when i tell a story about black america and 68, mcdonald's is everywhere.n i look at the papers of people like julian bond, mcdonald's is everywhere. when i looker at the archives of the southern christian leadership conference or the naacp, mcdonald's is everywhere. i think we often think about certain relationships with power. people would say was own ten bot mcdonald's and black america but i think it's a cautionary tale about who we center and turn important makers of history. this is why i'm so excited about the possibility of agr graduate student reading this book and think this is the work worst book i've ever read, and want to go back to the same archives and write a better version of this because these things are possible but is political. there has to be programs in which you can study african-american history, there has to be faculty to advise you to do that. this isn't magic, it'so about changing who and what we think about in the places that train scholars to do that kind of work. >> toys interesting to me have you as a journalist or i, i met y

this amazing book, franchise the golden arches and black america. the citation read this way from nuance account of the complicated role of the fast food industry plays in african-american communities race in capitalism that masterfully illustrates how the fight for civil rights has been intertwined with black businesses. so, it is a smart and capacious book and a work of history that goes way beyond what you know about the golden arches and entrepreneurial spirit. in the calorie count of the happy meal, it digs into this really important story of how this purveyor of food actually shaped political culture. shape to the economy and really shape so many particularly cities around the country. it is really important history it is a lens i don't think people have thought about quite the way you have. i'm really thrilled to be here. so, mcdonald's is embedded into the american subconscious. i'm sure it is a stone's from here there is one. but it is a paradox. it is simultaneously history of opportunity it's also an opportunity for exploitation. it is a

i don't know i am going to do it the golden arches and black america the complicated role the fast food industry plays in african-american communities grace and capitalism have been intertwined with the fight fate of black businesses that's a smart book and a work of history is way what you know about the golden arches the count of the happy meal digs into an important story of how this purveyor of food actually shapes political culture. shapes the economy and really shapes so many particular cities around the country. it's really important history and is just a lens so mcdonald's is embedded into it's a paradox it's also chicago's story. so let's begin in chicago. marsha your first book was self site girls growing up in the great migration. here we are where you grew up. what was your first mcdonald's experience? >> i just want to say thank you for everyone for joining us. thank you so much for this invitation having so many after school in this neighborhood i could count the number of places i want to return to that because mcdonald's for me was at the center of my budding social life

, one for black america. it's essential we have legal scholars down in brunswick on thursday. >> we'll be there. i will see marcus aubrey coming in with many minnisters to have prayer to give you strength and to give wanda strength around your attorneys lee merritt and attorneys of black america ben crump. thank you both for joining me and god bless you and the family. >>> coming up, the truth behind why america remains at the mercy of the covid-19 virus. that this weeks gotcha. first my colleague richard lui with today's top stories. >> we are having a good saturday. some of the stories we are watching this hour, as winter begins, all but six cases are seeing rising covid cases, we're up more than 47 million cases. children ages 5 through 11 are able though to get vaccinated as boosters are more widely available. spacex launched another falcon today, after bad weather delays that successfully took off this morning from cape canaveral in florida. these satellites will help provide nor access to internet world

are the embodiment of multiple levels of performance, a black preacher, a black activist, performing social justice in america minister. this is why you are going to be with the ahmaud family because you represent for us that spiritual presence. that is the performance of blackness in its most pristine form. >> you break that down in the book because even being able to perform with an activist, drama, marches, or whatever, is to help further a cause. some people say don't be theatrical, but it helps the cause. you brilliantly laid it out in the book. the outsized political influence you see in the african-american community exercising in the u.s. is under near-constant threat from republicans seeking to suppress the black vote. the senate failed to pass approximate john lewis voting rights act this week, to even have the discussion after republicans blocked it. only one member of the gop, only one, alaska's lisa murkowski, voted in favor of having the debate. this is the fourth time this year that the gop has blocked voting rights legislation. will we ever see it pass, dr. dyson? >> that's a good question, re

in what you just said there, son sonnie. >> yes the message has to be can be packaged in toward black americat going to work is identity politics. so as long as we are allowing the left to push us in to that parallel conversation, instead of actually focused on our ideas, and what we believe in, we're not going to find that kindred relationship with black america that we should be building. and it has to come local. it has to be looked at. the regulation and legislation and actually solve the problems. s thatth only way we are going to fix it identity politics is not going to do this. sonnie johnson catch her tomorrow. thanks so much. murders being released into the streets of u.s. cities. americans taken hostage abroad. the consequences of biden's incompetency. that's up next. ♪ ♪ this is the greatest idea you'll ever hear. okay, it's an app that compares hundreds of travel sites for hotels and cars and vacation rentals like kayak does for flights. so it's kayak. yeah, like kayak. why don't you just call it kayak. i'm calling it... canoe. compare hundreds of travel sites for thousands of tri

