and julia jerome was the black ann landers of harlem. so here's white josephine skyler writing relationship advice column as a black woman with. that's active passing. [laughter] >> and pen name passing? >> pen name passing is another version of passing also engaged in by josephine skyler, and it is for some people a way of experiencing a kind of freedom about which they're a little uneasy. because when you're engaging in pen name passing, you don't necessarily have to answer face to face questions. so i think about it as my other name for pen name passing is wardrobe passing which is to say it's a way of trying on identities. trying them on, taking them off, trying on a different one -- >> in a very safe context. >> in a very safe context. but at a moment when playing around with being a whole bunch of different people across gender and race lines was actually not only tolerated, but encouraged. >> two of the male equivalents in my book that are interesting along those lines were, the actual was the first, the founder of the first black

wheldon johnson, i forget when that was, early 20th century when, you know, harlem is really the race capital saying that blackople will not be able to hold on to harlem, right? he says that at the end of black manhattan. and so a prophesy with which we've been living, but i think none of us felt we would witness it in our lifetime. and i think what was so frightening and compelling about the question that you raise is that now some of us can actually imagine, oh, this could, this will, you know, this might happen in our lifetime. this might happen on our watch. so, i mean, i think that's the, both the richness and the fear of the question that you raise. >> and i also think importantly it's -- we have to keep in mind that it's not just a question about black harlem being black harlem, but, you know, the way i try to think about it and try to remind myself, force myself to express it is, you know, people who survived and built this neighborhood being able to stay where their families have been and a value being put on that kind of continuity. and it's not a value that is alive in many places around the world.

harlem. it's really about all of these historical black places all over the country where we go whether they n washington, d.c. or atlanta or you know, any place where -- central avenue in los angeles. and in some places harlem is one of the last strongholds because of what it's been, kind of hold on to this historic identity. and i think what's interesting about this moment is some of the it's frightening and angry by this moment companies which are document is a prophecy that sharifa sites james johnson -- i forget when that was, early 20th century, when harlem is really the raise capital saying that black people will not be able to hold on to harlem. he says that at the end of black manhattan. so it's a prophecy which which we have been living but i think of us felt that we would witness in our lifetime. i think what is so frightening and compelling about the question that you raised is that now some of us can actually imagine oh, this might happen in our lifetime. this might happen on our watch. so i think that's both the written should -- the richness and the fear of the question that yo

wheldon johnson, i forget when that was, early 20th century when, you know, harlem is really the race capital saying that black people will not be able to hold on to harlem, right? he says that at the end of black manhattan. and so a prophesy with which we've been living, but i think none of us felt we would witness it in our lifetime. and i think what was so frightening and compelling about the question that you raise is that now some of us can actually imagine, oh, this could, this will, you know, this might happen in our lifetime. this might happen on our watch. so, i mean, i think that's the, both the richness and the fear of the question that you raise. >> and i also think importantly it's -- we have to keep in mind that it's not just a question about black harlem being black harlem, but, you know, the way i try to think about it and try to remind myself, force myself to express it is, you know, people who survived and built this neighborhood being able to stay where their families have been and a value being put on that kind of continuity. and it's not a value that is alive in many places around the worl

. >> is the new director of the new york public library shawnburg center for research in black culture in harlemgressive and as well-positioned as possible, to be a resource to anyone who has questions about the kind of country we live in and the kind of country that we can live in. >> mohamed is a respected scholar and grandson of the founder of islam. >> given i was not three years old, not yet three years old when he passed, i have never tried to claim more connection to him than my biographical connection. >> as it turns out, mohamed took office during the same time the shamburg took a collection from malcom x. >> my grandfather and malcom x created the space in the country necessary for the real change that took place in the 1960s. >> keeping history like that alive for generations to come is only one of his goals. >> what is special and perhaps unique about mohamed is that he is not only a brilliant scholar and public intellectual but also an extraordinarily gifted administrator. >> mohamed want the hambushambu be a place where people learn from the past. >> i want the young people to feel

