. >> my name is ashley torrez.e think that you can survive with one and not the other and you probably could. i think it is important to appreciate that you need both. if you have that educational foundation, if you have that killer in place, then your ability to do the economic think -- if you have that pillar in place, then you have the ability to do the economic thing. we can afford more than one individual who rises above and creates wealth. a lot of folks gave me a hard time when i talked about hip-hop republicans. i tell you what was interesting about the response that i got when i made that statement. people went to a stereotype. black and white. it was interesting, the responses, because what i said was not talking about republicans walking around with the whole bling thing and the pants. that was not it. it was not glorifying what many in the community were talking about the violence and some of the aspects of the music. it was about the ability to create wealth. it was about the ability to create a legacy

. >> my name is ashley torrez.made second year doctoral student. >> that is a mouth student could a doctoral student of mass comm media's buddies. -- media studies. i am going into my 19th year of school. during that time, i have only had two black instructors. that speaks freely about the disparity of blacks in not only grammar school, but higher education. i am interested in what you would do or what the republican party would do to increase the numbers of more african- americans in education to alter the perception of who is capable of educating the masses? >> that is a very important question. i am sorry. nice to meet you. [laughter] nice to see you. excellent. that is an important question because there are two pillars that you need to appreciate. one is economic and the other is educational. some people think that you can survive with one and not the other and you probably could. i think it is important to appreciate that you need both. if you have that educational foundation, if you have that killer in place

. >> my name is ashley torrez. made second year doctoral student. >> that is a mouth student could a doctoral student of mass comm media's buddies. -- media studies. i am going into my 19th year of school. during that time, i have only had two black instructors. that speaks freely about the disparity of blacks in not only grammar school, but higher education. i am interested in what you would do or what the republican party would do to increase the numbers of more african- americans in education to alter the perception of who is capable of educating the masses? >> that is a very important question. i am sorry. nice to meet you. [laughter] nice to see you. excellent. that is an important question because there are two pillars that you need to appreciate. one is economic and the other is educational. some people think that you can survive with one and not the other and you probably could. i think it is important to appreciate that you need both. if you have that educational foundation, if you have that killer in plac