eric dyson joins us to discuss race and the obama presidency. >> who is barack obama when it comes to race? >> guest: he is a really complicated human being. one of the smartest men to occupy the oval office who thinks about the issues of race. he showed the knity gritty of race and grappled with the consequences and talked about shifting between a father who is from kenya and a white mother from kansas and their heritage. and he speaks about a biracial child trying to fit in. he is a man who has a brilliant understanding but is residence to address the issues. the moment he begins to speak on race, his poll numbers take tank but there is finger pointing at him. we could say that is anything he does. the division is not in society but it is in his black body. never again can this presidency as an institution exist without having the history of a black man grace the roster for two terms and do it with insight and elegance struggling with race and trying to find the best way to address the nation. >> host: let's talk about the struggle. you mentioned the numbers dropped and early on in

at ten, michael eric dyson discusses race and the obama presidency on booktv's "after words." and we finish up our prime time programming at 11 with npr's brady carlson and a look at presidential grave sites and monuments. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. first up on booktv in prime time, here's crystal wright. >> host: crystal wright is backt ott our desk, editor and publisher of conservativeblackchick.com, also out with a new book, "con job." crystal wright, a lot to get into in that title of your book, but i want to begin with this quote from your book. it reads: real racism still exists in modern america, it and hurts real people. but when hustlers like al sharpton and other liberals are quick to label every incident i america racist from voter id laws to the shooting of black teens, it diminishes the rightful attention that true racism should receive. so what is true racism, and why are some of the issues that you bring up in that example not for racism? >> guest: well, i actuallyll devote a chapter in the book to true racism. it's in the appendix, and it's m

. >> host: michael eric dyson author of "the black presidency" barack obama and the politics of race in america" this is amazing. when you think of the first black president of united states of america, race and politics will always follow him. he brought a black family in that vice house. >> a beautiful family and. can you imagine? to be that brilliant and beautiful wife and a beautiful family. >> and the mother-in-law to take care. >> it it shows their togetherness to give america of sense of what is the achievable only permit the beauty of the black family the matter what form it would manifest itself. >> host: in the chapter about race page to madrid 14 you talk about first lady michelle obama and it is interesting i want you to elaborate perhaps no other figure has symbolized what the complicated status of black women in america the micro aggression to which they are subjected initially they would free razzing greek black woman or the angry shrew to reinforce the black female stereotypes. talk to me about that. >> guest: i think the show obama is one of the most remarkable figur

michael eric dyson explored how race has impacted the obama administration. washington post columnist argued that the republican party's adoption of a cold water conservative principle is driving away moderate voters. former nsa and cia director michael hayden recalled the decisions he made as a director of both agencies following the events of september eleventh. on the coming weeks, nancy cohen nancy : on the challenges that women face in politics and the potential of a female president. that will explore the history of a voter fraud and suppression. also coming up former congressman talks about the guiding principles he follows in his professional and personal life. this weekend, former bush - this this department john you contends that executive power has gone beyond its constitutional limits under president obama. >> i think the story of the obama administration has been the expansion of the united states, of the federal government as a whole, when we look at the media and sometimes we see eruptions, signs here and there, lots of cases but the real story

once again with us, the author michael eric dyson, commentators jeffrey lauren and matt lewis.isten to this. >> i don't think america's a safe place for americans. we're allowing thousands of people to come in here. nobody knows we're there from. nowhere knows who they are. they're coming in here by the thousands. let me tell you something, we're going to have problems -- just as big or bigger than they've got. >> now, academics and pundits, they can criticize him for his views but rank and file republicans, they seem to like that kind of talk. that potentially could help him in the upcoming contests including a week from tomorrow in wisconsin. >> absolutely. in fact, i have a theory that any time something bad happens in america or internationally, it actually helps trump. he is a candidate who i think thrives on fear and anger and frustration. sometimes there are things to be afraud of. we can agree on that. i think if you're afraid, whether it's economic instability or whether it's a global terrorism, donald trump is feeding that. and you know i think it certainly resonated.

michael eric dyson, the black presidency book, professor at georgetown.ys, thanks very much for joining us. michael, let's start with you. hillary clinton preassuming she'll carry the states. why is she doing so well with african-american voters. >> an extraordinary track record. she has been involved with issues important to african-american people for quite sometime. even those who disagree with her cannot deny the fact that she has been headstrong about certain critical issues, especially in connection with critical black women across the decades. secondly, when she began her work with marianne wright, it set the tone for her appreciation for what kinds of issues are critical to black people. thirdly, she has an incredibly strong ground game. understanding that, you know, not only south carolina was the bellwether, and perhaps the bench mark for what was to come, she had to fight strongly for every vote and be up front to address the issues that are central to african-american people while linking them to the broader. >> and then states, as you know, i

