it as a weapon. someone said if it had been a white person, the reaction from

the police officer wouldn't have been the same. is that simply because what some people think of other people simply because of the color they see, or is it deeper than that, is it something they expect black people to be criminals? i think it's deeper. i think well, there's a couple of things. there's this piece of implicit bias and this understanding that folks are all races have some type of bias of different groups. then there's this also issue around the paragraph policing itself. that's a little bit more than explicit bias and race inch and is discriminatory in every sense. we need to examine how the issue is multi-facetted in terms of dealing with racism itself. >> bias, that's something that's easy to see but hard to explain in how it comes up. for much of white america when

parents sit down to have that talk with their kids, it's usually a discussion about the birds and bees, but for black families, there's a different education involved with the talk. it's a discussion about carrying yourself in public and how to interact with police. in one high school in washington d.c., the aclu teaches students their rights and gives them advice on navigating situation witness law enforcement. >> we hope that by giving young people very concrete ideas to focus on, that they're bog to get in and out of these situations as safely and quickly as possible. >> many parents say these discussions have taken on added urgency after the deaths of michael brown in ms. and eric garner in new york. i remember the talk i had with my father, involving a situation with police. i was upset with the police officer. my dad was upset with me, because in his mind, i gave them an excuse to do something to me. that was the inherent fear that he had of what would happen to

his son possibly involving police. i don't think white america understands how important that conversation is within the black community. >> i think that's right. unfortunately, countless families all across the u.s. have to have those types of conversations with their young children both men and women girls and boys. they're having those types of conversations, and it's unfortunate, because what it ends up looking like is that we have to present ourselves a certain type of way, we have to carry ourselves and comport ourselves around, you know, every day kind of interaction witness any kind of person, and the situation oftentimes escalates in a way we don't have any control over, and so we're blamed for incidents of violence. we saw with trayvon martin and mike brown, their character was actually attacked, when we know they were innocent young boys who were targeted by the police. it's really unfortunate that parents in this day and age have to have their types of

conversation witness their young once. >> please stay with us as we continue tonight here on al jazeera. after the break we'll look at the changing face of america and bring you the story of robbie. >> check the box which ethnicity are you. i think i checked like three or four. i checked multiple boxes. i was like well, this might mess it up, but this is who i am, you know. >> up next, the growing number of multi-racial families and the future of the white majority in the u.s.

>> our special race in america will continue, but breaking news out of denmark. police say three were shot outside a popular synagog. police say the gunman escaped on

foot. this happened hours after a deadly shooting at a cafe. in that incident, one person was shot in the head and two police officers wounded at a public debate on art blasphemy and free speech. it's too early to say if the attacks were connected. now we return to hour special race in america. >> tonight we're discussing race in america here on al jazeera. once again i'd like to welcome our guests. the census bureau projects in 30 years, white persons will not be the majority in the u.s. >> the census bureau released numbers saying no one hispanic whites are going to drop out of the minority. right now we account for 63% of

the u.s. population. by 2013, that will be 55.5% and by 2044, below half. the thing is, that math is totally unreliable. fertility rates change, immigration rates change. there's another fundamental problem. the whole notion of a majority or minority in the united states is a primitive concept because it doesn't take into account a few fundamental things. >> first people are having kids with people of other ethnic and racial backgrounds. in 1960, only 0.4% of marriages in the u.s. were multi-racial, in 2000 tin 8.4% overall. when you look at multi-racial marriages, those most likely to marry outside of their race are whites and hispanics. 44% of the time. they marry one another. also people don't identify themselves the same way throughout their lives. in the 2010 census, 10 million

people changed their racial category as compared to the 2000 census eight percent of americans. the census doesn't know how to handle multi-racial people. 6.2% of 2010 census respondents selected some other race. that's a group of people the u.s. government basically doesn't have the data to identify by race or ethnicity. we account for people changing spouses, and moving from place to place and having more kids over the course of their lives so why can't our math account for a change of personal identity? >> by 2044, the world is going to be a very different place full of extraordinary innovations. one is going to have to be a more sophisticated way of accounting for the melting together of all the different races in a very multi-racial america. >> a person's race can be difficult to identify. that's the case for one san

