then cambridge massachusetts i could do film work and then off to the races. >> host: this is your third book? "racial paranoia" what about day shall? >> the quintessential example someone who had had enough's of race. he was famous for pushing the envelope. they were funny and poignant at the same time. they're trying to give him $50 million because he imagined the way you wish using race that was backfiring but reenforcing the worst animus he could not distinguish between what was progressive for doing more harm than good. >> host: are we paranoid with stereotype? >> guest: by definition they are a normalization. we are very sensitive. psychologists say we not only have to negotiate but when we actually operates that we perform differently as a threat to reproduce so 3e know people the mentioned we know people the mentioned who we are before we open our mouths. sometimes it is a good thing but what they think they get especially with less than flattering or notion of what it means especially if we're different. >> host: to other examples in your book cynthia mckinney a member of congre

following the example of other municipalities such as cambridge, massachusetts and private employersh as google in the bay area who have shown leadership on this issue and stood with our lgbt community ensure that same sex domestic partners will not be burdened with these taxes anymore this is an issue ofuqjxp equal. additional tax is one of the many results of the -- marriage act in congress. domestic partners are denied federal protection offered to other couples such as immigrant rights, social security survival benefits and ability to file joint tax returns. this additional tax on same sex domestic partners adds another sting to doma. these next few weeks will be significant forjíÑ the lgbt community and those who stand with them as the supreme court will decide whether to -- proposition 8 perry case and various doma cases however i don't believe we should stand still while this discrimination continues. i look forward to working with everyone on the board to the rest i submit. >> clerk calvillo: thank you. supervisor chu. >> supervisor chu: thank you very much. i have an empirr

want to bring in two conservative cnn contributors, anna navarro in cambridge, massachusetts and will cain here with me. republicans lost with a campaign focused on what they turned as a failed obama economy. is it time for them to change their message on the economy? >> well, look, i'm happy you're talking about the economy because i think the lesson that too many republicans and democrats for that matter are taking from this election is it's all about demographics. the republicans lost latinos because of immigration, for example, or the youth for a variety of reasons. those are all true, but focusing on that too narrowly denies that there is a problem with the republicans economic message. here's my small criticism of you, christine. >> make sure it's narrow. >> i think it's a larger macro view over elections. look, republicans have lost five of the last six popular votes for president. i think the republican economic message is having trouble resonating with the middle class. the middle class seeing how it makes their life better, when pitted against an opponent who says i can do t

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the project we're working on here in cambridge, massachusetts is just four blocks from porter squarend lots of people every day walk, bike, take the train and drive right through this area. this is a busy melting pot -- hey! and apparently there are surprises on every corner. check this out, kevin. look at this beautiful art deco building right here. it was once a major old-line department store. now it's lesley university. but you're never going to believe what's inside this old building. can't wait. so, when the department store moved out, a series of small shops moved in. welcome to what the locals call "japantown." really. come on in. no kidding, look at this little gem tucked away in here. series of shops with every kind of japanese cuisine. look at it it's always packed. wow, look at this little alleyway, huh? it's like you've transported us straight from japan right here to cambridge. that's right. so, look at this. here's my kind of menu right here. i can sort of say, "oh, yeah i think i like that one and this one" -- i like 'em all, actually. you look like a beef pho. richar

the project we're working on here in cambridge, massachusetts is just four blocks from porter squareeople every day walk, bike, take the train and drive right through this area. this is a busy melting pot -- hey! and apparently there are surprises on every corner. check this out, kevin. look at this beautiful art deco building right here. it was once a major old-line department store. now it's lesley university. but you're never going to believe what's inside this old building. can't wait. so, when the department store moved out, a series of small shops moved in. welcome to what the locals call "japantown." really. come on in. no kidding, look at this little gem tucked away in here. series of shops with every kind of japanese cuisine. look at it it's always packed. wow, look at this little alleyway, huh? it's like you've transported us straight from japan right here to cambridge. that's right. so, look at this. here's my kind of menu right here. i can sort of say, "oh, yeah i think i like that one and this one" -- i like 'em all, actually. you look like a beef pho. richard: a beef ph

in north carolina, where my father worked for the university, he had studied medicine in cambridge in massachusettset my mother there. but he had moved to the family back to north carolina. chapel hill was a progressive enclave in those days and jesse helms would refer to it on his tv editorial as communist hill. in a way, that defined -- it was an early point as an antagonist, i feel as though he helped defined me politically. over the years i have tried, unsuccessfully, a sad succession of north carolina democrats trying to unseat jesse helms. i never managed to do it. we never managed to do it. my friend john actually got my wife kim and i deeply involved in the obama campaign. he is nodding his head because he knows about jesse helms. my father and his generation, i remember the first political campaign i am aware of being my family being enthusiastic about that they stevenson over eisenhower. my father in chapel hill, and his generation, they built a bridge. they were pro-higher education, infrastructure, they were liberal in their politics and progressive. they were deeply anti- segregationis

in north carolina, where my father worked for the university, he had studied medicine in cambridge in massachusetts met my mother there. but he had moved to the family back to north carolina. chapel hill was a progressive enclave in those days and jesse helms would refer to it on his tv editorial as communist hill. in a way, that defined -- it was an early point as an antagonist, i feel as though he helped defined me politically. over the years i have tried, unsuccessfully, a sad succession of north carolina democrats trying to unseat jesse helms. i never managed to do it. we never managed to do it. my friend john actually got my wife kim and i deeply involved in the obama campaign. he is nodding his head because he knows about jesse helms. my father and his generation, i remember the first political campaign i am aware of being my family being enthusiastic about that they stevenson over eisenhower. my father in chapel hill, and his generation, they built a bridge. they were pro-higher education, infrastructure, they were liberal in their politics and progressive. they were deeply anti- segregation

i was -- i worked my way through school at a mental hospital outside of cambridge, massachusetts, and i worked a lot of night shifts, and i read like crazy. it was serious stuff. at that point, i was not interested in commercial fiction, and i read everything i could get my hands on, and then i started scribbling, and i loved it. i just loved writing stories. >> and for the kids out here, i'm sure a lot of them are wondering, i'll try to ask the questions, and then we'll turn it over to the audience, but of all the characters, which one do you think you're most like? ray or max or alex cross? >> i think i'm most like alex. we're both african-american -- [laughter] no, i think there's a sense of family. it's so strong with him. he's very compassionate, and he's a problem solver. i mean, that's -- he's a character i identify with the most. >> and the movie thing? >> the movie thing? oh, look, you take your shots. i -- my feeling -- interesting thing about the movie is it got really clobbered by a lot of critics, but then they do, you know, polls on people who leave the theater, and it g