, an african american woman would protect her man's manhood. there's this interracial romance that happens, black man, white woman, and how this is all viewed. she said how she felt her character had to really stand up to protect her man and as a consequence it became part of the play. the african american woman will not tell earl that his wife has actually left him already and run off with another man. she doesn't tell him that because she's trying to protect his manhood. those are things i think if you are a smart playwright, you really take advantage of your very smart actors and your very smart directors. again, this thing where it's always coming down it ego. at sundance, in every rehearsal process, i like being part of a very generous workshop. if you were in there you would say, wow, it's pretty free-wheeling. for example, you have 9 characters, 9 story lines that all are trying to be pieced together so they all are introduced, they all intertwine and at the end they are all resolved in some form or fashion. it's a delicate architecture.

he was an enslaved african american. he worked for the owner of a foundry and was selected to test the bronze statue. he figured out how to disassemble the plaster model by attaching an iron "to the statue's head and gently, ever so gently lifting the top section until a hairline crack appeared. the crack indicated where the joints were located and he then repeated the operation until the five different sections of the statue were discovered. we know about philip reed because the son of a foundry under shared this story back in 1869. it describes philip reed as an expert an admirable work and and highly esteemed by all who knew him. we stand here today not only because of philip reed but for other enslaved african americans like them who worked tirelessly and sacrificed in the face of strife. these plaques in their own right will serve as a symbol of their sacrifice and will be seen by visitors will enter the building for evermore. in closing, i would like to personally thank the members of the slave labor task force, ch

we are proud to be working with the children at the african-american culture center in the days we have been there. the kids from the center have been working hard this summer and excited to working with the organization today. thank you for coming out here today and enjoy the show. (applause). are you sure? >> thank you nicole. it is truly my privilege to be here with today as the director of the scai sacred heart schools as nicole said we have been here for the past two weeks and with the ko kof vent and help to make the summer here a fun and safe place for your children for the city of san francisco. we have 21 schools around the country and we feel too that summer should be a safe time and fun for all children and people and therefore we sponsor projects throughout the country from seattle to michigan to chicago all over our country to make those people in our country and enjoy the summer just as you are trying to do here in the city of san francisco, so for all of the sacred heart schools doing projects around the country we thank you and sister davis and her family and the city of

african-americans and asian- americans. do you novak when the agent exclusion act, the chinese exclusion act was before congress in 1870, the first national leader to speak out against that was frederick douglass. the same man who fought against slavery. do you know that when the chinese exclusion act was voted on in congress, there was one black senator named blanche bruce, the only african-american in the u.s. senate, voted against it. similarly, we work side-by-side for semel -- civil rights and improve public education. in '86, and laundry owner sued the san francisco board of supervisors for a racially discriminatory law, and it brought equal protection to minorities, and that overturned the 1857 dread scott case, which held that minorities were not protected by the u.s. constitution. we have the landmark case of brown harris is board of education, 1954, to thank for equality in education. -- brown v. board of education. seven years later, the chinese community here worked shoulder to shoulder with the african- america

so, among african-american people, we have to contend with the gender issue. i think the right wing understood... we bring to mind that we refuse to deal with the issue of gender as well. >> the only way you breakthrough this kind of superficial discourse i think is all of us should acknowledge we have a fallible believe quest for truth. the condition of truth is to allow others to speak. we don't like to talk about suffering among our poor people, of all colors, but especially black poor and red poor. we don't like to talk about the level of unemployment, the levels of underemployment, the decrepit school and the disgraceful school system and the decrepit housing and so forth. why? because then we're talking about power, privilege versus poverty and relative powerless that's the challenge. race is integral. race is part of this issue of joblessness. >> schieffer: that leads into the question i want to ask michael gerson. you wrote this week that a lot of these controversies are the result of what you said, quote, too many americans searching for excuses to ju

