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[laughter] okay, and visiting professor at brooklyn kenneling. please well -- college. please welcome professor sheldon sheldon -- [inaudible] [applause] >> it's a real pleasure to be moderating this panel, and my job is to simply put forth a question of conversation so we can get started quickly. first of all, let me introduce the panel members. to my immediate right is -- nelson, who has written the black panther party and the fight against medical discrimination to -- [applause] to her right is samuel k. roberts who has written "infectious fear: politics, disease and the health effects of segregation." [applause] to his right is jonathan metzell who has written "the protest psychosis: how schizophrenia became a black disease." [applause] and last but not least to his right, harriet washington whose book, "deadly monopolies: the shocking corporate takeover of life itself and the consequences for your health and our medical future." please give her a welcome. [applause] so i'm going to start the conversation among us by first asking what mythologies did we all learn fr