in the united states, the black lives matter movement never says what that black lives matter is so we decided we waited provides estimates so the following from page 219 the message of the black lives matter to encapsulates the racialized industry on - - injuries but the many ways that it has been devalued and unprotected in the united states the discount rate of black humanity has been enormous a variety of metrics and even at the and the jim crow they are assigned approximately 30 percent that of white lives. and for example as early as the 18 forties to ensure whites from anywhere to $5000 while in slaved blacks typically were insured on behalf of their owners for $400 and sometimes as little as $200 that has been estimated in 1928 there was one hospital bed for every 139 white americans but only one for every 1941. indicating the average black life was only 7 percent of the average. during the jim crow years the gap in the capital expenditures is a powerful index of the magnitude of the discount rate and so in 1939, 1940 those expenditures there are three times for the black st

from the black press and black civil rights organizations, and it also contained black officers. the war department established an officer's camp in des moines, 15,, which opened on june 1917. over 600 cadets received officer commissions. there would be approximately 1200 black officers who would ultimately be commissioned throughout the duration of the war. the 92nd division, what dubois would later characterize in his words as the storm center concerning black combat troops, had a trying experience. the various regimens of the division trained at separate facilities in the united states, preventing cohesiveness in the -- cohesiveness and a sense of collective identity. in france, white soldiers and officers spread rumors that the men of the division were habitual rapists and threats to white french women. black officers were particularly attacked. as potent representatives of black manhood and authority, they were constantly demeaned by their superiors and disrespected without regard to their rank. the division's own white commanders labeled black officers as worthless, ineffic

we want black power! we want black power! >> black power!it was here in mississippi this summer that carmichael with his cry for black power first became a national figure and to many a frightening one. >> we want black power. >> it's two words that come to capture a whole host of white anxieties about race and about african-american civil rights activism. >> what do you want? black power. what do you want? black power. >> it has taken off like a lightning bolt in the media. it sounds kind of aggressive. it sounds on the verge of military revolt. i mean, everybody was full of black power. it drew all the news coverage. >> in baltimore, the concept of black power. >> the issue of black power here in grenada, mississippi -- >> here in watts, black power -- >> black power. >> black power. >> black power. >> the press was fixated on the notion of violence. >> are you talking in violent analogies because you want to see a negro violent uprising? >> when stokely says "black power," he's not just whistling dixie. three white male journalists as the

s that had black mainers.in addition and yet a police chief and fire commissioner and superintendent and so forth, if you look at the track record of the poor in the cities and if you look at washington d.c. in the 1980s, the sharp change in newark new jersey, and detroit in the 1970s, under the black regimes, young the poor becoming even more impoverished on their watch. i don't think the track record there is a very good one. that is not to say that black should disengage in the political process because we've seen regression, black regression under white mayors and the white congressman in chief and so forth. it is this connection that we were told was essential between black political power and black economic progress that simply is not proven to be as strong as some people hoped it would be. >> generally speaking have these programs helped or hurt african-americans? >> i think by and large they have hurt in the hurt in a way -- the way i explain it, what the underprivileged need of any race or ethnicity i

black folks inc. alike. -- think alike. >> there a time for two questions if they are quick. about armyalking centric experiences here. the other services in the united states. i have never heard of any officers in the navy who were african-american. >> you can help me out with that. >> janitor john black jack pershing had a lot of experiences with african-americans during the spanish civil war. did that have anything to do with how he thought of them? how did that change for him in world war i? regarding african-americans in the navy, served in exclusively menial capacities. to serve asortunity officers. pershing is complicated. he commanded black soldiers in the regular army. most recently in mexico. was inward jack so his relationship with black soldiers was kind of faxed. was -- not accepting -- upsetting the status quo. so why he knew firsthand that soldiers could be effective combatants and officers, charles with for example served pershing. pershing was at one point eager to have him on his sta