floyd speak about black america succeed mcdonald's is everywhere. my look at the papers of people like julian bond, mcdonald's is everywhere. when look at the archives of the southern christian leadership conference of the naacp mcdonald's is everywhere, right? so i think we often think about certain relationships of power. people would say was there an archive of all of the black franchise owners of the early class? i said no. but if i think critically of the places they donated money to bring the community groups and interacted with them, i could've written 1010 books about mcdonald's and black america. i think it's a cautionary tale about who we think are important makers of history. this is why i'm so excited about the possibility of a graduate student read this book thinking this is the worst book i ever read. i'm going to go back to the same archives and i'm going to write a better version of this. these things are possible but it is political. there have to be programs we study african-american history. there have to be faculty led by hsu to

george floyd was playing out a particular tragedy for black america, that black men who are stopped byps are often meeting lethal ends, and he was a player in that. shakespeare said the whole world's a stage and all of us are players upon it. shares a shakespearean element and there's an august wilson element, that we are struggling as black men for some sense of justice, and it was meted out to george floyd in a vicious fashion on the streets of minneapolis. as a result of that, he was a performer of his own mortality, of black mortality, of black death. as a result, he has become a martyr and a symbol for so many of us who look to, you know, the consequence of his death in the trial of derek chauvin as a possible indication that we are turning even slightly a corner on race in america. >> look, in your book, it's interesting because you talk about beyonce being, you know, overcoming the biggest barriers of blackness, right. also beyonce's husband is weighing in. jay-z is weighing in on dave chappelle recently and he said that -- listen to this and then we'll talk. >> i think he pushe

they became the backbone of free blacks in america. if you have been to martha's vineyard, you will run across some blacks, i don't know if you're black or white, but if you're black you can be one of them who will proudly tell you they are descendants of free blacks and people descendants of servants and up to 1661 if a slave converted to christianity, they were set free and so 1619 for a period there was servitude where people were released, some of those former -- former indigent servants, they got slaves themselves and then there was a period when slavery out of greed was made permanent, but if a person converted to christianity they were set free. that's part of our nation's history, the other part that hannah nicole jones and the 1619 project ignores is the fact that there were always white people who were abolitionist, they fought against slavery, there were whites that set up schools across the south to educate blacks and all the historically black colleges were set up and funded by whites and so america's true history is a stor

to think that white people can get away with literal murder while there is no justice for black man in america, that the court system would go out of its way to destroy a black man with a gun. but andrew coffee's story blows up entire narrative. they chose to just ignore it the left wants to paint black americans as victims and say they don't believe in the second amendment or self-defense. we know that's not true. we have been defending ourselves in our home for years. now, according to the national sports foundation, from 2019 to 2020, there was a 58.2% increase in gun purchases among black people. so as more and more black americans arm themselves, andrew coffee once again goes against the left's narrative. here was a black man with a gun defending his home and the justice system cleared his name. but that didn't matter to the media. they are too busy trying to disarm black america. they ignore andrew coffee's story. colorblind justice doesn't move the outrage needle for the left. but racism does. the left profits by dividing america by race. and they don't care about the damage they are do

this is how they speak to black america this is my black america what they said.ck voters who didn't want to get the vaccine, told him that they were done ended -- that they were dumb and didn't have all the facts. i was on the ground and youngkin did something not many republicans have done. they went to black committees he about issues that matter. not as near as much as democrats but the turnout for black voters in virginia was very low. when you look at the fact that you talk about jobs, talked about education, by the way democrats are missing that a lot of black folks are homeschooling their kids. it's about the mandate, the lack of education. sending the kids out of the classroom. they are ticked off with the democrats choosing the unions over their kids. these guys on tv don't have to deal with it because their kids are in prep schools. they get to finance every single thing. that's why most black boats aren't watching them. they don't like being talked down to. does that mean they're going to come out and start voting for republicans? i don't know that but

