the context is not there. >> well -- >> straighten out where we are in black america. >> well, presidentrump's line should have been and black unemployment is lower than it's ever been, thank you, president obama. >> right. >> the truth is that black unemployment under president obama plunged from about 16% down to 7.8%. so he cut it in half from the times of the great recession. and that context, in terms of the economy that president trump inherited should always be part of the narrative. but you're right, but there's also something else. in addition to double the unemployment rate of whites, blacks face, like many whites, and latinos, but disproportionately blacks face this the fact that they paycheck doesn't go as far as is used to go. wage stagnation, income inequality. people's check doesn't buy the necessities of life. that's a reality now. my economic goal has to deal with that. the other thing, black americans have been incredibly resilient, tremendously successful in many respects, but still face struggles. we have to lift up the contributions we've made to the arts, media, bus

obama speeches, starting with this 2014 up at the dnc, the one in which he declared there is not a black america, white america, blue america, red america, that there is only the united states of america. gender, religion, sexuality -- it posits that diversity can be a strength. later in the presidency he also posited that those born in other countries and came here as children or adults can be legitimate inheritors of the american dream. bill o'reilly's version of america, give way to barack obama's vision of america and clinical rhetoric, on the left, people privileged with the existing system. increasingly under siege -- they felt that their version of america was slipping away. thatosing, i want to state i don't think -- cohesion is impossible. i don't think it is impossible in a multiracial democracy, that it is obviously very challenging given the struggle between groups that is reflected in these two competing narratives. nonetheless, both of the include a path to national solidarity, the first, the one supported by o'reilly and conservative writers, and also given lip service by donald t

on the marvel comic, features a majority black cast and has been called a defining moment for black americathis is part of the trailer for "black panther." >> i have seen god fly list of i have seen men build weapons that i can even imagine. from the aliens drop sky. but i have never seen anything like this. >> my son, it is your time. >> show me my respect and bow down. >> you get to decide what kind of king you're going to be. amy: since the release of "black panther" earlier this month, fans have crowd-funded campaigns to ensure children can see the film in theaters. teachers have incorporated the movie's core themes of anti-colonialism and cultural representation into their curriculum. activists have used film screenings to hold mass voter registration drives. the movie has also renewed calls for the release of more than a dozen imprisoned members of the real black panther party. meanwhile, thousands of people have signed on to a petition calling on disney to invest 25% of the film's worldwide profits in education programs in black communities. so far, disney has announced they're donat

that black americans vote, i wondered in there was something in the solidarity that we see in black america that the nation could take a lesson from and try to create a solidarity that can bridge the gap that we see when it comes to race. so the panel here today stems from a basic question that i ask the myself early on and a question that i've come to learn and many have asked before me naturally. is solidarity the thing that can save us? is it the thing that can health u.s. address its race problem? i don't know the answer to that. i -- i hope that there is such a thing as a national solidarity that can bind us one to another. it's certainly when you hear most presidents speak, they sort of call on the american civil religion, this idea that there are ideas and principles that bind us together and there ice rutials we go through together to solidify this bond as president obama has said like many presidents before him, america is the only country found on an idea. you know, so if -- if we're all americans who subscribe to this larger idea, certainly there must be some way for us to identi

in 2008, she played the race card against black america. now, into thousand 16, she played it against white america. it has taken off like a wild storm. she played the race card. i remember when she told me, don't you pick on my blacks, mexicans, trans-genders, and all that. she directed that at white america. go some choice but to other direction. i was a lifelong democrat. thank you very much. i respectfully disagree with that. you have a right to your opinion, sir. i look at america as one country. i don't think of white versus nonwhite america. and sorry you feel that way. i would say to you, 3 million total that than the donald trump won disagree with you. at the very least, you are in a minority view. donald trump at 44% approval, which they are high-fiving about at the white house, that is the lowest approval rating in the history of the presidency for a inson after his first year office. you are in a minority that sees this in racial terms rather than on the merits hillary clinton, in my opinion, we respectfully disagree, would have