harlem as my canvas. and it's completely latin, diverse, black, caribbean, chinese, jewish.ed to pay homage to in the restaurant. so if observer didn't understand it, that's way above their comprehensive level. >> i'll put the same question to you, roy. you were born in korea but grew up in l.a. you broke out from korean tacos. does authentic have any meaning? and should it? do you feel any obligation? of all of the cuisines, of all the cuisines that came to america, koreans stayed true to the model and didn't change over the years. do you feel any responsibility to honor that stubborn tradition of quote, unquote authenticity. >> no, man. >> okay. >> i only have a responsibility to my city and that's los angeles, california. i'm korean by blood, but i was raised in america and i don't fit into either. so what becomes authentic when you live in purgatory? so we created our own identity and our own food which expressed what we're going through right now. >> and we should celebrate this. >> it's a new day. >> we bang up in american culture in terms of food a lot. this is where

that's like wearing a black face in harlem. i for one am completed outraged. i tell you something else ssments goldie hawn and kurt russell went dressed as heidi and her uncle in the cartoonish german duds. i would show you that picture, but we couldn't afford it because shepherd's news desk can't for himself. but you can google it. it is out there. anyways, hasn't germany gone through enough? stop it already. >> what was the point of japan? >> what part of world war ii were you not understanding? >> the part where you shouldn't have referenced it? >> it is called history. look into it when you are not making love to your snowden picture. focus, you freak. >> activist. >> shepherd's desk is expensive. >> it is so expensive. i wonder where he is going to fly tonight. >> have you seen the secret drawer? >> coming up, david beckham is dead -- tired of all of the questions about the tattoo. leave the man meat alone. the west side rents room to people. but these hot chicks have no interest in dudes at all. >>> they want to put the 10 in tenant. they will let users

blacks and hispanics. natasha ghoneim went to east harlem in new york to see what is being done about it. >> reporter: by theime 17-year-old knew she was going to be a mother, she was around six months pregnant. >> it was just like, woe. like, oh my god. but my mother says everything happens for a reason. >> reporter: that was two years ago. her mother was 18 when she had her first child. she says her mom never had that sex talk with her, and didn't warn her about the struggles that teen parents face, but she says she has no regrets. >> it helped me slow down and focus on stuff that was more important in my life. >> reporter: between 2007 and 2010, the teen pregnancy rate dropped 18% in keeping with a continuous decline, 45% over the last four years, but the teen birthrates are still double that of whites. union settlement association is a 118-year-old community group that serves east harlem. the organization runs a teen pregnancy prevention program and offers classes to teen parents. michelle runs the program. she says the pregnancy rates are higher among blacks and hispanics due to lack of education. >> ma

harlem? she said yes. it was an african-american real estate agent. i said, where are the black people? i'm not kidding you. we were the only two african-americans in a restaurant in the middle of harlem. >> i want if ask you, you saw the pop-up restaurant scene on the show. >> yes, yes. first of all, let me say that i don't know what those guys are talking about at all. i haven't been following. but i will -- it was a lie, it was a lot to comprehend., it was a lot to compreheno, it was a lot to comprehent, it was a lot to comprehend. i didn't know it was going to get that serious, i really didn't. but i feel like the episode you did on detroit was so great because you really focused on the rich white people. when you think of detroit now, you think of rich white people. >> and the collareds and barbecue -- >> nobody wants to look at poor people, i get it. >> oh, man. >> you were very passionate about detroit. why were you so passionate about detroit if what was your -- what did you come away with? >> detroit as a sense of humor. it's a lot like the marine corps. no matter how relentless