and we in black america knew it was out responsibility under the leadership of the black caucus for us to sit in that room and get all the parties together and to work. because at the end of the day, this is not a progressive bill, this is not a bill for the conservatives. this is a bill for all of america. we know the investment in this bill and build back better, the transportation and build back better, was going to lift the black community and lift america. >> we will have to come back and talk about the build back better deal. we will have a chance to do that. i was surprised, you got some republican support. i was surprised. i remember the days when infrastructure spending wasn't a partisan matter. thank you for being with us. >>> we have a packed plate this morning. coming up, we will stay in michigan. the secretary of state joins the show. we will discuss republicans' attacks on voting rights in that state and how she fights for democracy. >>> cheri bustos joins the conversation at the top of the hour. we will break down biden's big agenda. >>> i will explain why the qanon quac

holiday without him, his father, marcus arbery, and civil rights attorney, attorney general of black america, ben crump, joined me me with a local pastor after what i can personally tell you was an intense and revealing trial, culminating in a verdict this week that was many things, but most of all, well deserved. it was people and pitches that got justice for ahmaud arbery when police and prosecutors failed him. that's just later in the show. but first, joining me now is democratic congresswoman barbara lee of california. congresswoman, thank you for joining us this holiday weekend. given -- >> nice to be with you. >> given how much you are an advocate you have been for the build back better act, i would imagine that you were quite thankful this week for its passage in the house before the holiday. of course it's now slated to be taken up in the senate next week. are you confident that it will survive those negotiations intact after moderate democrats and, of course, republicans, remaining in intact that's deserving for your constituents? >> yes, reverend al. i believe so. of course nothing

followed by the attorney general of black america, who flew in and out, even as he handled other cases. these lawyers kept going to the wall and stood up. we walked out of court with tears in our eyes. we cried inside, but they were tears of joy, because people like thurgood marshall broke down barriers. and others. to produce [indiscernible] >> you all do not want to hear from me. you want to hear from the family of ahmaud arbery. as we all do. we want to wrap our arms around them. the only reason i am speaking is to provide an introduction for a praying mother. you will have known her now for the last 18 months. 18 months ago, when she learned about the murder of her son, she was told that she would just have to deal with it alone. they told her that there would be no arrests. there would be no accountability or justice. she made her son a promise. before she laid him in the ground. that his mom would fight for justice for him. in order to do that, the county had to change. she couldn't find justice in the glynn county she found in the year 2000. on february 23, there was a prosecuto

followed by the attorney general of black america who flew in even as he handled other cases. these lawyers kept going to the wall and stood up. we walked out of court with tears in our eyes. we cried inside, but they were tears of joy because people like thurgood marshall broke down barriers. they produced [inaudible] >> you do not want to hear from me. you want to hear from the family of ahmaud arbery. we want to wrap our arms around them. the only reason i am speaking is to provide an introduction for a praying mother. you all know her from the last 18 months. 18 months ago when she learned about her son, she was told that she would just have to deal with it alone. they told her that there would be no arrests. there would be no accountability or justice. she made her son a promise. that her mom -- his mom would find justice for him. he had to change. she couldn't find justice in the glynn county -- on february 23, there was a prosecutor named jackie johnson. wanda cooper prayed and she made criminal charges herself. when she came to glynn county, when she was looking for ju

this has nothing to do with race or black america.lly, guys, we can sit this one out for once but the media was infested. what's rally interesting, tucker, if you go back and look at the timeline. this happened in august 2020 just ahead of the election. people in the media were saying literally that kyle was radicalized by trump and there it is, the freudian slip. this is what it's really about the media was obsessed with the race narrative during the black lives matter, why? they took everything including an innocent white teenager that had an incident that occurred with two white convicted felons. they were willing to defend the two pedophiles because of the parasitic beast they want to off if ther to all americans. >> tucker: if you have a kid that shoots a convicted pedophile who is screaming the n-word and the kid is a white supremacist, i wonder at a certain point does this lose all power? this attack? it's so stupid t doesn't work -- it doesn't work anymore? >> welcome to clown world, tucker. this has to do with racism and whit

many of them became professionals, they became the backbone or free blacks in america and if you've beenmartha's vineyard, he would run across -- i don't know if you're black or white but if you're black, you couldan be one of thm and would probably tell you they are the descendents free blacks so the free flax for people who were descendents of indigenous servants and up until i believe 1661, if a slave converted to's christianity, they were set free so 1619, four. thomas there was indigenous servitude where people released, some were indigent servants, they got slaves themselves and how people in bondage themselves and there was a. when slavery, out of greed was made permanent but if a person converted to christianity, they were set free. that's part of our nation'ss history. the other part anna nicole johnson the 16th 19 project ignored is the fact that there were always white people who were abolitionists, there were rights to set up across the south educate lacks and historically black colleges were set up and funded by whites. america's true history is people working together we've