worker a black e.m.t. worker who has been at the forefront of this pandemic brianna taylor in louisville kentucky who was killed in her apartment in the middle of the night by the louisville metro police let's talk about shawn reid in indianapolis who was shot down by the indianapolis police and facebook lives his own murder this is not an isolated incident these are killings that are happening almost on a daily basis across the country against unarmed black people this is this is systemic this is happening in every corner of this country which is why you see people rise up in l.a. in atlanta in new york and instead of responding to the response of the people to their oppression let us go to the root of the problem and respond to the actual oppression donald trump needs to talk directly to police officers to police unions and ask police officers to stand down yesterday in michigan a 17 year old protestors which was shot and killed at a protest in michigan this is what we're trying to avoid here we need to

this is a i was the 1st really black was here she was the 1st black africa and that's why. i felt it was an easy for me back then to decide. i could have played from ghana i was told off for going back to have decided to play for god the time of golf that's the figure must mean i'm i was in uganda but then they didn't play music on the go i went back to germany and germany was very insistent and at some point i said ok i'll play for germany it was a very rewarding very interesting oh it wasn't easy but it was nice too but it wasn't easy. and there's some people some idiots mind using who don't want to accept us and that was my big problem and i want also to see my you do something for your country but you're still the black guy here's an example i was team yourself after the world cup in 2006 we came in certain people accepted us and then suddenly a month later you get the food and call the neighbor during a match and that was a moment where seriously consider no longer playing for germany you heard it i had a little. bit of a courtroom after hanging out this so-called boot

barack obama is a black man. about have any question whether he is a black man, you can see how he was treated some of his colleagues and voices pushing against him. not only that, but he is an example for black people and people of color and especially young people of color throughout this country which brings me to talking about barack obama in a way that i want people to understand his impact beyond the oflm of politics, regardless whether or not he had an ancestor who was a slave. there was a picture of barack obama with jacob philadelphia. he was casket sharp with a white shirt and slacks. he had his shoes polished. he went in and got the opportunity to ask the president one question. he asked the president, does your hair feel like mine? barack obama reached down and he touched his head. it is the most powerful image to come out of the white house. that and the situation room when they killed osama bin laden. this image meant so much. it was so powerful. it was an example. for all of the temerity you may ha

i know you viewed as black d.c.'s leg while i gem content what i think is in the german gone thinks i'm viewed as out of oh really so that's actually pretty interesting. i use off as a way to subvert but also to to play with. on the valvoline what these kind of cultural labels off. this particular piece reading speed of middle painting everything needs to be defined is going to be categorized and i'm trying to knob explore the notion of something that is completely in this something that is going to be tea and you find. i was born in 1981 and in the early ninety's we had a serious of of racist attacks in germany and also placed in hot and high us to get it and so willing it must be backed by stand the skunk. during the attacks. it was really heartbreaking to see and it frightened me so much as a child. and i think that's something that is also very scary if you look at the recent vice and racist attacks on refugees in germany and so few of the people who take them were caught and put on trial and i think that's a ver

hiv, we have some of the highest rates in black communities, specifically black women, thinking about the structural barriers in place responsible for those numbers not budging in the last few decades, in fact, increasing. the history is quite rich. next ont to go to you the same topic. you are a physician's assistant during the hiv epidemic. do you see parallels between and epidemic, coronavirus, racial disparities that have carried over? worked in an emergency room at the beginning of the eighth epidemic. we did not know where it was coming from or anything. by gaye a movement led communities, a social mood movement that forced the u.s. to take hiv seriously. once it got under control and that population and the numbers increased in the black population, the concern and urgency around hiv disappeared. i am concerned about that. it is the history of experimentation, but also how black people are treated when they go to the doctor there. there is a history of symptoms being minimized. i have no doubt when this is over and we are studying why so many black people died, i guarantee you