francisco family that helps the changing face of new america. >> i'm lucky to be married to my wife sandy chan and have two kids. this is my dad peter pursily. all the reunions were very diverse because of all the different blood family members and other relationships, so that's kind of the world i grew up in. my dad's dad he's african-american black but from louisiana really creole. my mom's side, her father was hawaiian chinese. ethnically more chinese but culturally hawaiian. her mom is white irish and

english. >> i was born in 1942, in san francisco, raised in berkeley. my parents were what was called an interracial marriage, which at the time they got married which was 1939, was actually still illegal in california. >> swing music was big. they decided to go i think on the colored night to the ballroom and it was right at that time when things were changing in america and they just marched right up and the guy at the door was like hey sorry, we're not going to do that folks. >> they said not tonight. we said why not tonight? well, all right. they let them in. david would say well, what are you? >> american, you know, united states. no but what are you, you know. that wasn't quite an answer.

>> my mother's side right now that side of my family was traced directly back to the mayflower. >> i remember i think maybe was taking the s.a.t. for the first time my sophomore year in high school check the box which ethnicity are you? and i think i checked like three or four. i checked multiple boxes and i was like well, this might mess it up, but this is who i am. the privilege part of it is it's allowed me to see race as a construct, and so even though people might have thought that i was a certain ethnicity or tried to kind of characterize me or acting in a racist way, you know thinking that i'm this or, i was never any of those things, so i could escape that categorization. he's not the first black president. he's really the first bi-racial multi-racial mixed person.

we're relatively youngish country. i think this is the stage of identity crisis of hike previously america looked like this and we were only these kinds of people with light skin and talking a certain way. i think the reality of america is like this incredible mix of people. >> that's a very good reminder of how the face of america is changing and as it changes how you identify certain races is also changing. what is black what is latino, what is asian. do you see this helping race relations or maybe being more divisive? >> as we were watching the clip, i kept thinking about how america as a country has been designed to push identities on to other people, regardless of race and regardless of gender or sexual identity. we've been able to push ourselves, and america's been designed to push people,

particularly marginalize folks in a space we have to pick and choose our identities and roles without having us come to terms about what has looks like and means for us individually. i think when we have this conversation about having a more diverse america i think that that piece right there gets a little more muddled. >> when you see people that are open to new ideas and new people the more they encounter their views likely change based on what they thought they knew prior. we say how many black friends do you have, you might view a black person differently or how many asian people you knew in your life. if america changes and you see more and more of this branching out, you would think and be hopeful that racial relations would get better maybe faster than we thought they were. >> that is absolutely the hope. i think there are a lot of different types of, you know,

communities in the united states. we look at even i am granted communities, immigrants, a range of us here with various, you know immigration statuses and various ways that they have to navigate the system and our society. as we begin to recognize that our society is changing, hopefully, there will be more interaction that allow for people to open up, to accept more and more of their neighbors, however, i don't think it's inevitable. i do think that there is a need for us to address systems of power and we need to make sure that our laws are protecting every day people. >> that's a good point. that is a need and most people would recognized that. how do you make it happen especially in a swift manager? >> how do you do it? >> nothing's going to come fast. i think when we think about social change, social change, the civil rights movement took decades, right? so when we think about the

policies that we're trying to push back or create, and the institution that is we're trying to push back and create, as well that takes time. i think that in our -- this day and age because we have social media and access to internet, a lot of things is the need to have something happen right now but this takes time. when we look at how we create for transformative society it's going to be better in the long run. >> real quickly, do you have enough young people involved in making some type of positive change? >> absolutely. we have a lot of young people, but we need everybody. it's going to take a multi-racial movement to build a multi-racial democracy to work for all of us. >> we could continue this discussion, thanks so much and continued success in the work that you're trying to do within your respective communities. >> thank you for watching this

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