this week on talk to al jazeera--lawyer and executive director of the equal justice initiative, bryan stevenson. >> we have to stop telling the lies that we tell about who we are. we celebrate our history of slavery. we celebrate our era of terrorism. >> stevenson has spent his career fighting racism in the criminal justice system--the legacy of slavery and times of "racial terror" continue to impact the lives of african americans today. >> what we did to african americans between the end of reconstruction and world war ii rivals anything we read about in the mideast today perpetrated by isis. >> the lawyer and his staff have worked to help more than 100 wrongly condemned prisoners awaiting death. >> for every nine people we've executed, we've identified one innocent person on death row, who was proved innocent. it's a shocking rate of error. if for every nine planes that took off, one crashed and everybody died, the f.a.a. wouldn't let anybody fly. >> the author of just mercy has also taken on cases to challenge extreme sentencing; to defend children tried as adults. >> we are wrong to use our

. >> i spoke to bryan stevenson in new york. >> so in the last year, it's been a zeitgeist issue of videos of police shooting young african-american men. and there's shock. there's outrage. but this-- this kind of relationship between police and the black community, this started long before cell phones started capturing it on camera, right? like, how far back do you go with this? >> yeah. well, i think you have to go back to slavery. the reason why young men of color are at risk in too many of our streets is that there is a presumption of dangerousness and guilt that gets assigned to people of color. and we act on that presumption in ways that are sometimes violent. and these police officers are reacting to this narrative of racial difference, this presumption of guilt and dangerousness that you can't understand unless you think about the legacy of slavery. even before slavery, the genocide of indigenous people in this country, where we began to shape our whole worldview based on color. i mean, for me, the great evil of american slavery wasn't involuntary servitude. it wasn't forced labor.

this week on talk to al jazeera--lawyer and executive director of the equal justice initiative, bryan stevenson. >> we have to stop telling the lies that we tell about who we are. we celebrate our history of slavery. we celebrate our era of terrorism. >> stevenson has spent his career fighting racism in the criminal justice system--the legacy of slavery and times of "racial terror" continue to impact the lives of african americans today. >> what we did to african americans between the end of reconstruction and world war ii rivals anything we read about in the mideast today perpetrated by isis. >> the lawyer and his staff have worked to help more than 100 wrongly condemned prisoners awaiting death. >> for every nine people we've executed, we've identified one innocent person on dea

this week on talk to al jazeera--lawyer and executive director of the equal justice initiative, bryan stevensonop telling the lies that we tell about who we are. we celebrate our history of slavery. we celebrate our era of terrorism. >> stevenson has spent his career fighting racism in the criminal justice system--the legacy of slavery and times of "racial terror" continue to impact the lives of african americans today. >> what we did to african americans between the end of reconstruction and world war ii

. >> bryan stevenson, thank you so much. >> oh you're very welcome. >> appreciate it. >> yeah, you're welcome. [ technical difficulties ] >> big racial and ethnic minorities. after mitt romney was thrashed among minorities by barack obama in 2012, losing latinos nearly 3-1, this was going to be the year to change those numbers. but until any republican can really begin a general election conversation with voters cruz and rubio, have to walk a fine line when presenting themselves to primary voters. that's the "inside story." ♪ >>> welcome to "inside story," i'm ray suarez. from outside it might look pretty simple, heck for many it looked simple from the inside, the republican party does badly among latino voters, get some latino candidates, do better. it's not as simple as that. cruz came to adulthood far from the hot beds of cuban political [ technical difficulties ] >> -- said he would not resend president obama's illegal amnesty. i have promised to resend every single executive action, including that one. >> i don't know how he knows what i said in you any vision, because he doesn't

this week on talk to al jazeera--lawyer and executive director of the equal justice initiative, bryan stevenson. >> we have to stop telling the lies that we tell about who we are. we celebrate our history of slavery. we celebrate our era of terrorism. >> stevenson has spent his career fighting racism in the criminal justice system--the legacy of slavery and times of "racial terror" continue to impact the lives of african americans today. >> what we did to african americans between the end of reconstr

this week on talk to al jazeera--lawyer and executive director of the equal justice initiative, bryan stevenson>> we have to stop telling the lies that we tell about who we are. we celebrate our history of slavery. we celebrate our era of terrorism. >> stevenson has spent his career fighting racism in the criminal justice system--the legacy of slavery and times of "racial terror" continue to impact the lives of african americans today. >> what we did to african americantw