about the situation of black americans in the united states and of black soldiers in the army. a white captain was eating dinner in the mess soon after he arrived at the camp, and the major merritt dropped a copy of the colonel report in front of him, a report that detailed and analyzed the recent race rebellions in the u.s. and he asked hero what he thought of it. hero said, i haven't read it. merritt said, ok, you got to stay and i'm going to educate you. the education lasted until after midnight. a conversation with a white sergeant that became, in the sergeant's words, quite heated. major merritt brought him a magazine article that told about how living conditions for negro personnel back home were insufficient. in general, merritt's attempts at education and consciousness-raising were not welcome. it was later said, once he started talking on this civil rights thing, he went like a man pushing for a cause and tried to push it on everybody. hero said because merritt was so knowledgeable, quote, he made us all feel like we were kind of inferior. there was a consensus buildin

power and black pride. people who rejected patience and slow progress and who, in the wake of violence that reached back to the hulls of slave ships and forged the assassination of martin luther king, were willing to begin seeking freedom by any means necessary. and the army did not and could not stand fully apart from the society it served. it had been increasingly impossible by this point in the war to construct and to enforce boundaries between civilian and milita military, because the war in vietnam demanded men. u.s. army's strength -- oh, how did that happen? yes, okay. u.s. army's strength increased by more than 700,000 men and women between 1961 and 1968. and obviously, not all those troops were in vietnam. there were 25 nations that had more than 1,000 u.s. military personnel in that era. but the wartime demand from men changed the shape, and to some extent, the character of the army, because it was young men who were raised in the turmoil of '60s revolt that were going to swell the army's ranks, w

lincoln considered them black. they were greeted with the same freedom and cordiality he bestowed upon white men. according to this witness, lincoln treated the affair as an ordinary occurrence. augusta would go on to become the highest-ranking black commissioned officer of the civil war. he had a number of other impressive firsts in american history. he was the first african-american to run a hospital in the united tates. in 1868, he joined the faculty at howard university. becoming the first black person to teach medicine in the country. the following year he received an honorary degree, becoming the first black man to receive such an honor. from an american university. even in death, he had one final impressive first. the first black officer to be buried at arlington national cemetery when he died in 1890 at age 65. i know the state legislature and the richmond city council are talking about what to do with monument avenue and i would suggest creating a monument to alexander acosta. -- augusta. he was from norfo

how many black people turn blue? and even if you are a white person and you turn blue, you are in severe respiratory stress. but it is that kind of minimization and basic mistreatment that is the reason why her patient was reluctant to be in the hospital, because he equated that with death. so what i am glad about now is america has learned about health disparity. now the question is, what will we do about it? will we address the immediate problem or will we use the health disparity as a reason to say, that is a hopeless community and what do you expect? so far, we are not finding the urgency. i'm glad that we got one in $5 -- the 25 million dollars in, but we need far more than that. not just money, we need to focus, commitment, prioritization. laura: on the topic of focus and commitment, and immediate action that can be taken to address racial disparities, president trump has tasked secretary ben carson to address the minority communities being hit hardest. so far we have not seen a timeline. i just asked carson's

and so forth that had black mayors.in addition to that, you had police chiefs and fire commissioners and school superintendents and so forth. but if you look at marion barry's washington, d.c. in the 1980s or 1990s or detroit in the 1970s, under these regimes you had the poor becoming even more impoverished. that's not to say they shouldn't disengage in the process because what we are told it is essential between the political power and black economic progress that has since proven to be as strong as some people hoped it would be. >> host: generally speaking have these programs helped or hurt? >> guest: by and large, they have hurt. the way that i explain it with the underprivileged need of any race or ethnicity as a sort of self development that has to occur. it's not something that lends itself to political solutions. these are cultural changes that need to take place. economists refer to as human capital, attitudes and behaviors and habits that need to develop in the group in order to rise in america it's what we hav

