and that you have to go to the chinaese -- irish became white as we were protesting african-american empowerment. then you go to the jewish population and the exclusion of the jewish population and the birth of jewish organizations to try to challenge anti-semitism. the labor movement, the women's movement, the japanese internment, civil rights movement, and then we speak with islamophobia, with the normative pattern of otherization. all of a sudden, we're talking about islam and chapter five, 7, 114, and so on, and you completely lose the sense that america's norm is otherization. it is the exception. once you put islamophobia in the normative historical trajectory, it is easy to understand what is taking place other than the conversation of what chapter five of the koran says. you lose completely the full-length of american history as well as european history. europe has a problem with living with others because so far, they have not demonstrated the capacity to live with the other. i think that is what we need to begin the conversation with. [applause] >> good morning again. i will preface ou

he has delivered the lowest unemployment rate for african americans ever recorded. he built empowerment the tax bill. he's not going to win the african american vote but he got 8% and he could get 14 or 15%, democrats are in big trouble and lots of people who are persuadable voters will like that he is reaching out to the african american community. >> african-american unemployment thanks the record level of 5.9%. all eyes on the supreme court as major decisions could be handed down as soon as today, notable cases on a decision docket include the so-called cross case and the census citizenship question and could roe versus wade be revisited? todd pyro breaks it down. >> reporter: we expect numerous decisions from now until the end of june but here are three areas we are following closely. for a separation of church and state, at issue a world war i memorial cross on public land with the american legion saying it honors are awarded in a style similar to european graveyards. the american humanist association arguing taxpayer funds should not be used for something they say is a religious.

he delivered the lowest unemployment rate for african-americans ever recorded and delivered the crime bill and built empowermentfrican-american vote, but he got 8%. if he gets that to 15% the democrats are in big trouble. lots of people will like the fact that the president is reaching out to the african-american which will help him win re-election. >> the african-american vote, i say trump has no chance to get to 15%. he's gone out of his way to take tugman off $20 bill. coming back to his comments in japan, i do agree with mark that it was shameful. i will raise him. it was also unbelievable hypocritical for donald trump to go around bashing people for promoting the idea of super predators back in the '80s and 90s. he took out a full page ad at his own expense calling for the death penalty for 5 young men who were falsly accused of beating a woman in new york. donald trump was one of the loud mouths in new york city. once joe biden gets in a position to do it, he can parity him on that. >> mike: is this a sign? >> it's a sign of the enormous space that joe biden is. he remembers his own experience where he le

americans are the most most bullied demographic in. so i wanted others to kind of see this as a possibility for empowerment and change instead and so this is such an interesting story because it gets into the complexities of free speech and trademark law so were you expecting to get into a fight for the right to trademark your name what did you think what were you trying to accomplish when you were you trying to prevent other people from using the name slants well i don't think anyone could have imagined what was to come play from naming a band called the slants it was just very common for bands to do to you know some provide commentary on social issues just by the very process and the names of our albums of our band names or songs so i thought i was just falling right in line with this kind of long line of work that artists and activists were doing. it was just kind of a huge shock to me when the government decided to separate in and say no you can't register this trademark and you know for us getting a trademark is something that's very common for bands to do like it's part of just being able to build a sustainable career major labels

american fabric. this is not only about a woman's right to choose, this is about women's economic empowerment in my judgment. and this is not a surprise to me. because there's been no subtly about they are trying to do and it's a call to action for everyone. every day seemingly i'm reminded about why it's so important, the job i currently have, electing democrats up and down the ballot. because what's happening in state legislatures is every bit as important as what's happening here in congress. >> what influence can you have on this? the bottom line is as we were just talking about, between 28 and 33 legislatures states have imposed restrictions on get iti an abortion that have the net effect of making it particularly difficult for women to get an abortion. so things that were exist iing family planning centers that performed abortions now can't exist because of the proximity they have to something or the width of the hallways and things like that. the fact is the law is changing. >> the fact is there's been an unrelenting effort to chip away at the fundamental protections from roe v. wade. what we have to

then you have to go into how the irish were -- were brought as a way of contenting african- american empowerment at the height of lynching, then you go to the jewish population and the exclusion of the jewish population and birds of jewish organization organizations to challenge anti-semitism. the labor movement, the women's movement , the japanese internment, civil rights movement then we speak of islamophobia as rather than try to exceptional is muslims by trying to discuss islam and all of a sudden we are talking about islam and so on. you completely lose the sense that americans know normalization. it will be easy to understand what is taking place rather than beginning the conversation -- again you lose completely the american history -- >> europe has a problem living with the other because they have not demonstrated the capacity to live with the other. i think that we need to begin the conversation. >> good morning again. i will preface my comments. i wasn't intending to do but the topic makes sense. the book i wrote last year presumed guilty why we shouldn't ask might be the most importan

of opportunity, the power of empowerment, not just black and white working together, but a place where young people were paid to make music. >> rock 'n roll gave americansk out and protest against the government. >> use it as a tool to build a platform, transmit their message, and bring people along with them. your generation with social media, it allows it to spread quicker and infiltrate society in ways governments can't stop. ♪ >> rock 'n roll was especially meaningful during the vietnam war. songs like "fortunate son" give -- son" and "for what it's worth" gave a voice to the antiwar movement and young people all across america. music during the vietnam war also provided soldiers a connection to their lives back home. >> the army understood -- they did not understand a lot, including how to fight the war, they did know, the military, music was essential to us and our generation. it connected us to people back home, connected us to one another. >> the vietnam war and civil rights movement are both significant examples of how american music enables people of different social and political backgrounds to express themselves and come together. >> ♪ come