really have -- i'm not really qualified to say but, boy, it would be nice now that we have an african-americanresident if we could just see those polls as a number of americans and what we all have in common. but -- i don't know. >> larry: peter, will it ever go away? >> you know, when you think about america's history, for how long it was that african-americans were slaves. how recent it was that african-americans really got the vote, really only 40 or 50 years ago, i think one shouldn't expect this these things will go away overnight. what strikes me, really, if you look at the long history of america's really, really terrible history on race relations, it's actually that we're in the best moment ever in american history by far. as reverend sharpton says, we have a long way to go but it's worth at least putting it in that context. >> larry: dana, do you believe it still exists to some fairly proportionate degree? >> that racism exists? yes, i do. i saw it most recently with cedric crenshaw in illinois. a black conservative woman being gotten off the ballot. i do see it. that's the thing. we

i am a young african-american female and very proud of my heritage. i am a californian.hat is where i grow up. i 30 for knowledge and. >> >> share my knowledge with others. as a born leader i live in the western edition. i am a 4.0 student. at 13 year's old i attend college. i am different yet the same as everyone else. i am like a river i go with the flow. i ln of to stories. i am somebody. (applause). >> give alecia a hand. amen. thank you. next we have a another poem. >> good afternoon. i attend sa*pbt john's middle school. at this point i would like to thank cheryl davis for everything she has done in our community and miss yokmam i am a young african-american woman. i am proud to be who i am. i strife for greatness. i am a 4.0 student. i am a young lady who will fight and strife for a better education. i am who i am and that's all i will be. (applause). >> thank you. and next we have a speech, our fina final partic. >> hello. i am mr. jones. i am ms. johnson's grandson and supervisor mirkarimi as well and i came to deliver a message; that we were are in the current

we have an african-american running for president barack obama. an interesting charge from some is he isn't black enough. what do you make of that? >> oh , dear. [laughter] that's just -- an understatement. it's annoying. >> what does that mean? >> i don't know what it meanses. i know what it means i don't want to accept the concept. if you are what you are and the concept that you need to act in a very prescribed way doesn't mean that you can embrace or accept change. or you can be adoptable enough for the future from my perspective. and i just am dismayed when those sorts of charges are levelled. you can dislike someone, you cannot like their policies, you can disagree with them but don't say you are not black enough. >> how do you think knowing your own history and delving into it and doing a second book, what do you think about your own skin color and your racial identity? how do you think of it? >> i think of it as -- i self identify as african-american. i don't -- i assume that everyone else does, too. and that's the way i think. that's the

at the african american art and cultural complex.t's a funny, funny good time, and the proceeds all go to support the juneteenth effort, and we would really appreciate if all of you would attend, especially if you are like me, constantly in need of a good laugh and need something to laugh at other than yourself, although it is ok to laugh at yourself, because most of us are pretty funny, most of the time. it's my privilege and honor to introduce to you this afternoon's keynote speaker. she is a regular on cnn, nbc, good morning america, the oprah show, host of "can this marriage be saved?" she's done so much, i can't give it all to you. but she is the author of "power choices: 7 signpoints on your ourney to holiness," "love lessons," and the founder of the international love and money summit taking place september 2 through 5, 2010, here in san francisco. i guess that has to do with the old concept of "there ain't no romance without finance." i said that, she didn't. most importantly, what i'm most excited about is that for many year

i don't see nobody of african-american decent from the dccc right now. i'm speaking to the politics. we have a mayor who is getting ready to leave here. i know you guys are going to come to some issues. who is the next mayor, the interim mayor? that has to be decided by you supervisors. that is very interesting. i will be really interested to see how that turns out. but i do think the mayor and everyone that is here, transparency is the most important thing, particularly here in san francisco politics, full of tricks make you turn into a lunatic. i have other things that i am not going to say on the air. right now the politics, i have been here over 27 years. i have never some my life see city hall the way it is now. they call it city hall, it's silly hall. nothing personal against any of you y'all or nobody that is not here. i have never seen city hall, you can walk down city hall. it's a ghost town that nobody really controls nothing around here. we have a mayor that is getting ready to leave and you have the board of supervisors that is going to have

