you mentioned out-of-wed lock births why do you think that's the biggest problem in black america? caller: because it causes every dysfunction imaginable. if kids don't have two parents they're disadvantaged. and why doesn't the black community deal with that? in fact our whole country is not dealing with this. it affect it is hispanic community the white community. and we are just destroying our whole country. host: mark your response. guest: i'm not going to delve into but i think there are people who would tell you that being in a bad relations, being out of a relationship is better than being in a bad relationship. and there's no doubt that family challenges, problems of disconnected youth are problems that face the nation. but what i would challenge gary on is on the idea that the national urban league is competent after 102 years to define what is most important for african american and urban communities. we're nonpartisan, we didn't show up yesterday. and this threat to voting because so much of the progress of this nation has come through the expansion of the vote. whether i

there is a very strong tradition in black america. applauding black americans who have gone out in society and proven their mettle. at the same time, there is this suspicionic that is still there and, you know, even in places -- even in places of privilege, at the very end of the book, oil company about why i wrote it. and oneal reason i wrote it because at my law school, harvard law school, clearly a place of tremendous privilege -- there's still a certain anxiety that bubbles up. i have. students who come to me at office hours we'll be talking about careers and there will be a certain sort of anxiety expressed or almost a sort of -- a feeling of guilt expressed with people saying things, like, well, i really don't know if i want to pursue this sort of career because if i do this, won't i object a mere assimilationists? won't i object selling ou -- wot i be distancing myself from my people? i say, listen, we live in a huge society.y, there are people of talent needed all over the place. do your thing. if you want to be a great tax att

and again, we have to remember that black america is tremendously complex. there are all sorts of positions. we just finished with black history month. and all through black history month, this month and historically, a lot of pride is expressed about black american first, black americans who have succeeded in all spheres, you know, business, law, inventing things, medicine. and so, people in the audience should not think that all black americans look askance at black americans who have succeeded. there is a very strong tradition in black america of applauding black americans who have gone out in society and proven their mettle. at the same time, there is this suspicion that is still there, and you know, even in places, even in places of privilege, in "sellout" i talk about why i wrote a. the one reason i wrote it, in glasgow, harvard law school clearly a place of tremendous privilege, there's still a certain anxiety. i have students who come to me, we'll be talking about careers, and there will be a certain sort of anxiety expressed, almost a feeling of expr

as well -- and was well aware of education and its importance for the future of black america. my mom was educated from kindergarten through eighth grade in washington, d.c.. which is recognized as the mother church of all black catholics. washington, d.c. was south of the transfer -- the mason decisiodixon line. st. augustine was established in the late 1850's during the separate but equal and in most cases on equal time. this school was started by the first order of black roman catholic nuns, the oblate sisters of providence out of baltimore, maryland. their purpose was to educate black children. these nuns persistence and unflinching sacrifice influence my mother's life and my life. my mother was in high school when the march on washington occurred. the weeks leading up to the march, my mother participated in many peaceful demonstrations and picket lines in front of the white house. again, this is another example of unshakable persistence and sacrifice. she did this being afraid and not reacting when the white agitators were spitting on her and her girlfriend. it was importan

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mark morial is the president of the group that just released their state of black america group and eugenecal analyst. thank you for joining us. >> great, chris. >> mayor, i want you to come on here first and tell us, you are making a case here. do you believe the motivation is political in the part of these republican legislatures to deny democrats the right to vote or just to repress the power of black america? >> here's the evidence. all of a sudden in the last 18 months, there are 34 states that have either -- that have introduced far ranging legislation to restrict early voting to require a specific type of voter i.d., to make it more difficult to conduct registration drives. and when you look at the i.d. issue alone, 1 in 10 americans do not have the i.d. contemplated by these laws. and 1 out of 4 african-americans do not. so this clearly a political motivation, i believe, and i think this is about the defense of democracy in saying a nation that's fighting to defend democracy abroad cannot erect barriers to democracy here in the united states in 2012. and we have to speak out agains

mark is the ceo of the national urban league, released the state of black america report.e robinson the columnist with the washington post. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, chris. >> mayor, come on first and tell us you're making a case here, do you believe the motivation is political on the part of these republican-led legislatures to deny democrats the chance to vote or is it a racial intent to repress the power of black america? >> here is the evidence, all of a sudden in the last 18 months, 34 states that have either -- that have introduced far-ranging legislation, restrict early voting, require a specific type of voter id, to make it more difficult to conduct registration drives. when you look at the id issue alone, one in ten americans do not have the id contemplated by the laws, and one out of four african americans do not. so this clearly a political motivation, i believe, and i think this is about the defense of democracy in saying a nation that is fighting to defend democracy abroad, cannot erect barriers to democracy in the united states in 201

rights abuses or killings, although there is an aspect of that historical here -- what is it in black america that will so easily accept the violations of don king to those who he represented through their boxing careers? the exploitation of some young fighters? yet he is able to function on this extremely high level, be totally socially acceptable. it is because there is an understanding that there has been a history of such repression from those that he also becomes an example of this saying to white america or to prejudice america, hey, we can run a show, too. and if some of the people -- he himself -- there is an example that a rise can be there. whenever you have a focus depression, as it has been in haiti, between that -- between the symbol of leadership that still rises many haitians up, where you're talking about duvalier or martelli, the people who have lived on $1 or $2 a day still see a simple pellet that they aspire to be a part of in some way. on the other hand, what is less acceptable in the long term is that there are a lot of people still involved in government who were deeply