. >> host: author michael eric dyson the black presidency barack obama and the politics of race in america. >>> when i tune into it on the weekend usually it is authors sharing new releases. >> booktv weekend they bring you author after author that's like the work of fascinating people. >> i love booktv and i am a c-span then. >> host: the editor and publisher of black chick.com and out with a new book how democrats gave city's abortion profiteering and racial division. he lost to get into in-depth title of the book that i want to begin with this quote from your book that reads racism still exists in modern america and it hurts real people but with those like al sharpton and others they are quick to label every voter id law and the shooting of black teens and it diminishes the attention of true racism should receive. what is true racism and why are some of the issues that you bring up in that example dot racism? >> guest: i devoted a chapter to true racism that is in the appendix and it is my family's personal story of being discriminated against when i was a little girl and it applied a c

. >> joining us to discuss michael eric dyson, public radio post, also joining us is former dnc superdelegatest to you, got to ask you about some of the exits that we saw, especially on the democratic side. a take a look, just at your state, in temprms of exit polli in texas. hillary won amongst white and black americans, she won with latino. >> and clinton also did well amongst young people, because some people talk about that being bernie's strength. clinton is going to be the nominee, it might not be right away, but it's going to happen sometime in the month of march. she has nearly a 50% of the delegates she needs to claim the nomination, bernie has 35%. unlike republicans, democrats have a propositional allocation system all the way until the end of the race. if he stays until june, he can keep taking his message of income equality to the people, as long as he gets 15% to 20% of delegates, he can go to the convention and have delegates to continue. him clinton has a lot of support, progressives will come back to her, i think that's to the way the story's going to go. >> i think it's safe

. >> host: author michael eric dyson, the black presidency: barack obama and the politics of race in america." thank you, michael. >> guest: thank you so much. ♪ ♪ >> when itune into it on the weekends, usually it's authors sharing their new releases. >> watching the nonfiction authors on booktv is the best television for serious readers. >> on c-span they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subjects. >> booktv weekends, they bring you author after author after author that spotlight the work of fascinating people. >> i love booktv, and i'm a c-span fan. >> here's a look at some of the current best selling nonfiction books according to "the new york times." topping the list, the late neurosurgeon paul -- [inaudible] recounts facing mentality in his memoir, when brent becomes air. -- breath becomes air. taan has city coats looks at the current state of black america in "between the world and me." up next, "dark money" in which jane mayer reports on how big money has altered the political system. michael hayden recalls the decisions he made as director of the nsa and cia

this weekend michael eric dyson will explore how race has impacted the obama administration. >> women look at what happened in ferguson, with michael brown being killed by the policeman, darren wilson, we will look at what happened in south carolina as you said at the church, where dylann roof, and armed white racist and white supremacist murdered nine innocent souls. both from a state that obama represents through the police and their violence toward an armed black people, men and women, and in the broader society where white racial violence, barack obama had to contend with the ebb and flow of race. how he would address it. how he would acknowledge it. ..tice, the dark side and "dark money." >> host: author jane mayer, when we talk about the koch brothers, who are we talking about? >> guest: well, we are talking about interestingly two of the richest people brothers in the

afterwardsight it is with michael eric dyson. >> the practical considerations were once you get electedto get reelected as the first black president may be more marketable. maybe more difficult. when he around the first time he had no record. he was a senator for a little while. he was a clean slate people could inscribe hopes, dreams, theiries and project ideals. now, you have done stuff. they are supporting you or their critical of you. >> go to book tv.org for the complete schedule. >> now, president obama's weeks at the sxsw festival in austin, texas. sittinge first president to visit the festival which began in 1987. [applause] thank you.: >> hello mr. president. pres. obama: it is good to see you. hello austin. [applause] pres. obama: i love austin, texas. good to be back. >> nice to have you here. welcome. let's make news. you stopped at tour cheese -- torchies. when you tell me your order? pres. obama: i ordered the democrat. [applause] then i ordered a republican. and an independent. i wanted to give all people a proper hearing. i wanted to be fair. >> bipartisan talk owes. you

michael eric dyson, georgetown university professor. and author of "the black presidency." marc kissel, editorial board member of "the wall street journal." and lz granderson, senior writer at espn. bill, i want to start with you. a raft of polling this week that is disastrous for the republican party. if you look at the general election matchup. which donald trump just spoke about. he loses hugely to hillary clinton. but look at ted cruz. he also loses by almost ten points. the only candidate ahead of hillary clinton in that general election matchup is the one candidate, john kasich, who has no chance of winning the nomination, or apparently doesn't. what's going on with the party? >> well, donald trump -- at the end of your interview, he raised out of nowhere, i can beat it's beginning to hurt him among primary voters. on february 1st, trump trailed clinton by about three points in a bunch of polls on average. now he trails by 11 points. what's happened? the voters who matter, except trump's base of 38% of the republican electorate are not being won over by donald trump.