how a new religion has betrayed black america.e top ten list of the new york times bestseller's. it's a pleasure to have you and i'm so curious having written this, having just released this, you're watching last night's returns, how much of the theme echoed back to you? and you have a kind of realization that we may be approaching a realization on the part of the democrats, that the language of woke-ism might just be political suicide? >> i think that what we're seeing is definitely a push back against the excesses that we've seen, since june of 2020, excess does not mean for example that you teach about racism and slavery and schools. what's going on is in many school districts, both private and public schools, there is a general message being taught, that to be white, is to be culpable. that the whole american experiment can be argued has been polluted by racism, in the essence of being black is being oppressed. a great many people are under the impression, that that really is a suitable education. that teaching kids that parti

america's faith and promise 2011. abduction, how realism steals our children's hearts and minds 1776. reporter: black, how critical race theory isic bringing down the house. both came out this year end she has another book coming out shortly this year. agricultural living, countercultural living life, marriage, race, gender and materialism. carol swain, on your twitter feed is o has we the people is your trademark brand. what does be the people me. >> the we the people in the constitution to stand up and be the people to reclaim our nation and our world. when i wrote the book, i was concerned about our country and that was the first book where i focus on communicating with my colleagues my later book cap and books stopped right in front asked the audience with the exception of debating immigration so debating immigration are two volumes for 20077 and 2018, those are essas accessible to an educated audience but these new books were written for the american people but i wanted to take us back to judeo-christian roots and our founding documents i think every american should read and when i say every ame

black america look at the kyle rittenhouse trial, and we are reminded again of what i wrote about in my book, open season, the legalized genocide of colored people, that the system coddles and protects young white men who commit gruesome acts of violence. we saw that on so many levels in the past. and then when you have black victims, you see how they treat us. when you think about this lawyer saying he is concerned about black pastors coming to pray with ahmaud arbery's family, what we believe he should be concerned more about is these white killers lynching ahmaud arbery, this unarmed black man, for jogging while black. so we're going to make a statement that our faith leaders can support us and any other victims, whether it's ahmaud or trayvon or terence crutcher. we need our patchers there praying for us so we don't react in a different way. we want to react well for our faith in that christ intervened because we are so aggravated that without prayer, ahmaud arbery's father might act a lot differently sitting in that courtroom with the killers of his son. >> do you think, sir, th

caller: good morning, jesse, good morning, america, good morning, black america. the people on the line calling about the rittenhouse case are trying to -- their way out of what happened. i would like all the black americans to pay attention and listen closely to how they speak. first of all, if anyone here is 17 years old, and you walk out at 17 years old at 10:00 at night, why are your parents not around? when i was going around after school when i was 17, i was arrested and my parents got me out. that was a light offense. this 17-year-old was walking around with a gun with no supervision. this was a black lives matter protest because a black man. shot seven times in his back walking away from police. these three white men were expressing themselves by saying, this is not right. this is to show you guys, they are going to make it seem like it is -- to walk outside and kill people during black lives matter protest. they are trying to whitesplain their way out. you cannot. you cannot do that with a 17-year-old child walking around with no supervision. where is the

well, if you look at the black population in america, they make up 13% of america and 50% of all crimes you look at population... and what does that tell you? that black people are just way more criminally minded, is that what it tells you? well, there's a lot more criminality coming out of the black community. that's what you believe, that black people are more criminal? if you look at the statistics... but i'm not... i'm asking you to interpret the statistics. you presented statistics to me and i'm sitting there and giving you more statistics back. 13% of the population is black. 50% of all crimes committed in america are from black americans. that is problematic. now, why does that happen? it's a giant question. part of it is the loss of fatherhood in the home. black americans overwhelmingly in this country do not have fathers in the home. it's a huge problem ever since the great society of lyndon bainesjohnson, a democratic president. so, to sit there and to instantly say, well, they're not equally equitable among all groups, asian—americans make up 5% of the population or 4% of the