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in 2000 may she played the race card against black america and now in 2016 she pleaded against white america and is taking off like a wild storm. she just played the race card. i remember when she told me, don't you pick on my blacks, mexicans, trans-genders and all of that. she directed that a white america. id had no choice but to go another direction. i was a lifelong democrat. thank you very much, mr. davis. >> of course i respectfully disagree with that. you have a right to your opinion. i look at america as one country. i'm sorry that you feel that way. i would say to you that 3 million people more than the total that donald trump one disagree with you. at the very least you are in a minority view and right now donald trump is 40% approval, which they are high-fiving about at the white house. 40% is the lowest approval rating in the history of the president they for a person after his first year in office. you are in a minority diseases in racial terms rather than on the merits hillary clinton in my opinion we just respectfully disagree would've made a better president than dona

he said, this is a movie about what it means to be black and america, africa and the world. han dodge complicate d about race and identity, a film grapples head-on with the issues affected modern-day black life. >> i agree with that what is so great about this movie, we are living in a time where black skin and black bodies are literally targets in america. this narrative. i agree with everything that rebecca said. i am hoping that not only will we continue this narrative of black excellence, also, black futurism, and afro futurism, and people black being more than blank targets, but black life and black experiences. >> one day after publicly defending porter, president trump goes on twitter to ask about due process. and a resig nag of another white house official accused of abuse. you can't predict the market, but through good times and bad at t. rowe price we've helped our investors stay confident for over 80 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. sucthey read more.have one thing in common. how do they find the time? ... with audible. audible

i really talk about the areas that seem to be really troublesome when we talk about the black experience in america. i talk about education, i talk about the economic well-being of the black community, i talk about the family structure and all of those things and what with my view was and what i thought these solutions were from a political perspective. what has changed mainly is that i acknowledge that because of my upbringing, a lot of the things that i experience are not the experiences of a lot of black people in these communities. i was raised in a military family, a two-parent family. my parents are still married, celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary. always was in integrated neighborhoods, integrated schools. gated communities, for all intents and purposes. come from an air base, there's a gate you have to get through. so there was always safety and security. and so i grew up in a very protected environment. and i think over time as my focus has become less political and more spiritual, i thought to myself, well, what would my life have been like if i had been born in west baltimore, ma

they were speaking to something that black america was not content with the achievements of the first wave. we can vote. we want equal share of the society. what a wise conservatism does is says we have to identify those here. then we have to identify the grievances they are exploiting and we have to address them. it's a combination of both oppression that's how you meet radical groups that are broadly based. one of the reasons why i was curious but at the same time i'm still horrified. it is made up of many violent and social psychopaths. but it's also channeling that something has gone very wrong and that people are killing themselves with the drugs americus lowest seat seatbelt use of any company -- of any country. there is something that people are not finding life precious enough. the addiction in the self-medication with food and video games and i would say i get in trouble with this. i think it's double since 2007. something is going wrong. and those people and up sometimes dropping out of society altogether. the task of creative leadership. i see why you can't say he is taking

black panther, america's first black superhero, has finally arrived. it is the 18th film in the marvel universe, and if ticket sales are any indication, itul be the most successful. so how did black panther go from 66his comic-book debut in o the latest incarnation? i have been tracing his journey. he may be the king of the world's most advanced nation and possess superhuman strength and senses, but it has still taken black century to leap from the page to the big screen. in the process, many artists have put their creative stamp on his character. >> a lot of times i will design ithe thumbnail stage, and then i will pose myself -- jane: so you are the black panthe >> i am the black panther. i'm actually every every time i draw. jane: he illustrated "black panther: the man without fear" in 2010. panther does th backflip kick, on the floor, feated, and they start to disintegrate. jane: he has worked on a range of comic-book characters including batman and another d ack superhero, luke cage. but black panther be a game changer. , directed by ryan cooglert

speaker, i'm here to talk about black history because for many years, too many years, to be quite honest, the history of africans in the americas, the history of black people in america, the history of african-americans, at one time known as negros, this history was deleted from the history books. it was said in one book that because little contributions were made to world history, there would be little mention of africans in history. but, mr. speaker, we know now that this is not true. and because we know that it is not true, we seek to at least give some indication in the records that african-americans have made a significant contribution in america. but also the truth is that africans have made a contribution to world history. however, tonight this resolution will focus on and it will recognize and celebrate black history month. and in so doing, we would like to present the resolution that will be filed at a later time. mr. speaker, whereas the theme for black history month, 2018, is african-americans in times of war. something that we have not focused on to the extent that we should have. because african-americans have made