reed was an enslaved african american. he worked for the owner of the foundry and was selected to cast a bronze statue. he figured out how to disassemble the plaster model by attaching an iron hook to the statue's head and gently, ever so gently, lifting the top section until a hairline crack appeared. the crack indicated where the joints were located, and he then repeated the operation until the five different sections of that statute were discovered. we know about filigreed today because the son of the foundry owner share the story with historians -- we know about filigreed today. he was described as being highly esteemed by all who knew him. we stand here today not only because of philip reed, but for other enslaved african americans like him who worked tirelessly to sacrifice in the face of strife. these plaques, in their own right, will serve as a symbol of their sacrifice and will be seen by visitors to enter the building for ever more. in closing, i would just like to personally thank the members of the slave labor

he was as slave african- americans.e figured out how to disassemble the plaster model by attaching an iron hook to the statute's head and lifting the top section until a hairline crack appeared. the crack indicated where the joints were located and he then repeated the operation until the five different sections of the statue were discovered. we know about him today because the son of the foundry owner share of the story with historians back in 1869. it describes filphilip reid hasn expert and highly esteemed by all who knew him. we stand here today not only because of him, but for other enslaved african americans like him who worked tirelessly to sacrifice in the face of strife. these plaques in their own right will serve as a symbol of their sacrifice, and will be seen by visitors to enter the building for evermore. in closing, i would like to thank the members of the slave labor task force. and senator chambliss that was an original cosponsor of the legislation to honor the enslaved flavors. this incredible sacrifice

leland avenue, which is very interesting because they, too, have an asian population and an african-american population. and then you have bayview hunters point. a lot of people keep year for jobs. and then potrero hill is very different because is kind of a new yuppie population, and little hollywood and dog patch. >> historical, district and has been home to shipyards, heavy industry, and a naval base. now, the naval base and most of the shipyards and factories are closed, but the environmental problems continue to impact the district. let's hear how residents are responding to the environmental and health issues they are facing. >> it was hard to breathe last night. i woke up coughing, you know? those are the things that we go through because of the contamination out here. >> this community has a history of issues, environmental issues that have been let go, just run amok. sitting in a meeting once with the health department, we discovered haphazardly that they had known for years that in bayview hunters point, african- american women under the age of 50 had the highest rate of breast can

vann turned the pittsburgh courier into a crusader for african-americans, and one of its greatest crusades secret of the american south, lynching. >> in my lifetime, there were black men and women being lynched all over this nation, and some even burned alive. we could not afford to sit still, keep still, and let that continue to happen. in fact, we had to report it so that everyone would know the truth. >> the courier had one man in the south who was their key person, trezzvant anderson, who traveled about--must have been foot-sore and fatigued, but a marvelous reporter who covered major stories, and then others, some white, whom it employed as freelancers to cover stories that we couldn't get into. i mean, white man got some information on lynching the black reporter might not have been able--couldn't have gotten, because they wouldn't have let him in. >> i started writing for the pittsburgh courier in the 1940s, and the reason i did so is that, of course, racism was rampant, not only in my hometown and state and region but throughout america, and needless to say, the white press was not

in this vacuum in japan town, there was the fillmore district with african americans and a variety of other people and they moved into the community. and then japanese americans get out of camp and they come back to their neighborhood that has been populated and made into a different life and different world and what happens when those two communities overlap and intersect? whose place is it, whose home is it? who is an american? how do we sort of coexist in this post war period where the people from that community are by and large marginalized, yet you have this whole kind of other thing happening where it's -- the war has been won, this is like new things, television is happening, advertising, this whole advertising thing is happening. so you have these marginalized peoples and what happens, is it possible to develop a kind of at that moment a cross-cultural community? is it possible to have kind of a multi cultural community that emerged from that moment? and so, in particular, that's what i wanted to explore. and part of the back drop is there was this extraordinary jazz scene hap