how dangerous is black male america? you know, i think that what we're looking at when we look at patriarchy a picture is dangerous across racial and ethnic spectrums. and i would absolutely say, you know, as a black woman, that many of them in black sons. and you know, that is a risk to us wherever we see plus masculinity, invalid, cherokee systemically, go, oh, black male america is incredibly, isn't howard. and i would say, you know, the risk to our systems, to the average white american is quite low. and so when we talk about this, what i'm talking about our power structures, and when we say who is a publisher to look at representation. when we look at, even, you know, patriots when we look at who is in our management office is and who is in our inner political and our government. we are not seeing an over abundance of black men making choices, you know, that harm us. and so i would say in fact, what we're seeing is the systemic and good liberal disenfranchisement. and in puzzlement, of black men in this country by a

how dangerous is black male america? you know, i think that what we're looking at when we look at patriarchy, patriarchy is dangerous across racial ethnic spectrum. and i would absolutely say, you know, as a black woman, that many women bucks on, you know, that is a risk to us forever. we see toughness, you're in the stomach go, black male america is incredibly empowered. and i would say, you know, the risks to our systems, to the average white american is quite low. and so when we talk about this, what i'm talking about our power structures, and when we say who is the publisher to look at representation. when we look at even, you know, pay grade when we look at who is in our management offices and who is in our political and our government. we're not seeing an over abundance of last men making choices. you know, that harm up. and so i would say in fact, what we're seeing, the systemic literate disenfranchisement and improvements of black men in this country by white supremacy system. so i would say danger as a political

america. so when we talk about pell grants, this has a direct impact on -- for black women in america. when we talk about childcare and elder care, women are the predominant workforce in elder care and childcare. and they are disrespected with one of the lowest salaries of employment in the country. so let's talk about expanding the child tax credit. when we know that single women, head of households, families who are struggling to work and put their children in safe and affordable childcare, this is transformational. i had a father text me on a zoom town hall on this issue of childcare. he said, congresswoman, i pay more for childcare than i do for the mortgage of my home. this is transformational. when we talk about build back better, we're not talking about going back to a time in history. we're talking about being transformational, visionary, and planning and plotting a path to success for all americans. . we know it's women, we saw this very clearly in the pandemic, bearing the brunt of all these social challenges and black women being in the top of that group. bearing the brunt o

are the democrats going to do something for black america? the black politicians have changed on us. host: david wasserman? guest: there has been discussion about the role that the education issue played in the virginia outcome. glenn youngkin and republicans were hammering on critical race theory and talking about terry mcauliffe gaff in a debate where he essentially said parents should not have control over what is taught in schools. mcauliffe later walked to that back. i don't think youngkin's win is an endorsement of republicans' position that critical race theory is encroaching in schools and teaching kids wrong lessons so much as it became a catchall for parents' frustration with what occurred with schools in the last 20 months. especially school closures. that was a big factor in why you saw such large republican turnout not only in rural areas but in rapidly growing suburbs. all of which saw a pretty big swings towards youngkin. host: we will talk about critical race theory and education coming up here in a few minutes. first, patty in

this case, and i want to be very clear here for everybody watching has nothing to do with black america has nothing to do with race. we can sit this one out for once the media was incessant and what is interesting as you go back and look at that timeline, just ahead of the election, there were people saying that literally kyle was radicalized by trump and there it is, the freudian slip. this is what it's really about. the media was obsessed with the race narrative, they took anything including an innocent white teenager who had an incident that occurred with two white convicted felons. just because of this parasitic beast of white supremacy that they needed to foster to all of american. >> tucker: if you have a kid who shoots a convicted who was screaming the n-word and the kid is a white supremacist, and wonder at a certain point does this attack just lose all power? it's so stupid it doesn't work anymore. >> you would hope it doesn't work anymore but welcomed the clown world, this is what they say over and over again. this has to do with white supremacy and racism. this factually spea

we the people, 1776 report and recently published black america. friday 8:00 p.m. district on t center. you can access our programs online at booktv.org or follow along on c-span now, you feel at. >> next on arbor interview program "afterwards", former democratic senator ben nelson of nebraska discusses the client of bipartisanship in the senate and offers recommendations on how to restore it straight interviewed by republican senator ben sachs of nebraska. "afterwards" is a weekly interview program with guest host from atop nonfiction authors about the later books. >> hello and welcome to book tv. it is my pleasure to interview ben nelson from the great state of nebraska. benmy was born in cork, the husband to diana, father of four, served 12 years in the u.s. senate from 2001 -- [two bells tolling] and we are obviously going to center our discussion on back today. ben was governor of nebraska for eight years inea the 1990s. during which nebraska won the national championship in football, 38% of all years he was governor so our present differences, i don't know if