. >> "black panther," america's irst black superhero has finally arrived in sin mass.rly ticket sales are any indication, it could be the most successful of the superhero mar vessel movies. we have traced its succession to e silver screen. >> he may be the king of the world's most successful nation butakt's still ten "black panther" more than half ao centuryegal from the page to the big screen. inhe process, many artists have put their creative stamp on character. >> a lot of times i'll design it in a thumbnail stage and then i'll pose myself s i can get the -- >> so you're the black panther? >> i am. wery character that i sean int panther," the mathout fear in 2010. black panther does a back kick, knocks this guy out. >> he's worked on a range of coc boonk book characters, including batman and another black superhero, luke cage but "black panther" could be a game changer. directed by ryan kugler, the movie cost $200 million to make d is examined to top $150 million this weekend, setting a record f a film directed by an african-american. it's -- its big budget, global

ago, 2016, we did the 40th anniversary report of the state of black america. gave us a chance to take an introspective look at how far we have come. the truth is the country made 1963 to 1976s from when it comes to the reduction of poverty and improvement of living conditions for people at the bottom of the economic ladder. since 1976, relative economic disparities have not changed much. the distance in income, home ownership, the stagnation of wages. since 2000, the average working american in the bottom 80% has becauseut a 10% pay cut their wages are keeping up with inflation. that is the here and now. we have an opportunity -- last thing. is not to make 68 a year of nostalgia, where we look back and all we do is reflect. and we say what might have been. but to use this time to renew the commitment to economic justice in poor people. >> thank you very much. [laughter] -- [applause] next question is to peter braided he is no stranger to the movement for social justice. he has dedicated his life to it. please fill in the remaining seats, folks who are waiting

being black in america in 2018 is a struggle.an is in charge. now we've had while presidents before. but but this dude is on another level. he messing with black reporters, black congressman, football players, rappers, all this guy does is come after black people. he like sickle cell that is good at golf. there is a silver lining though. a silver lining for black people. unemployment is at an all-time low, a trend started under our only black president. (applause) now donald trump has the awe dassity to take credit for lowering the black unemployment rate but this is the same man who fought only rosa, that was half of his black staff. now despite the obstacles facing our people, i assure you the state of the black shit is strong. and my beautiful home state of alabama black women turned a red state blue and kept roy moore's creepy ass out of the senate and-- (applause) we say thank you. the me too movment you started has taken down more perverts than all 37 seasons of special victims unit. (applause) tontd we also celebrate black

in 2008 she played the race card against black america. and now in 2016 she played it against the white america. and it's taken off like a wild storm. look at the social temper now. but that -- she is just played the race card. i remember when she told me, don't you pick on my blacks, mexicans, transgenders and all that. she directed that at white america, and so i had no choice but to good some other direction. i was a lifelong democrat. thank you very much. >> host: mr. davis. >> guest: i respectfully disagree with that. you have a trying your opinion. look at america as one country. don't think of white versus nonwhite america. i'm sorry you feel that way wife. say to you that 3 million people more than the total that donald trump won, disagree with you. teaselers you're in a minority view and right now donald trump at 40% potential, which they're high-fiving about, 40%. the lowest approval rate neglect history of the presidency for a person after his first year in office. glory a minority that sees is in racial terms rather than of the