plus, mike it will eric dyson will join us to talk about the state of black america and a new report students are flee times more likethree t be suspended from school than any other race, especially boys. and it is here. apple unveils the new ipad 3, the specs on all the new features. we gynein half hour with rush limbaugh denying he's losing more sponsors after his remarks regarding sun dra fluke. that's despite reports as many as 39 sponsors have pulled out from his show. >> my own brother sends me a note last night, have you really lost 2 sponsors? no, we have not lost 28 sponsors. how can they say it? because they lie. in fact, folks, we have three brand new sponsors that will be starting in the next two weeks. now, obviously, i'm not going to del you who they are today. >> why not? limbaugh also said two experiences who pulled out now want to get back in the fold. he would not name them either. meantime at his victory party last night in boston, mitts romney declined againton comment or condemn limbaugh's remarks. when asked again about his thoughts on limbaugh's words romney wo

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. >> there's a real anxiety within a substantial part of black america when confronting black americans who are successful in the wider society because there's this anxiety that to be successful, especially p if you're in a predominantly white setting to get the backing of white people and trust of white people, what did you have to do to get that backing. what did you have to do to get that trust? what did you have to do to get that recognition? there's this fear one of the things you had to do was on to betray in some form your community. >> the first sunday of every month they focus on the works of one author. this month harvard law professor randall kennedy spoke about race, politics and the obama administration. watch it online at the c-span video library with over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >> senator johnny isakson of georgia is one of a number of lawmakers to speak before the israel public affairs conference held in washington, d.c. we'll watch his remarks until washington today live in about 8 minutes eastern. >> thank you very m

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. >> there's a real anxiety within a substantial part of black america when confronting black americans who are successful in the wider society because there's this anxiety that to be successful, especially if you're in a predominantly white setting, to get the backing of white people, to get the trust of white people, what do you have to do to get that backing? what did you have to do to get that trust? what did you have to do to get that recognition? there's this fear that one of the things you had to do was to betray in some form your communit community. >> the fist sunday of every month, book tv in-depth focuses on one author. speaking about race, politics and the obama administration. watch it online at the c-span library on your computer. >>> next, a discussion with constitutional law experts on the legalities of president obama's recess appointments earlier this year. two of the panelists argued that the appointments of richard cordray to be the financial prosection bureau director and three members to the nlrb were unconstitutional, while the two other legal experts say the pres

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that is why this year, in black america, it's about about preserving the vote. >> your annual report is coming out on wednesday but this is the preview. you are talking about the building blocks of democracy. >> it's the right to vote. we are fighting wars overseas to defend democracy in iraq and afghanistan, this is about defending it here in the united states. what we want people to understand is, without the vote, you have no voice when it comes toly schools and education, jobs pau policies and all the things we need to focus on as we try to climb out of a recession. >> do you think it's a coincidence that it is coming out in an election year? >> we want voters to understand that the argument of voter fraud is nothing but a smoke screen -- >> kwha is the -- what is the percentage of rovoter fraud? >> most of it is by the hands of election officials not by voters. indeed the secretary of state in indiana was charged with voter fraud. it's a misplaced remedy and we have to throw heat and light on it. in maine, where you are having a history of same-day registration, it was put to a

. >> there's a real anxiety within a substantial part of black america when confronting black americans who are successful in the wider society because there's this anxiety that to be successful, especially if you're in a predominantly white setting, to get the backing of white people, to get the trust of white people, what did you have to do to get that backing? what did you have to do to get that trust? what did you have to do to get that recognition? there's this fear that one of the things that you had to do was to betray in some form your community. >> the first sunday of every month, book tv's in depth focuses on the works of just one author. this month, harvard law professor randall kennedy spoke of race, politics and the obama administration. watch it online at the c-span video library. with over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >>> eight current and form earn members of the u.s. military who allege they were raped, assaulted or harassed during their service have filed a lawsuit accusing the military of tolerating sexual predators and d

year old boy. >> yeah, and it's horrible to bare it, but it's also something that i think black people in america used to, but it's the thing that makes black people seem crazy sometimes. it's always carrying that around with us. >> that's another psychological burden -- part of the unfairness of it. >> like with ptsd after war. >> president obama has stepped in on a couple of issues like this. is this something that he should say something about? >> he should say something about trayvon and troy davis, oscar grant who was killed by a cop in oakland. he constantly -- i think what people don't get, when we elected a black president, we thought at the very least we backs. >> and you don't feel like he has had your backs? necessarily. >> i think he is maybe afraid of looking too black. but at the very least like in this sherrod situation, it look maybe a second for the that. >> it is a somebody sensitive for an executive when there is an ongoing investigation, but don't you feel like at least with this president, and this attorney general, that there will be -- that this issue will be addressed? >>

and so that's what if you want to ask a question i think what does america owe black folk? that's what they owe. get us back to where we would have been had we not been put in slavery. and that's going to cost somebody some money. anyway. any other comments, closing comments? >> i think you've said it. >> one thing i will say about it, though. i think the chief value of the discussion is that it puts the economic aspect of slavery on the table. it was such a horrendous thing that i think some people try to brush that side of it off by saying it's too much, the human cost is incalculable. but by talking about reparations, you make people understand that this wasn't done for nothing, you know. this was for money and a tremendous amount of money and that is something that needs to come into the debate as we talk about the sales and all those kinds of things. people benefitted from it. and that is something that this makes clear. >> also, the slaves were freed without absolutely nothing. they were free to do anything they wanted with the nothing they had. lincoln just said, oka