. >> bryan stevenson, thank you so much. >> oh you're very welcome. >> appreciate it. >> yeah, you're welcome. >>> this is third rail. i'm adam may >>> this here is presidential politics like we have never seen before. as a rising tide of voter swamped the political elites that like to think they make the rules >> these are special interests, lobbyists, people who don't love our country or have our best interests at heart. >> what began last week in iowa when voters here in new hampshire confirmed tonight is nothing short of the beginning of a political revolution >>> joining me now is jack kingston, a principal with a law firm. good to you have you with us >> it's great to be here >>> we have a lot to breakdown when it comes to this primary. i want to talk about voters and both parties. they seem to be showing so much disdain for established candidates. do you think it is a new? >> i think it is a new factor and it is here to stay. i think it is positive. if you look at the delegate count trump and cruz has 75. rubio, ted cruz and casic, so 27 for the throw out of the bombs, the more

this week on talk to al jazeera--lawyer and executive director of the equal justice initiative, bryan stevenson. >> we have to stop telling the lies that we tell about who we are. we celebrate our history of slavery. we celebrate our era of terrorism. >> stevenson has spent his career fighting racism in the criminal justice system--the legacy of slavery and times of "racial terror" continue to impact the lives of african americans today. >> what we did to african americans between the end of

and so we began that conversation with bryan stevenson, the anti-death-penalty lawyer in alabama, who is building a museum himself, turning to art and culture as a way to communicate the importance of our racial past and a history of violence and oppression that is very much part of the geographic landscape of this nation. so, that equity series began there, and we're gonna continue the series and talk about cultural equity in our arts museums and in other places. >> and one more thing before i let you go -- you talked about the intersection of art and culture. recently a lot conversation about beyonc\'s performance at the super bowl. also conversation about a performance by... >> kendrick lamar. >> ...kendrick lamar at the grammys. isn't this what we would expect our artists to be doing? you know when you have backlash and there's outrage, you've probably done something good. >> you hit a nerve. >> you hit a nerve. you've created tension. and we need a lot more tension in this moment. i mean, if we really are going to pick up where our young people have left off in terms of their com

. >> pat val teen followed by bryan and john, jon stewart excuse me. robert stevenson and ian. >> good afternoon. i'm patrick value teen the president of the community housing partnership i'm here as an individual very concerned and want to support this legislation going through part of my day job is working on affordable housing i've learned the finance is skril difficult to get the affordable housing projects done tax credit investors and private money at the same time to create a project that is incredibly beneficial to the community we have debates about the 25 inclusionary and market contributions and 40 percent of the projects lastly this is our chance to have push the 100 percent we know the value and importance of producing more affordable units every neighborhood needs to participate 2, 3, 4 affordable housing production reneed to see it throughout the city and san francisco is not made up of gated community we're in this together it is important we support this legislation let's get it done and move on. >> thank you, brian. >> hi, i'm bryan i'm with the calif

. >> pat val teen followed by bryan and john, jon stewart excuse me. robert stevenson ian. >> good afternoon. i'm patrick value teen the president of the community housing partnership i'm here as an individual very concerned and want to support this legislation going through part of my day job is working on affordable housing i've learned the finance is skril difficult to get the affordable housing projects done tax credit investors and private money at the same time to create a project that is incredibly beneficial to the community we have debates about the 25 inclusionary and market contributions and 40 percent of the projects lastly this is our chance to have push the 100 percent we know the value and importance of producing more affordable units every neighborhood needs to participate 2, 3, 4 affordable housing production reneed to see it throughout the city and san francisco is not made up of gated community we're in this together it is important we support this legislation let's get it done and move on. >> thank you, brian. >> hi, i'm bryan i'm with the californi