. >> elizabeth alexander a bunch of our health care people were supposed to be here today but had emergency bargaining related issues they had to deal with. they got called in on overtime so they are here in spirit. we are against these changes and supportive of the original legislation because we believe that health care still needs to be healthy. it is not ok for us in that the loophole gets closed and has a potential to worst effect than the current legislation. that is because the current legislation -- there is a loophole. this clarification does a lot of harm. it does not address the issue, which is the integrity of providing health care for our workers. we always hear the dichotomy of health care and jobs. this is always being hung over our head when we talk about workers' rights. whether it is minimum-wage, health care, tax incentives. it is a false dichotomy. we cannot incentivize the denial, the cap on health care. although we are promising in the legislation that there will not be the nile -- denial, it is hard to enforce those rules. everyone who works under contract knows that

elizabeth alexander who wrote a poem at obama's inauguration said the most racist thing for me is the inability and capacity and the real insidious aspect of that kind of racism is that we don't know half the time when people are underestimating us we. don't know when we're cut out of something because someone is up able to see us at full capacity. i presume that happens and has happened a lot. she presumes this racist miscalculation of her brilliance happens often although it never makes itself plain. how tragic. i see alexander walking down the street, the inverse of patricia williams correctly assuming anyone she's passing by or talking to could be looking at her at cut below the genius she is. she fights it by evaluates herself outside the judgment of others, but how can this battle to constantly reconvince yourself of your ability not become an exhausting, mental drain? >> now live from miami, teray is object on the screen to take the calls. what's your definition of post blackness? >> it's a term from the art world. people talking about, you want to be defined by -- rooted by --

elizabeth alexander said the most racist thing that ever happened to me would be the continual underestimation of my intellectual ability and capacity and the real insidious aspect of that kind of racism is that we don't know half the time when people are underestimating us. we don't know when we're being cut out of something because someone is able to see us at full capacity. so i presume that happens and has happened a lot. she presumes this racist miscalculation of her brilliance happens quite often even though it never makes its plain. how tragic. i can see alexander walking down the street, the inverse of patricia williams the day she got anonymous flowers, could be looking at her as far below the genius she is. she evaluates herself outside the judgment of others, but how can this daily, even hourly battle to constantly reconvince yourself of your ability not become an exhausting mental drain? >> host: and now live from miami, toure is on your screen to take your calls. toure, if we could start with, what's your definition of post-blackness? >> guest: well, it's a term that comes from th

applause] >> to present the national book award for poetry, in the presence of john ashbery, is elizabeth alexanderand her most recent book is "crazed raid radiance." she's the author of five previous books of poetry including "american sub regime line" a finalist for the pulitzer prize, and "the black interior." awards and honors include the wolf lifetime achievement in poetry award, the jackson poetry prize, and many others. it gives me great pleasure now to introduce elizabeth. [applause] >> first, i want to say just thank you to the national book foundation for its continued support of poetry. every poem, every book of poetry, carries voices and histories and traditions along with it. each book of poems takes a reader into an engulfing discreet world of language, yet each also rises from ancestral voices, fellow poets and poems, strange musics converging in the present ear. we think our five beloved books speak across time. we think that each gives us a snapshot of american noise, a sip, a taste, a feast. our work was very hard. i'm so proud to have worked with judges of such intelligence, hear

alexander no stranger to pump and niren him self he emphasizes proper fundamentals and training regimes for star daughter a second generation powerlifting wonder has already started to inspire others eight year old elizabeth to meall of deciding to also take up weights after seeing no one of a success these reilley native also taking small steps to success lifting twenty five kilograms for now so an extraordinary up and coming russian athlete moving up the ranks it would take a brave ponder to bed again seen marianna in future olympic games and on top of the weightlifting podium vonzell gorski arche. ok you have today no more sports news from around the globe for in tai's time in our table i thought. we'll do the. memory more mouths to feed but where will the food come from can science provide the answers for the future of food under the microscope. we've done the future. wealthy british scientists and some time to time the. market finance come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. emissions free cretaceous free cones for charges free coming from and the free risk free stew

alexander no stranger to pump and iron them self he emphasizes proper fundamentals and training regimes for star daughter the second generation powerlifting wonder has already started to inspire others eight year old elizabeth to meall of deciding to also take up weights after seeing now with a success these really native also taking small steps to success lifting twenty five kilograms for now so an extraordinary up and coming russian athlete moving up the ranks it would take a brave punter to bet against seen marianna in future olympic games and on top of the weightlifting podium avanza gorski arche. thank credible stuff now that is all your sport if you would like to see some more though why not log on to youtube dot com for slash our team sport news will find plenty there to keep you busy for hours but as i say that's it for. well for the. science technology innovation called the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. all. a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on the wall street center play at. least in chance a good chance to choose says it's a good book except the status of the human experiments gets split will. focus on this one you support it goes to

alexander no stranger to pump an ira himself he emphasizes proper fundamentals and training regimes for star daughter the second generation powerlifting wonder has already started to inspire others eight year old elizabeth to meall of deciding to also take up weights after seeing no one of a success these reilley native also taking small steps to success lifting twenty five kilograms for now so an extraordinary up and coming russian athlete moving up the ranks it would take a brave ponder to bet against seen marianna in future olympic games and on top of the weightlifting podium evander gorski arche. amazing stuff and i finally thanksgiving is rights around the corner with turkey stuffing and of course all the trimmings to be served up tomorrow but the whole day's mentis was the only thing on the menu here take a look at this introducing me in or north american turkey eating contest in new york city the finalists given ten minutes to charge down as much meat as possible one hundred nikkor graham big man eric badlands booker favorites black widow phone you thomas who waited slightly hundred forty seven people whose only certainly didn't know dark then a tough loss to still make for a burger with salma sw