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black, is that really an issue in britain? - it is for the british press. i know in america people don't really think of meghan as super black. one, because her name is meghan. and two, because you can't pick her out of this lineup of white women. - yeah, i don't know where she is. - i'm not lying. but to the british right-wing press, harry might as well be engaged to wendy williams. "how you doing?" - look, i hear what you're saying, and i've been following the coverage from the uk. i don't know if i've seen that much racism. - exactly, the brits do subtle racism. it's not the n word. it's in code. they say, "meet the in-laws," talking about how meghan's parents are divorced, and she comes from a broken family. you know who else comes from a broken family? prince harry! [laughter] they call meghan's family unconventional. unconventional, the queen is married to her own cousin. - gina yashere, everybody. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] [upbeat music] (elevator speaker) going down. oh no. peter? it's kristy. camp jenkins? maybe this will jog your memory. alexa, pla

black panther — america's first black superhero has finally it's the 18th film in the marvel universethe most successful yet. jane o'brien has been tracing hisjourney from comic book to silver screen. in the leaking of the world's most advanced nation and possess superhuman strength and census, but it are still taken black panther more than half a century to leap from the page to the big screen —— the king obee. in the process, many artists have put their creative stamp on the character. a loss of times i will develop that in the thumbnail stage and then i will... so you are the black panther. thumbnail stage and then i will... so you are the black pantherlj thumbnail stage and then i will... so you are the black panther. i am the black panther. and every character i. he illustrated the man without fear. he does a backflip kick, knox this guy out, the news on the floor, defeated. that is what ninjas do. he has worked on a range of comic book characters including batman and luke cage. but black panther could be a game changer. directed by rain kudla, the movie cost 200 million to make

i will stop with this, two years 40th2016, we did the anniversary report of the state of black america. gave us a chance to take an introspective look at how far we had come. the truth is is that the country 1963 toat progress of 1976 and 1978 when it comes to the reduction of poverty and the improvement of living conditions for people at the bottom of the economic ladder. since 1976, relative economic disparities have not changed much. the distance in income, home ownership, the stagnation of wages. since 2000 in this country, the average working american at the bottom 80% have seen about a 10% to 50% pay cut because -- 10% to wagesy cut because their are not keeping up with inflation. that is the here, that is a now. we have an opportunity. kinshasha: i have to interrupt you. marc: last thing. because i will have to excuse myself. i will say this, our challenge is not to make 1968 a year of nostalgia, year we look back in all we do is reflect. and we say what might have been. but to use this time to renew the commitment to economic justice in poor people. kinshasha: thank you very mu

on the marvel comic, features a majority black cast and it's been called a defining moment for black america. it has also renewed calls for the release of more than a dozen imprisoned members of the real black panther party will stop thousands of people have signed onto a petition calling on disney to invest 25% of the films worldwide profits in education programs in black communities. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. never again. that's become the rallying cry for students in parkland, florida, who survived last week's school shooting massacre that left 17 people dead. funerals continue to be held for the students and teachers who were killed in one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. the confessed gunman, nikolas cruz, was a former student who had been expelled. he carried out the killings with an ar 15, which he reportedly bought three days after getting kicked out of school last year. on friday, the fbi admitted that someone close to cruz had called the agency's tip line in january to w

black history. ryan jones: that's right, it is american history. there is no americaut the africans that were kidnapped and brought here and built the country. there is no country. [applause] americanery stage in history, the black struggle is essential to understanding the whole history of the country. i was in elementary school, i was teaching little ones eight years in harlem. that is what students want to learn about. it is not hard. the hard part is trying to deal with the demands of high-stakes standardized testing and all of the demands that they are putting on our schools. the budget cuts and the school closings, the privatization, that is the problem. kids want to learn real history, history about people fighting back. you have them right here in the palm of your hand, like wait a minute, wow, they want to learn. that is what has them the most riveted and the most interested. you do not have to sermon eyes -- you don't have to sermon ize to young people. when they're exposed to real history, they make their own meaning out of it. that is what every generation

it's not just black america's story. >> we might have come over in the bottom of the ship, but we all put. but it don't mean stay a slave. >> as a 19-year-old kid, it was my first job. >> we're not children. we're very close to being men. >> what's your name? >> kunta. kunta kintae. >> the character that i got to portray in "roots" was a dream role. >> it was really genius to cast all of america's favorite television dads in the roles of the white slave owners and the villains. >> i'll be by to fetch ya in the morning, captain. sleep well. >> it is difficult to explain in today's culture how unprecedented "roots" was. no one had ever seen the story of slavery before told from the point of view of the africans. >> it may be the first time that television allowed an embracing of black pride. >> them is free. is free, honey. >> one of the reasons that "roots" was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didn't. >> earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if "roots" were to fail, they could ju

