dr. etzioni: you're doing very well. [applause] >> this question is existential for me. for a couple of reasons. the first is what i do on a daily basis which was already alluded to is tackling fair housing issues. so my job is to remedy the vestiges of racial segregation -- residential segregation in america which was something that was constructed, orchestrated, designed. we are more residentially segregated today than we were 100 years ago. and we are residentially segregated in many of our cities , many of the northern cities, most of them like chicago, detroit, milwaukee, etc.. we are segregated as a society many actresses and policies that were put into place that created separate and unequal societies. when i tell people that we are more segregated today than we were 100 years ago, people don't believe me. but, if you think about it, and go back and look at the history of america, and where african-american people lived, where white people lived, where native americans lived, etc., in terms of our proximity to one another 200 years ago, 150 years ago, etc., you wi