we the people, 1776 report and recently published black america. friday 8:00 p.m.trict on t center. you can access our programs online at booktv.org or follow along on c-span now, you feel at. >> next on arbor interview program "afterwards", former democratic senator ben nelson of nebraska discusses the client of bipartisanship in the senate

the white house ruling isn't so much a warning to black america. we were first told we were technically freeish. it's a warning to every white suburban with a black lives matter poster in their window and chanting about george floyd in the local walmart and every white dad from ohio to lubbock texas who dares have a blm sticker on their car. those people now know that they too can be shot by a white 17-year-old with an ar-15 if he feels threatened by their desire to see america live up to its potential. too many americans think they have the complexion for protection with the same forces behind charlottesville and the insurrection but kyle rittenhouse and judge shader have blown a hole in that. time will tell if americans will heed the warning shot just fired off. i'm joined by malcolm nance, national security analyst and dean an msnbc columnist. i want to start with you. my primary concern about this ruling is that it is now open season and that white nationalists and domestic terrorists across this country are high fiving. what kind of impact does

i talk about black america. ck americans leaving the democratic party, how the media has pushed a narrative, a false narrative. my community is motivated by their emotions. they need to stop thinking with their skin caller and start thinking with their brain. host: we are going to leave it there. we appreciate kathleen, who hosts the naked truth report in los angeles. two final items, two new books coming out. number one, hillary clinton's longtime aide has a new book out talking about her life and one of the factors that came out of the book was she was assaulted by a u.s. senator. here is another new book. trump tried to get china to pay for virus damages. peter navarro's new book says the president wanted to see as much as $10 trillion in reparations from beijing for damage of the covid pandemic. the effort was scuttled by treasury secretary steven mnuchin and larry kudlow because it might hurt the economic markets. that is peter navarro's new book. all speeches from virginia and new jersey will be on c-span t

of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness prayed we didn't episode called declaration revisited -- black americacoloration revisited -- native americans. the most offensive part of the declaration that had no remedy in it, which refers to american indian tribes and savages. the declaration of sentiments -- how women who could not vote, who were part of our citizenry at the founding, use the declaration of independence to fight for their own to do it. the supreme court is malleable and we have a living constitution. so should our interpretation of our founding document. it is not just the bill of rights or the separation -- decoration of independence hang on a wall. we have changed. that is always the truth. join to add to that? i think i went a little too long. guest: what is wonderful about what is contained in our founding documents is that there are wonderful principles. there are great things that we hold as our foundational freedoms as american citizens, and isn't it wonderful? what if spectacular democracy was set up for us. yes, it was. the words are wonderful and the ideas are great. but

we can't have these two justice systems, one for white america and another for black america. d every time it happens, we have to hold a mirror to america's face. >> i want to ask you about the astroworld tragedy, and, boy, it is that. it left nine people dead. you're representing more than 200 people, including a 9-year-old currently in a coma. you've already filed more than 90 lawsuits. what are your clients looking for, ben? >> well, don, you won't to hold those accountable on every level starting with live nation, the world's largest concert and music festival promoter. they do concerts all over the world, and we want to make sure that they give justice to those who were catastrophically injured and psychologically injured, but also those families who are dealing with losing their children. some of them in high school, some of them in college. some sense of justice but most importantly, we want to change the industry so we can make sure this never, ever happens again. don lemon, when you go to a concert, you should not have to risk your life. >> ben crump. ben, i just want

performing blackness in america. >> and annaleigh stops by to tell us about season 2 of the cbs sitcomtive. that's it for this morning. i'm anne marie green. have a great day.

welcome back. >> thank you, my man. >> stephen: the book is "entertaining race: performing blackness in americaat entertaining race is a triple entendre. >> right. >> stephen: what does that mean? >> first of all, it means black people have been forced to entertain for the dominant society from the time of. at the behest of slave owners. second, people have had to entertain the idea of race, talk about it, selling water on the street or lemonade or barb coug in the park and being forced to be accountable for their presence in a way that is unruly and, yet, demanded. so we've had to entertain the ideal of race constantly, even when we didn't want to. and thirdly, we've had to be entertaining about how we talk about race. there's a great subject. it's very complicated. it's got a lot of nuance, and it's got a lot of controversy. so we have to find ways to get beyond it, through humor, through self-deprecation, explor how is blackness performed? >> in many ways. you have one of the great performers over here, jon batiste. >> stephen: and the whole band. >> and the entire band. and the thing is tha