that are violent criminals but they were in radicalized form speaking to something powerful, that black america was not in content with the achievements of the first wave. and in fact it was an open way to a lot of anger and okay, we can vote but we want an equal share of society. at that point, wisely you state the policy but that's wise conservative that says confronting background, we have to identify these antisocial personalities and isolate and marginalize them and identify the grievances that they exported and we have to address them. andit's a combination of both repression and session, that's how you meet radical groups . and i think by reaction to like charlottesville, one of the reasons why i was trump curious but at the same time i was horrified. the alt right or whatever you want to call, it's made up of many violence socialists and psychopaths. who grew ambitious people. but it's also channeling with something is gone very wrong in the part of white america. >> the drums, that america is the lowest seat not use of any developed country. the most likely to put children in car seats

i talk about the areas that seem to be really troublesome when we talk about a black experience in america. i talk about education, i talk about the economic well-being of the community, the family structure and all the things and with my view was and what i thought the solutions were from a political perspective. what has changed name me is that i acknowledge that because of my upbringing, a lot of things that i experience are not the experiences of a love black people in these communities. i was raised into a military family, two parent family. they are still married and celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. always an integrated neighborhoodin integratedneighbs corrugate, datedcommunities. i think over time it's become more political and spiritual and i thought to myself was wha wouy life have been like if i'd been born in west baltimore maryland to a single mother or in the ferguson missouri or any of these flash points that we've seen in the news, what is the only thinif theonly thing i saws risk and threat. one of the only father figure fs we have are the teenagers on the street w

i'm still a black woman in america, that's not going to change. still subjected to a lot of things, and besides, with my platform, and i'm sure, again, he views it the same way. you know this better than anybody, reverend, given how long you fought for social justice, is that those who are able to sort of get to this point, you almost feel a deeper responsibility to make sure that you allow others to stand on your shoulders because we all had to stand on somebody else's shoulders at some point or at many points in our lives. >> let me ask you this. give me a handle what you think is going to happen at the super bowl tonight. >> well, i do think that this game is going to be a lot closer than people imagine it to be. the patriots obviously one of the most dominant teams ever in sports. i think it will be close, but i think they'll wind up winning and further cementing their legacy as one of the most winningest teams and franchises that we've ever seen. i think something along the lines of 28-24. i do think this game will be a lot closer than some p

black says, quote, what do these shootings have in common? guns? yep. but also boys. girls aren't pulling the triggers. it's boys. it's almost always boys. america's boys are broken, and it's killing us. michael black joins me now from new york. welcome to the program. thank you. >> you know, that's a really right-in-your-face statement and conclusion. all the guns are wielded by boys. but what do you mean that they're broken? what do you see and feel? >> america's boys, and this could probably be applied to boys worldwide but i'm confining my remarks to america in particular in relationship to the shooting epidemic that we have, are defined as we always have been by our masculinity. the model of masculinity that boys and the men they grow into seems to be broken, and it's having profound and devastating effects not just in these spectacular, violent episodes we see but all across the spectrum of american life. and i think we can -- we need to look more closely at what it means to be a boy and be a man in america and how we define masculinity. >> i just want a quote from you, yourself, what you wrote in "the new york times." many feel the very qua

the story of so much black america, escaping jim crow, finding opportunity and that is how i became a >> host: your mother's family were free blacks. >> guest: my mother was descended from a biracial woman who came over 17 something, half irish, half black, came over indentured servant, worked on james madison's plantation, married, my father's line comes from barbados which is a sugar plantation in ireland and the american south, georgia and florida. >> host: does ralph ellison's invisible man holdout? >> last time i read it was eight years ago. i taught it. a marvelous book. i'm in a concise stage, lost a few words in that sermon, but i mentioned it being a revelation for me as a teenager and i remember in the first section that opened the book was accepted in my seventh grade primer of american short stories. i was reading fantastic literature and so much absurdity opening the scene, i felt kinship. it was important to me when i was younger. a real sort of inspiration. >> host: what do you get from this book? >> guest: an ecstatic american -- loving, cool, on twitter, retweet howel