he is also african american. his father is from american, the fatser is from africa. but this call about anger on black on black crime. i think we ought the be upset about all crime. not whether it's black on black. then we say we'll separate that out and not worry about the rest. all crime brings us down as a society. it has a greater effect i think when you're living in a black community and you see it being perptrate by people living there. so we've got to have a broader discussion about that. and the issue about unwed motsers. what about unwed fathers? here is one, i had four or five kids by the time i was 21 years of age, high school dropout, no where to go. didn't choose to abort. found myself a way to get working, taking odd jobs because i had a basic set of values that i think is missing in many instances among a lot of men. we were taught work hard, play by the rules, take care of your responsibilities. and give back. and so this discussion just can't be about unwed mothers. it's got to be about unwed fathers. and how do we get beyond the mistake of having a

i hope that the african-american community in san francisco can weather this and lives on. i hope that poor people can continue to make their way here in the city of st. francis. i'm not sure that that will be in the cards. i will see more of a paris and vienna type of situation. hopefully, this is the resolve and determination and the communities of color and low income community is to keep struggling in the making projects like this that don't really have them forced -- first and foremost. i will be casting a dissenting vote. >> thank you, mr. president. i don't want to be labor the point. i think many points have been made. >> i made it clear what my preference was as a supporter of this proposition f. i think that what we have to follow is a different analysis and this is one that hasted to first with the environmental issues that came before us and the adequacy of the -- i have yet to see a perfect project and i have yet to see a project that ad addresses all of the issues that need to be addressed, especially a project of this complexity or magnitude. let me say that

the recent incidents of violence involving asian and african americans in the two fatal assaults involvingerly asian-american victims allegedly committed by african-american youths has raised the question of whether the

is here to save the african-american family. i have great grandchildren. and who knows maybe one day they may need to be a match. >> reporter: the black expo hand to hand marketing match includes a booth for her. >> out of the eight million people in the registry, about 500,000 or more plus are african-americans. about 600,000 are latinos. so basically african-americans and latinos have this 13% chance. it has to do with the number of people in the registry. >> reporter: other ethnic groups have fewer chances of a match. the chance of a caucasian match is about 80%. all the samples put into a national registry. >> i want to see not just me get help but other people. by signing up to be a part of the national bone marrow registry you don't just help one person but you help save other people's lives too. >> reporter: in oakland, don knapp, cbs 5. >>> it could be a step toward 4d movies. >> it creates a completely new way of viewing a movie. >> the experience being tested at fewer than two dozen theaters in the country including fo

the recent incidents of violence involving asian and african americans in the two fatal assaults involvingerly asian-american victims allegedly committed by african-american youths has raised the question of whether the growing interracial tensions in cities like san francisco and oakland are partly to blame. i think most of us hope that the election of president obama would transcend the racial divide. however, even if this divide were somehow overcome, it would not address the racial divide amongst minorities in this country. the reality is

here to save the african-american family.e great grandchildren and who knows, maybe one day they may need to be a match. >> reporter: the black expo hand-to-hand marketing event at the oakland marriott downtown includes a booth for her. >> out of the 8 million people in the registry, about 500,000 or more plus are african- american. about 600,000 are latinos and so basically latinoa and african-americans have this 13% chance and has to do with the number of people in the registry. >> reporter: other ethnic groups have fewer chances of a match. the chance of a caucation match is 80%. all samples are quickly put into a national registry. >> i just want to see if not just me it can help but other people because by signing up to be a part of the national bone marrow registry, you don't just help one person but you help save other people's lives too. >> reporter: in oakland, don knapp. cbs5. >>> tonight the controller's office says 200,000 state workers can count on getting their full pay this month and next. workers celebrated to