. >> lee merritt, followed by the attorney general of black america who flew in and out even as he handled other cases. these lawyers kept going to the wall and stood up. we walked out of court buildings with tears in our eyes. we cried inside but they were tears of joy because people like thurgood marshall and others broke down barriers to produce a ben crump and a lee merritt. >> amen. >> all right. >> amen. >> you all don't want to hear from me right now, you want to hear from the family of ahmaud arbery, as we all do. we want to wrap our arms around them. the only reason i'm speaking is to provide an introduction for a praying mother. you have known her for the last ain months. 18 months when she learned about the murder of her son, they told her that she would just have to deal with it alone. they told her there will be no arrest, no accountability, no justice. she made her son a promise before she laid him in the ground, that his mom would fight for justice for him. in order to do that, glenn county had to change. she couldn't find justice in the glenn county in 2000. there was a pro

lee merritt, followed by the attorney general of black america, who flew in and out even as he handled other cases. these lawyers kept going to the wall and stood up. we walked out of court buildings with tears in our eyes. we cried inside. but they were tears of joy because people like thurgood marshall and others broke down barriers to produce a ben crump and a lee merritt. >> you all don't want to hear from me right now. you want to hear from the family of ahmaud arbery, as we all do, we want to wrap our arms around them. the only reason i'm speaking today is to provide an introduction for a praying mother. you all have known here now for the last 18 months. 18 months ago when she learned about the murder of her son, they told her she would just,to deal with it alone. they told her there would be no arrest, there would be no accountability, that there would be no justice. she made her son a promise before she laid him in the ground, that his mom would fight for justice for him. in order to do that, glenn county had to change. she couldn't find justice in the glenn county. there was

in black america, these are revered figures who provide comfort and context in difficult moments. >> as the first defense witness, it shocked everyone. jaws were dropping. >> travis mcmichael looked a lot different on the stand than he did in the body camera footage. >> putting travis on the stand does make him more humane and likable than what the video presents him as. >> i want to give my side of the story. i want to explain what happened. >> travis' lawyers have tried to put together a picture of him as someone who cared about safety, someone who cared about the well-being of his parents. >> did they share things with you about what they were hearing happening in the neighborhood about crime? >> they did. >> travis mcmichael was able to give this jury his coast guard history, his training as a law enforcement officer. >> do you have any training on hand-to-hand combat? >> yes. >> did you have any training on how to retain your weapon? >> yes. >> the defense wants to suggest that he was essentially the pseudo-cop in his neighborhood. >> did you want to stop him and hold him so the

what i've been thinking was about the racial whiplash and weightiness of the last ten days in black americain the country. on the one hand you have rittenhouse going free and we didn't necessarily know that we could rest in the idea that ahmaud arbery could be attacked, that he was lynched and hunted down and brutally murdered and so i'm very happy that he -- that this jury saw fit to do the very basic thing which is to say that you cannot engage in acts of vigilanteism. this is something that happened in the deep south and one of the things that also tells us is that if you have rittenhouse going free in the midwest and a jury in the deep south actually doing the right thing that this is not a problem that is contained to any particular region of the country, right? this say problem that is in our system, and it also has to do with whether we're going to continue to be okay with this being adjudicated locally and whether we'll have a conversation about what it means to deal with the problem of white supremacy. >> ben, i was in mississippi last month, in jackson, mississippi, and i was spea

if i was born black in america, that's what radicalized me. i thought that due to my education level and my parents income level that things didn't affect me. and as soon as i read some ways to reconsider the bread, those things start fresh. again, i did getting on fairly targeted by police officer in racism affect my child. what brought me to this point from may until now what the police are not more at my how do you think you're part of the political fusion? are you just here to basically give the class, tell them, let them know they can't control the street. i'm here to do what i can. i'm here to do what's in my power. and sometimes what's within your power is a rock through a police station with like any particular know, 90. we're not here to make police nicer. we want them gone. we want total abolition. them know that her testers, teeth are pretty seriously, lot of us. what does that mean? means that just because someone is doing something that maybe you wouldn't do, doesn't mean that you need to touch on them or commit them for what they