at ten, michael eric dyson discusses race and the obama presidency on booktv's "after words." and we finish up our prime time programming at 11 with npr's

in the coming weeks on "after words," michael eric dyson will explore how race has impacted the obama administration. former bush justice department official john yoo will contend that executive power has gone beyond its constitutional limits under president obama. also coming up, ellen malcolm will recount her creation of emily's list which works to elect pro-choice democratic women to political office. and this weekend washington post columnist e.j. dionne will argue that the republican party's adoption of senator barry goldwater's conservative principles is driving away moderate voters. >> but i am very concerned with what has happened to the american right over the last 50 years because i think that the obstruction that you've seen in washington of the inability for the matters to get things done owes far more to the radicalization of the right than it does to anything that's happened on the left. and, you know, the prime example of that, oddly, is obamacare which was a plan obama put forward that relied very heavily on ideas that conservatives had put forward 5, 10, 20 years befo

on sunday night at night eastern, it's afterwards with michael eric dyson author of the black presidency. barack obama and the politics of race in america. mister dyson interview by april ryan white house correspondence for the american network once you get elected you want to get reelected. it's one thing to be elected the first black president but to get reelected as the first black president maybe even more remarkable. maybe even more difficult and he had to overcome certain barriers because when he ran the first time he had no record. much in terms ofnational politics , he was a senator for a little while but he was a tabula rasa. he was a clean slate on which people could inspire their, dreams, fantasies and project onto his thin body their ideals but now when you got a first term you done stuff that people either like or don't like. they are against you or for you. they're supporting you or critical of you. go to book td.work for the complete schedule. >> now more of prime minister trudeau's visit to the us with the town hall earlier today at american university in washington dc. h

throughout our live coverage of the few sewn -- on sunday night, it's "offered words" with michael eric dyson, barack obama and the politics of race in america. mr. dyson's interview. >> the practical considerations were, on you get elected you want to get reelect. it's one to be elected the first black president but to get re-elected may be even more remarkable and even more difficult, and he had to overcome certain barriers. when he ran the first time he had no record. he was a senator for a little while but was a tabular -- a clean slate on which people could inscribe their hopes, dreams, ambitions and project on to his thousand body their ideals. but now, when you got a first term, you done done stuff. people like or don't like. theygen you or for you. they're supporting you or critical of you.

michael eric dyson and lord how race has impacted the obama administration. washington post columnist ej dion argued that the republican parties -- is driving away moderate voters. in the coming weeks on afterwards, professor and former chairwoman of the u.s. civil rights commission, mary frances berry will explore the history of voter fraud and suppression. former congressman, jc watts will talk about the guiding principles he follows in his professional and personal life. also coming up, up, ellen malcolm will recall her creation of emily's list, a political action committee which works to elect a pro-choice and democratic women to political office. this weekend, nancy cohen : will discuss the challenges that women face in politics and that potential of a female president. >> there's something really surprising and it surprised me as much as anyone when i was doing the research. that was that voters are not making their decision based on gender biased. there thinking about ideology, political party, issues, questions of of temperament when they decide who t

on sunday night at 9:00 eastern, it's afterwards with michael eric dyson, author of "the back presidency" blchlt dyson is interviewed by april ryan for american urban radio networks. >> the practical considerations were, once you get elected you want to get re-elected. it's one thing to be elected the first black president, but to get re-elected as the first black president may be even more remarkable, may be even more difficult. and he had toover come barriers. when he ran the first time he had no record. he was a senator for a little while, but he was a tabula rosa, he was a clean slate on which people could inscribe their hopes, visions, fantasies, and project on his thin body their eye deals. but now when you've got a first term, you've done stuff. the people like or don't like. they're against you or for you. they're supporting you or they're critical of you. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> john king is the acting education secretary and president obama's nominee. his confirmation has already passed out of the committee and the full senate will vote on i a

. >> michael eric dyson. he's going to be honored. there's two others. >> are you a writer or. ho reporter: -- or areou a brach black writer. >> for mef i'm e blace wr er. i'm a black woman writer. i can't separate the parts of my identity. that's who i am. we should understand there's a diversity of voices within black writing. that doesn't mean the same thing for everyone. >> as a fan, i have to ask you and pick your brain because a lot of people are going to know. who do you like right now? what are some ooks that have gotten you tore a voracious >> as i mentioned, i'm excited to meet paul betty. his latest book is amazing. his first book, white boy shuffle, rocked my world completely. >> mention your book that's out. >> i am polite conversations on ce, litics, sex, money and ligion. i''r a journalist. i write nonfiction. that's my shtick. >> we'll have you be part of that national black writers conference for probably many years to come, cora. thanks for being here. >>> it's not clear if a pilot wid ll face charges. he 's arrested