researchers say that the june unemployment rate in the african american comiewfort was 15.4%, the greatestf any major griew. and for american men --african american men, it bass 18.4%. for white, it was 8.4%. the study does not evaluate possible causes for those differences. >>> straight ahead, two people, including a young child, are hospitalized after being hit by an suv. >>> >>> in the gulf, the pressure is building beneath bp's oil cap and that's a good thing. and the pressure is also building and residents are not happy at all. >>> two people, including a small child are in the hospital tonight after an suv slammed into their bicycle in alamo. the incident left a small town shaken. >> reporter: the two people were taken to the hospital by ambulance. the accident happened at about 2:15 at the intersection of camille avenue and danville boulevard in alamo. now, only a few marks of paint mark the scene. >> it was an 8-year-old. >> reporter: chris did not want to give his last name. he says he saw a bicycle carrier in which a child would sit underneath the car close to the interception. i

we understand how important it is to the african-american community. that is why we have stepped up again this year and will continue to support the community. and thank you to the organizers, everyone who has put in hard work. thank you. [applause] >> i am going to say goodbye, because my beautiful daughter is here, and she came home from ucla to ride in the aids ride, so i will go and take her for some medical support so she can do this ride. anybody having a birthday today? this week? uh-oh. i see you pointing to her. this is for you, sweetie. anybodyx is for you. anybody else having a birthday this week? yes, sir, please, not. [applause] >> ok, dr. williams, thank you very much. next would be safeway. they are not here. [applause] bart. [applause] someone representing

we recognize the blood, sweat of the enslaved african americans who are the embodiment. with your own two hands in the oppressive summer heat and humidity. imagine how to fight through the bone chilling winter in rugs and sometimes without shoes. -- in rags. not you, but your owner, $5 a month. for your neighbor. the most recognizable signs of a democracy was not few overnight and was not fueled by machines. they stand crowded on a foundation laid by slaves. slavery is a part of our nation's history. however, we should not run away or hide from it. it should be complete, as thousands of visitors go to our nation's capital. today, that changes. a more perfect union. today, we now tell the full history of our nation. we now remind all visitors of the works of the enslaved african americans in building the temple of freedom. again, madam speaker, leaders of congress, i would like to thank everyone here in support of the slave labor taskforce. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states senator from arkansas, the honorable blanche lincoln. [app

if we want a robust african- american presence in san francisco, we have to start at leadership levelsbut sophie has been getting power plants closed, adver -- advocating for transportation plans for bayview, and moving forward to make sure we have a redevelopment plan in bayview- hunter's point. she has been a regal presence for her people,a nd it is a difficult job. with leadership comes criticism, and we view criticism as an opportunity to succeed. i have to absorb criticism and go forth and be more informed. but she has never been deterred, and she has served in what i hope is a decade where many foundations have been laid, such as city bills, seeing representation from the african- american community is not there. we want people in construction, firms doing better, people at the frontline of making things happen. and sophie says i am not just going to be angry, i am going to create a mechanism so we train young people and are prepared for it. i am looking forward to the parade, to the festival, to all the great things. i see many of our leaders in the media and corporate family me

he met a woman there who is creel, african-american, french, and chinese. they married, and they had family, and i am the product of that. growing up here in the bay area, we have some influences because it is the gateway for emigration. from many countries. you walk down the street, you are participating in that mix. in my music, i really want to express and represent that kind of topic that goes on in the streets. it is the most exciting part of being here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. >> welcome to "culture wire." today we are visiting southern exposure in san francisco alison prepares to launch a fantastic new project called beautiful possibilities. we will send them on a two-year adventure crisscrossing the united states to investigate american history and contemporary culture. it is using a traveling road show as inspiration. she will sit down and talk with residents in search of stories and experiences that reveals exactly what