they have failed black america.her thing, most of people that call in, they can't even distinguish between legal illegal on and immigration. they think everything is immigration. had this level of legal immigration in history of immigration and never had ever.al immigration we have 12 million illegal immigrants, people do not know immigration. also, another thing, frederick douglas, w. dubois, booker t.washington, were against high-levels of immigration for america. host: kathleen in los angeles this morning. about 10 minutes left in our morning on the "washington journal." we'll be taking you afterwards the senate budget committee. there is a live shot of the budget room where director mick mulvaney will be testifying the day after sent fiscal 2019 budget to capitol hill. ou can watch that here, listen to that hearing on c-span radio. you can watch it on the web, as well. headlines from the president's budget request from "u.s.a. today," trump pitches congress a massive trillion uild-up, 4.4 dollar budget proposed

i'm sorry it's oscillate terrifying and i fear a lot of you may be saying in that episode of black america that's what about five people said to me today apparently i need to go watch this program about robots taking over the world or something anyway that will do it for this newsgroup here's how you get in touch with us hash tag i don't use that on twitter facebook and whatsapp thank you for your questions and contributions thank you for your birthday wishes for me today as well it was really nice thank you for my take as well. about his studio fourteen tomorrow wednesday. it's not. just. al jazeera. and for you. for the congolese the journey to work all aboard means unimaginable hardship i prefer to live don't exist until i get the captain to chance in life and live in a dangerous journey through the jungle i've gone on to the rails for nearly died. children go to school and live because of the train risking it all the democratic republic of congo at this time. time on al-jazeera. while the world's rich take what they want. the world's poor must beg to survive. from the streets of manila

done to disparage african-americans, including his five-year attack on the first black president of the united states of america? and as you rightly point out, the declining african-american unemployment rates started under unemployment rates started under barack obama's presidency and the trend line continued. citizen in all, black unemployment is twice the rate of white unemployment in america and is nothing to celebrate. there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done. but the president clearly doesn't understand that. and the reason why i believe many members of the congressional black caucus sat in stone cold silence is because this president has no authenticity or credibility on this issue and many many others. >> i want to talk to you about this russia investigation because you mentioned that. the former vice president joe biden spoke with our own chris cuomo today. biden said he would tell president trump not to sit down with robert mueller. here is why. >> the president has some difficulty with precision. >> that's one of the most subtle things i've ever heard you say, joe biden. >> one of the th

>> i think any black person in america is faith of being killed if you are a black person as an activist like me with a target of death threats , yes i'm afraid of losing my life in this country because of my activism i don't think of that a lot because i would not do that but i try to keep myself a secure as possible. >> i don't believe you when you say fight thought more about i wouldn't do that. [laughter] >> we have talked about this before that you feel the fear you know it is real, but because of who you are you have to go through the wall even if it may damage your body. >> that's true. there are moments when i have more anxiety i went to montana once which is the capital of white militia groups i need a lot of security and for them to be vigilant for those who try to come up to the stage i needed an escort out other places i feel safe i don't feel like i need to have my guard as much but yes you are right i don't obsess about it but i do think about it for my safety but i can't imagine not being a part of the movement. >> not to upset us on that but somebody was coming at you in

the black community makes up the largest minority group in the country, yet the fight for equality continues in america. abc7 news anchor eric thomas is here with local black leaders to talk about the many important issues affecting our bay area communities. >> thanks, cheryl, and there are many topics to talk about. let's start with this -- our last bay area census back in 2010 found blacks make up 6.7% of the total bay area population. but that's almost a full percentage point drop from the previous census in 2000. it works out to a loss of about 30,000 individuals. the decline is more significant in san francisco, san mateo, and santa clara counties. in particular, san francisco has seen a steady drop of black residence over the years -- a 6.6 percentage difference since 1980, or 38,000 people, have left san francisco. today, the population decline is one of the items we'll be discussing with our special guests. but first, let's look at a recent bright moment in the bay area. a parade to honor black history month never existed in san francisco until this year. abc7's lyanne melendez has the story of