and so the, petri and her generation of writers were not representing that version of harlem life or blackfe, and it's a consistent criticism at the time particularly from the african-american press that she is not representing the best of the race, so to speak. right. so, i mean, i'm sorry to hear you had to deal with the same thing, but there's a long history of that kind of critique. >> and what about the reception of her work and the other women? >> one of the things that i was fascinated by when i did the research is that i, you know, you have these assumptions that you bring to a project. and so i assumed, oh, this is interesting. all of them are working during this period. and because they're black women, they probably are not getting any attention for their work. and that's why so many of us don't know about them today. and what i discovered here at the schomburg reading through microfilm because not everything was online yet was that i was absolutely wrong and that all of them actually got a tremendous amount of attention for their work. petri was widely published. i mean, widely

black market is no joke. i used to live in east harlem. i would come up from the subway and it would be drug, drugs. by the time i left and the taxes were going up, all i was offered was black market cigarettes. i'll tell you something, i miss the drugs. whoever is keeping score. >> it's going to turn me into a cigarette pimp. all these young people will try to get me to buy cigarettes. i'm going to be a horrible cigarette pimp. coming up. i saw something moving in my sad had. i ate it because i'm a weirdo. how does this model ruin one poor slob's marriage? we'll get to the bottom. >>> a red lobster waitress, is there any other kind, claim a customer left her a racial slur, the "n" word instead of a tip, but was it a hoax. she posted this on facebook. the receipt shows the name of an alleged racist. according to handwriting analyst, whoever wrote none in the tip line is not the same who wrote the "n" word. one analyst says the waitress might have written it herself. nobody knows. we asked "red eye" handwriting analysis to weigh in. that's just like me reading entertainment weekly. i can't find anythi

black market is no joke. i used to live in east harlem. i would come up from the subway and it would be drug, drugs. by the time i left and the taxes were going up, all i was offered was black market cigarettes. i'll tell you something, i miss the drugs. whoever is keeping score. >> it's going to turn me into a cigarette pimp. all these young people will try to get me to buy cigarettes. i'm going to be a horrible cigarette pimp. coming up. i saw something moving in my sad had. i ate it because i'm a weirdo. how does this model ruin one poor slob's marriage? we'll get to the bottom. okay ladies, whenever you're ready. thank you. thank you. i got this. oh, no, i'll get it! let me get it. uh-uh-uh. i don't want you to pay for this. it's not happening, honey. let her get it. she got her safe driving bonus check from allstate last week. and it's her treat. what about a tip? oh, here's one... get an allstate agent. nice! [ female announcer ] switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving safely. only from allstate. call 866-905-6500 now. here we go! hold on man. is that a leak up the

blacks is still double that of whites. a 118-year-old community group that serves east harlem. the organization runs a teen pregnancy prevention program. and offs classes to parents. he says the teen birthrates are higher among. >> they are very lucky to speak with your teens. about sex and vice versa, many of the parents. >> perkins says once sidon is old enough, he hopes he feels comfortable talking to her. >> i want him to come to me, or his father, or support him, and know the effect that it is an even better place. >> michelle says community groups need to work together more, and insure their message gets to teens. but she says education begins at home. >> natasha al jazeera, new york. >> barns and noble is having a rough time, the nation's largest brick and mortar book seller says quarterly sales fell 8%. and demand for the nook reader dropped one third. they expect christmas sales to be down as welt, it does look like it will be a happy retail season for tiffany. after a strong third quarter, they now say earnings soared 50%, and sales jumped 7%, they say it is all due t

black nativity pairs forest whitaker and jennifer hudson in father/daughter roles in a contemporary harlem-based infused christmas carols, featuring an all-star cast of voices including mary j. blige and tyree. ♪ little boy in a manger >> listen to me. you are my grandson and i love you. the reverend and i would do anything for you and your mother. all she has to do is ask. >> she won't ask. you know she won't. >> unfortunately, despite the high-powered talent, the movie is falling short with many reviewers, getting just a 50% on rotten tomatoes. "the chicago tribune" praising forest whitaker's performance describing it as on the rock even when the confrontations and evasions get a little ridiculous he is neither wholly saint nor sinner but something like a human being. "entertainment weekly" writes, kasi lemmons's black nativity is a lot like a glazed holiday ham -- sticky, sweet, and all too easy to mess up. >> too bad. both sound a little lackluster. >> i have to tell you, black nativity is like a musical but i'm over christmas musicals. >> reviewers aren't always right. keep an open mind. >>