ia lot of african-americans to have asthma. asthma is sued do all kinds of things -- those big diesel trucks did go through that area. i am just asking that you leave a legacy that you did something while you were here, to not just sit there and let our districts -- most of the people do not live in this district, and if you do not, shut up. >> next speaker please. >> i want to speak on the condition that everybody wants to say something about, do not do this or do not do that, but we wake up with roaches. we have to wake up with possums and everything else coming across the street or whatever. we do need this, and i hope you put so we can have it. -- you push so we can have it. >> i am strongly for this being opposed. the housing project is a part of the city and county of san francisco and is in need of redevelopment. we need to change the bleak outlook. you cannot overlook the communities that need it the most. i urge the supervisors approve this project. please pass this project. >> next speaker please. >> i am speaking, be

he met a woman there who is creel, african-american, french, and chinese. they married, and they had family, and i am the product of that. growing up here in the bay area, we have some influences because it is the gateway for emigration. from many countries. you walk down the street, you are participating in that mix. in my

he is also african american. his father is from american, the fatser is from africa. but this call about anger on black on black crime. i think we ought the be upset about all crime. not whether it's black on black. then we say we'll separate that out and not worry about the rest. all crime brings us down as a society. it has a greater effect i think when you're living in a black community and you see it being perptrate by people living there. so we've got to have a broader discussion about that. and the issue about unwed motsers. what about unwed fathers? here is one, i had four or five kids by the time i was 21 years of age, high school dropout, no where to go. didn't choose to abort. found myself a way to get working, taking odd jobs because i had a basic set of values that i think is missing in many instances among a lot of men. we were taught work hard, play by the rules, take care of your responsibilities. and give back. and so this discussion just can't be about unwed mothers. it's got to be about unwed fathers. and how do we get beyond the mistake of having a

now issues being unemployment like what we were speaking about before how unemployment among african-americans at least here in new york city is four times higher than that of white americans and there's a similar pattern like that in the majority of states throughout the country do you think that having a black president in office or did you think it would have changed or helped change that problem or combat the problem just the problem in a way i think that's an excellent question and i think that's one of the one of the things that i think about most when i look at the people in the community i think that people have to realize that they are the government the people who elect the government officials and i think it's important that people are informed about this is. pass the buck to give something right. so you say yes jobs. get us better health care open more schools watch it was like what we see the apollo that we have as a unified and this is our symbol of an occasion but just say that. we have to know where the power came from initially came from the people who elect this individual i

. >> reporter: before the predominantly african-american audience today, the issue of race was perhaps inevitable. >> she deserves better than what happened last week. [ applause ] >> reporter: the president made his most extensive comments yet about shirley sherrod, the usda official his administration fired in haste after selectively edited clips surfaced on a conservative website portraying her as a racist. the president said today a national conversation on race is necessary. >> a discussion that needs to take place not on cable tv, not just through a bunch of academic symposia, fancy commissions or panels, not through political posturing but around kitchen tables. >> reporter: sherrod herself said today the nation, including its first african-american president, still has much to learn. >> we have to make sure they understand the history so that they can do a better job in the positions that they have. >> reporter: the issue of race even followed the president to the set of abc's daytime talk show "the view" where he was asked why he doesn't refer to himself as biracial. >> the in

where i come from, in my part of the african-american community.ay that because i'm sure that there are some other parts of the african-american community that may be looking at me now going, "who does he think he's speaking of?" but, for me, this woman was very, very... ( laughter ) very, very visible. >> pitts: that's what tyler perry's work is all about, reflecting a world his audience relates to. and they show up in droves. >> perry: you heard of the "horse whisperer?" i'm the kid whisperer. >> pitts: it's been written that madea is one of the top ten grossing women actresses in the country. >> perry: they weren't serious when they wrote that. i mean, come on. ( laughter ) come on. >> pitts: but madea's done well. she's done well by you. >> perry: yeah, she has, she has. >> pitts: so have his other popular characters, like the flamboyant mr. brown. >> perry: i'm leroy brown. my friends call me leroy brown. you can just call me... >> leroy brown? >> perry: yeah, yeah, how'd you know? >> pitts: but it's not just comedy. perry's work is a gumbo of