after the civil war, neris green became america's first black master distiller. so let's honor mr. and the fruits of his labor with a toast. ugh! damn, you got to make it burn! wasn't your life hard enough? ( laughter ) now, on to the story of jerry lawson, a self-taught engineer who invented the video game cartridge. before jerry lawson, the only video game you could play was pong. look at this boring ass video game. action packed. jerry lawson with his invention gave black people an escape from racism, much in the same way neris green did with his jack daniels. so let's toast to neris green! ( laughter ) ooh! like a bitch. mmm! finally the last black innovator lonnie johnson, an aerospace engineer who in 1982 invented the supersoaker, an invention that brought joy to both children and wet t-shirt contest audiences alike. anyway, the only reason i wanted to mention lonnie was so i could honor neris green in the most efficient way possible. high-pressure alcohol dispensing. that's right. ( laughter ) oh, lordy, lordy right there. yes, lord. ( laughter ) whoo! lordy, lordy! mmm! so

raising the black flag. america's bad boy meets newsnight‘s bad boy.enry rollins meetsjohn sweeney. we're as terrified as you are. do you fancy an arm wrestle? good evening. in the last few minutes the department for international development has announced it is reviewing work with oxfam after the times revealed documents which suggested the charity had covered up a sexual exploitation scandal in haiti. three charity workers including its country director resigned and four more dismissed after an investigation uncovered various examples of inappropriate behaviour, including the use of prostitutes, bullying and intimidation at the height of the relief effort following a devastating earthquake in 2011. today the former chief executive of oxfam told this programme she was aware of other, earlier cases of sexual exploitation by staff members whilst she was in charge of the charity. tonight, questions are being asked about why oxfam failed to warn other aid agencies of the behaviour, as oxfam admitted it could not guarantee the former employees had not take

year and a half, obama -- i think the narrative about obama was that america had reached this place where we were able to -- that a black man had gotten a big job and america was getting better and this great moment and black people everywhere were going to somehow improve logic and improve with obama, i think that was lost in that narrative, was how many people were angry to see a black man and a black family on their tv every day and how many people were mad at their own shortcomings because the economy wasn't working out for them. there's the idea, oh, yeah people are mad at obama because of the economy and i mean that if you're someone who already has a decision not to like african americans and you can't get a job and there's job numbers coming out every day, the economy is getting better and now you have to watch two black girls on tv wearing thousand dollar dresses, does something for you, to me it's not just about prejudice anymore but lived experience looking at what you can do and america in a lot of ways has told straight white men that you have the privilege, that you are the one that will be able to do ever

no one is talking about black people anymore and everybody is talking about a post-racial america so we have to talk about how black folks are one of the most vulnerable groups if not the most vulnerable group in this country and across the world. >> host: do white lives matter matter? >> guest: white lives matter, asian lives matter, of course. but black lives matter is the calling, the call to action because for us we believe when you deal with the mass of black racism you get to feel lots of different issues out there. >> host: in some ways people may not realize is the phrase white lives matter is the inherent value of their lives is in society the inherent value of black, brown,, female lives are not then that's what it comes down to. some of them are offended by black lives matter because they are like fish swimming in water. they don't realize the inherent value of whiteness is a -- by society. >> guest: that's exactly right and that's what makes people so angry. they are like whoa what about us and that's the wrong question to be asking. it's always been about you. >> the ques

you know black america, escaping jim crow, funding opportunity. i became a new yorker. >> host: i read in an interview that your mothers family were free blocks. >> guest: one of my mothers side descended from a woman named sally madden. came over around 17 something. she was half white irish, half black. came over as an indentured servant and worked on james madison's farm, plantation. and those kids were playing and they had kids. married, yeah. that line and my father's line comes from barbados. which is a sugar plantation island. and the american south. georgia and florida. >> host: does ralph ellison, invisible man hold up? speech elastomer heard it years ago, i taught it. it is really a marvelous book. i will sort of -- could have lost a few words in the sermon in the early part of the book but i mentioned being a revelation for me as a teenager. i remember reading the first section of battle royale. it was asserted in seventh grade and american short stories. and at that point i was reading fantastic literature. and there was so much absurd