black nativity. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and it's about this family, that's broken. i mean, i play a preacher in harlem.ur her for 16 years, and we've never met our grandson. she sends our grandson back to live with us. and starts to reconcile the family in the holiday season. >> jimmy: and your daughter in this movie? >> jennifer hudson plays my daughter. she's amazing. >> jimmy: she's unbeleivable. >> angela bassett plays my wife. >> jimmy: oh, really? [ cheers and applause ] that's a great cast. >> yeah. >> jimmy: now do you sing in the movie? >> i do. i do. i do towards the end when we reconcile and the stuff comes -- >> jimmy: you sing? now is this the first time you sang in a movie? >> the first time, you know what? i was thinking about it. i think i did sing once like badly in like --i was captivated by diana ross in this movie "phenomenon." and i think i was singing some things in there, but it wasn't a musical. this is like a whole other thing. that was like, you know, singing in character. this is like real -- >> jimmy: you can sing, though, right? >> i used to sing when i started in music lik

blacks are still double that of white. union settlement association is a 118-year-old community group that serves east harlem, the organizationteen pregnancy prevention program and offers classes to teen parents. michelle rivera runs the program and says the teen birth rates are higher due to lack of education and parental involvement. >> parents are reluctant to speak with their teens about sex and vice versa and many of the parents who have teens have been teen parents themselves and tend to be more on a friend to friend basis. >> reporter: perkins said once she is old enough she hopes he will feel comfortable talking to me. >> come to me or his father for something that is important to him and give him good advice. >> reporter: community groups need to work together more and ensure their message gets to teens. but she says education begins at home. natasha, al jazeera, new york. >> reporter: c.d.c. says between birth rates fell 3% in 2012 for all groups and that is 6% decline from 2011. c.d.c. said it's the lowest since they have been tracking this and we have sports with john henry. >> capernick went to superstar from in

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harlem to provide these kinds of skills. there's a lot of heavy lifting we need to do in order to help the black community. in ae written on this number of education and labor force related areas. while i sympathize with the comments being made, what we need to do is not just shut off people from coming in but to say, how can we positively enable the black community to participate more in the economic processes. raising a community by the bootstraps, giving them the boot to be able to do that. with thedish bhagwati council on foreign relations, thank you. segment will deal with the vatican. did you know that the united states sends an ambassador to the vatican? our next guest francis rooney talks about what we are interested in policy wise. >> this weekend, american history tv looks back at the assassination of jfk and aftermath, with eyewitness accounts, scenes from the president' texas, and commemorative events from dealey plaza and the jfk library and museum. , and at 5:00 eastern 5:45, hugh ainsworth. coverage continues sunday with lyndon johnson's november 27 address to congress. your questions with r

black nativity and his life is changed. he discovers the life of faith and family. they shot this in mar let me. so what bar -- harlemked the cast what they wanted audiences to take away. >> it's a movie that really espouses family values, about love, faith, forgiveness. we're so proud of this extraordinary cast that we've assembled. it was a heavenly shoot. i hope they'd feel good time. the music is kicking. the artists, the music is off the charts. >> it definitely has a magic to it. the power of family, the power of forgiveness, and togetherness, you know. that's what it's about most of all. we all need someone. we need each other. >> jennifer hudson sporting a sleeker, shorter do. she looks fantastic. it opens up thanksgiving. top of my list to see next weekend. so we'll see. >> thank you very much. >> thanks. >>> check out all of his interviews in the fox light.com. >> and you can find me on twitter. >> if he's not here, he's tweeting. >> thanks. >>> coming up, can you recognize this man? it's john stossel. >> that guy? >> yeah. he says there are many more doing the same thing, scamming all of us. >> they don't