people about black people and german history crossing the secret mission to mention into i am the black not everyone is come to read aloud at initiatives me to you and when i look at and as a white man i mean. really what i'm. doing in the growing of the night why didn't i. just say the theme of this meeting is somehow meant in south korea what does it mean. because our compartment mentioned empowerment means showing black people especially young people because there was a lot they can do with themselves and from that they can take charge of a lot of things are found both will develop themselves and establish new perspectives of self care within a society influenced by racism and entails ensuring that he was a black person stay healthy protect yourself and grow stronger in the mission it's a mixture it involves politics but also drinking smoothies or doing yoga or sports or. the buddhist because some clapper sika give it a somewhat. go. into 2011 he played in the german national team. yet. a day in the life of someone. not good at it in cost today was the very 1st black german national

anxiety to black body. unlike my eruption of native americans, phobic anxieties to jews, my phobic anxiety, i can't say why i have the anxiety. >> and that -- and that is symptomatic of the first thing i said before i started reading. it's symptomatic of living in a structure of violence because his or their structure of violence goes on with the gratuitous nature even after people conquered and acquiesce. you cannot say why did the cops shoot me if it's necessary to restore health of world. >> understood. did i misread it? >> those dais are over. i will listen. if you find the -- [laughter] >> i didn't do that this time because -- i can see exactly and i don't want to give it away. i will say it has to do with a relationship with my mother and i can see how the general reader it's important and important because it does something -- it does something to better the day-to-day experience of slaves in the plantation. the plantation i'm calling out house in minneapolis, minnesota. it does something to better t

go through the idea not just black pride but black empowerment. and using sports as a platform is an antiracist platform. as it should be given the facts without black bodies you don't have this multibillion-dollar athletic industrial complex. we need to be reminded that more than we are. >> think we're in a situation right now my thing as a writer you look at it through that prism. i think sometimes we get away from that because the power of black athletes in america has risen to a level where we almost forget that as powerful as black athletes have come collectively they still don't hold the power. with me, i look at the cultural and business side not just the performance i but the cultural and business side of sports what does a half, there is a prism that lends itself you're always distinctively understand race plays in that. i'd tried to consolidate that prism in the 13 chapters. >> and you do it which is so impressive. when you say that about this appearance of power without the actuality of power, really does make me think about some of the

to be radical meant to support the idea of black military service and advocate for and organize blackwhich happens during the war to be radical meant that on the foundation of their military service black men had earned citizenship rights that should be recognized and even while the war was still going on before the 14th amendment before the 15th amendment there was a movement to assure black men and women that they had full rights of citizens to recognize them in court and also to extend voting rights and other citizenship rights to brought black men at least. so that's not the last step in the radical program. but one of the most important and enduring steps. the last step that was only embraced by the radicals was the idea of confiscating and redistributing property. the idea that treason must be made odious and that the seizure of rebel states and the redistribution of that property to deserving african-americans would not only the just deserve that rebel traders had earned but also the foundation of the new social order in which african-americans would be elevated beyond their st

you know your price valuing black lives and property in america is black 50 delve deeper into the storecalled bias and present day implications of devaluing blackening joining us now is author fell out. thank you for coming on with us today i want to sell your book explores the multifaceted and generational issues associated with black property and black communities being alternately shut out of the economic growth and value we see in their white counterparts what are some reasons for this and how is this devaluation reflected today. yeah 1st of all thank you for having me on the devaluation the valuations that are the complicated but yet easily understandable issues particularly when it comes to housing one of the studies in the in the book was i looked at housing prices and black majority cities where their share the black population and the greater that that the percent high compared to harlem cards in neighborhoods where the the prices the homes or the black population was less than one percent and i control for education crime walkability all those things the zillow metrics so i ca

to be little black president. to alter textbooks, they don't receive, we made a research trip to charleston and visited to visit the confederate museum and every caption in the museum and found only one that mentioned the word slave in the entire museum. there is an effort to create this distant memory. i have an inaccurate memory. all of those were educated in schools, that receive the test back. they are not there but they did, they are across the country. most haven't read them. many of them are woefully, there was the case of texas, the blacks, they were coming to the us for opportunity. and seeking their fortune by coming to the us. >> the seventeenth and eighteenth century. >> i would add those that emphasize to a great extent. the memory project in germany with respect to the horrors of the holocaust, we mentioned this in the context of the book. apart from the monetary payments is the confederate reservation, that is to say providing americans with an accurate story of the civil war, reconstruction and rev

meeting with black leaders in making sure there is a prominent black papers at the time. eleanor was hosting either the wives of prominent black man or prominent black women in their own rights. he got 37, were not sure exactly and 32 but gallup started falling 35 in at 76 percent of the black vote and 36. however, black individuals did not self identify as a majority democrat until 48 with truman. so essentially, the short version of the book is republicans dropped the ball in the conservative movement got the ball. and were not enforcing civil rights act he sees me, not enforcing the 15th amendment. not supporting the civil rights act. and so, in other words, bill buckley was more concerned about the polish shipyard workers voting and free elections behind the iron curtain and he was like when parents in the 40s and 50s and 60s. >> and in the book you've read the following quote british donald trump was 20 or 30 percent of the black vote, he will have taken a major step towards reestablishing the nearly unbreakable alliance, blackberries and have the republican party fo

it is not about black voters. it is about black people.in, he has to get out more than just black voters because we know they're going to suppress the vote. we know they're going to try to steal votes, there is going to be russian interference. we need this coalition of black people who have always supported the party to get him over the finish line because let's be honest, if he goes toward that moderate white vote, he'll get the same results he got in -- that the party got in 2016. they'll be standing on the sidelines looking at donald trump get inaugurated again. >> you know, aaron, there is a lot of back and forth about who joe biden might put on the ticket. and it seems like the inner circle he has, i pointed out in the open, was -- is overwhelmingly older, white and veterans of the past battles. that traditional democratic thinking is you get a midwestern governor or someone from the midwest, and you win michigan, that is like the way the democratic party thinks. is there -- are there signs, you're out there reporting on this, that t

black americans, affordable housing and other areas that black americans really want.n 2020, this kind of loose language and, i‘m sure, biden supporters would point out for donald trump loose language as well, that we don‘t have a better handle on this from the two front runners to be president in november? yeah, but it‘s not just be president in november? yeah, but it‘s notjust the two front runners. when can you find a time when you did not have candidates that really took black people for granted ? candidates that really took black people for granted? you can argue that the only time you did not have a racist president in office was during president in office was during president 0bama‘s terms. so this is parfor the course president 0bama‘s terms. so this is par for the course for all candidates, republican and democrat. they do not take black votes seriously until their backs are pressed against their backs are pressed against the wall, so in various states throughout the election season is, the candidates reached out to black voters when they were losing, and so w

of soulless black. that exchange was in just but on second thought it could have been spoken differently. shannon: your thoughts. >> first and foremost i've continuously said black lives don't matter to democrats, black votes do it i don't believe this was a statement made in just and i'm offended that richard would even compare something trump said to joe biden. that was super unfortunate. we should be calling it out for what it is. it was racist and it was clearly demeaning. we think about joe biden and the record he has had with the african-american community, the 94 crime bill, 3 strikes law, the crack laws, the fact that the african-american community isn't in the greatest shape and it has been in part because of the policies joe biden have supported which were institutionally racist and everyone on screen today should be condemning joe biden for what he said, not saying we should talk about what trump said. that doesn't matter. at the end of the day i'm african-american, black and conservative and

black men began the uprising. black men, joined by a handful of, quote, mexicans, chanted , killed the chucks. the violenceath of black men occupied compound b , not only by taking physical control of it, but by improvising on african space with makeshift spears and drums. these actions were born of anger and frustration, but in many ways, that's where the similarity ends. merritt was a 40-year-old officer with almost 20 years of experience. if i had read to you the eight-page document, he also commanded the persuasive language of the 1960's era civil rights movement, and he had a case to make. he was seeking specific forms of change. the men who rioted at the jail were enlisted men. many of them were still teenagers. some investigators argued they were inflamed by their experience in vietnam and in the stockade. they were inspired by racial uprisings in american cities and they were encouraged by black panther literature. but this group's men made no demands. they did not offer any specific critique of racism, op

i saw decisions being made by non-black allies. and i'm so happy to see non-black allies there. but i want to make it clear that the voice of this protest and the decisions of how to protest should be made by the leaders who are most affected by the things that are going on. i just want to make sure i get that message out there as well. >> thank you for doing that. new york city public advocate jumaane williams, thank you very much. really appreciate you being here and staying up with us tonight as we wade through all of this. >> thank you. >> now let's go to louisville, kentucky, where nbc news correspondent cal perry is standing by. cal, tell us what's going on in louisville. >> reporter: hey, joy. so the police have managed to keep everybody split up. that's the current police line right there. you can see the store's damage. the park across the street has been pretty well trashed. if you can spin around, mark -- i'm sorry -- you can see this whole street is kind of gone. there's been a news crew truck that's been destroyed. i want to talk quickly about breonna taylor. she wa

comments for black voters, don't cast their vote for them ain't black, now many are starting to take a second look. i talk to voters in harlem and this is what they have to say, watch. >> so how do you feel about joe biden's comments about saying, you really ain't black if you don't vote for him? >> wow, people have their opinion and they will see what they want to say. we are all human beings. people make mistakes. and i just take no offense. >> he's trying to say that we are not validated because we vote for trump, we like white people. you can't to me what i like and don't like. that was uncalled for. >> i don't have any other words for it. >> he has tried to have swag, he changed his tone like he was black. >> do you think they take the black vote aggressively? what has joe biden ten for black america? >> joe biden hasn't done much for nobody. >> do you feel like people expect black voters to automatically vote democrats? >> yes, you know, down the line. >> everyone think because you are black you have to vote democratic. as if democrats do everything for black people. it is not

i don't think that you are black. and she said that in a way as a. souse doing me a favor when did you. start feeling that no i don't believe to stahmann and narratives you just talked about when that year was played out it's had no no no this can't be it there must be something else. i don't know if i can tell you. but i believe it has always been there. now as a mother i when i am with my children and i hear them bringing. the topic races me even though they are $2.00 and $4.00 and $5.00 it's just time 5. it is still i see that aware that is not right and it's extremely complicated to explain such a brutal history and this is the trauma of black people and people from many other than aspirants who went through similar experiences collective experiences that you cannot explain and apply any logic to something that is so absolutely most illogical i am not aggressive because this is aggressive yet i comb i do not want to be better. let's now turn to a question that i've heard more times than i can count how come your p

i look at black people killing black people, i look at it as black kkk.ok at this young man trying to fight for the rights of people with no rights, i look at this as an advocate. lookshough everything messed up, i have to be optimistic and say it is getting better. host: wanda in tennessee. join us inng you to this conversation, the morning ,fter protests in minneapolis asking you to weigh in. [no audio] there's a couple things nobody is mentioning. number one, they are not protest. , asking you to weigh in. are losing tv's. is a black cop doing this to a white man there would not be protests. they would go to trial and go to jail and that would be the end of it. six blackshowed the kids beating up the white kid on a bus. this is the same city last year were gangs of blacks were stomping on white people. country --te in this i am called a white supremacist. that is not racist. i have got white privilege, is that racist? you have the same people -- these black people blaming trump. he did more for black people in this country in three years than obama did

when we think about black soldiers, many of them were free black men who enlisted. in order to support the union effort. some of them were south emancipated men who liberated themselves from slavery and went and join the union ranks. it was a real debate about whether or not enslaved men, free men, free blackmon, should support the war effort. you can think about reasons why. if you think about what the experience of african people was in the american revolution for example. sort of thinking about what happened after the american revolution? did they realize the freedom that the american revolution promised? no. that is what we had that little graphic. they had freedom but it was not full freedom or meaningful freedom or complete freedom. there was a real debate about whether or not blackmon should support the war effort. eventually, they do and they enlist. they enlist after the emancipation proclamation because it becomes a war measure to enlist blackmon to support the union effort. they do it anyway believing that they can demonstrate their commitment to the unio

a lot of them majority black as well. and a lot of these folk are looking for trusted information there is a lot of disinformation. >> yeah. all right. i'm going to have to hold there it. zerlina maxwell and errin haynes, thank you both for being with us. >>> coming up, despite billions of dollars being set aside by the government for minority business owners, the owners are still facing a handful of obstacles in retrieving those funds. i'll speak with a member of the congressional black caucus about how to improve this seamingly broken system. >>> but first, my colleague richard lui with today's other top stories. richard? >> all right, thanks, rev. i'm richard lui at msnbc headquarters in new york with the news update for you this hour. at this hour, more than 1.1 million cases of coronavirus now confirmed across the country. the death toll now standing this hour at more than 67,000 people. despite that number, starting tomorrow, more than 146 million people spanning over two dozen states will see an easing of coronavir

like he was black. >> do you think they take the black vote for granted? what's the black agenda question of what has joe biden done for black americans? >> ain't done too much for nobody! >> do you feel like people expect black voters to automatically vote for democrats? >> yeah, because that's how... >> everybody thinks because you are black you've got to vote democratic. these democrats do everything for a black person? it's not about black or white, it's about situation and circumstances and what can be done and can be done.>> he doesn't. he doesn't at all. >> shotton, as you know, and a lot of black officials did not like what biden had to say. charlemagne did an interview on msnbc this weekend that the burden is always on black voters to save the democratic party. i don't think it's going to be this way, sean. >> sean: it's interesting, we have biden-obama, 13 million more americans on food stamps, 8 million more in poverty. up until coronavirus, we had record low unemployment for african-americans, hispanic-americans, asian-americans, women in the w

america simply has not respected the integrity of black life, the integrity of black humanity, has notd to the speech we give or utter, doesn't take seriously what we say as an end case of our internal state. this man knew he was dying. he was begging to the let off of his neck by the policeman who kneeled upon him, and yet nothing prevailed. i'm afraid, chris, that unless we come to the point where we take black life seriously, where we reform police departments, where we have attorneys general and local prosecutors who have conscience, who don't try to block and barricade and present obstacles to the realization of justice, we are going to have a vicious recycling of the same old story. >> and i'm going to go back to what we saw in the charging document yesterday because that almost three minutes, almost three minutes of the more than eight minutes that there was a knee in the neck of george floyd, he wasn't breathing. they checked. he didn't have a pulse. and yet an officer has a knee in his neck, a hand, by the way, in his pocket. it strikes such a casual cord people are yelling, p

worker a black e.m.t. worker who has been at the forefront of this pandemic brianna taylor in louisville kentucky who was killed in her apartment in the middle of the night by the louisville metro police let's talk about shawn reid in indianapolis who was shot down by the indianapolis police and facebook lives his own murder this is not an isolated incident these are killings that are happening almost on a daily basis across the country against unarmed black people this is this is systemic this is happening in every corner of this country which is why you see people rise up in l.a. in atlanta in new york and instead of responding to the response of the people to their oppression let us go to the root of the problem and respond to the actual oppression donald trump needs to talk directly to police officers to police unions and ask police officers to stand down yesterday in michigan a 17 year old protestors bush was shot and killed at a protest in michigan this is what we're trying to avoid here we need to u

s and so forth that had black mayors. in addition to that, he had black police chiefs and fire commissioners and school superintendents and so forth. if you look at the track record of the poor in these black-run cities, if you look at washington, marion barry's washington d.c. in the 1980's, or sharp's in 1990's on coleman young's detroit in 1970's. under these black regimes you had the poor becoming even more improverished on their watch so i don't think that the track record there is a very good one. now, that is not to say that the blacks should disengage in the political process because we've seen regression, black regression under white mayors and white congressmen and white police chiefs and so forth. it's to say that this connection we were told was essential between black political power and black economic progress simply is not proven to be as strong as some people hoped it would be. ... a sort of self-development that has to occur. it's not something that lends itself to political solutions. these are cultural