into account for ethnicity as well as a race? >> we would continue to report -- there is white hispanic, black and hispanic, asian and hispanic and other known. they are subsets of the other groups as a ethnicity just as there is a cambodian, chinese, filipino, hawaiian, vietnamese, korean, laotian that are ethnicities. we can break out any particular ethnicity further via the computer system at the jail or the claim -- crime data warehouse. >> they all fall under the category of latino? ha >> i don't know that. >> 5 that out. >> the question is if latino and his pecker said atoms? >> no, the black and latino or seven them so that we understand how the hispanic members. >> latino would not go with black. >> that is exactly the point. >> if you want to change what gets reported for the region to the fbi, they would have to make that change. we are reporting on what everybody else reports. >> i understand that we are reporting what everyone else reports. that will have to be changed. it will have to be taken on someplace else. but

we like it, we like all the ethnic food. i mean, that's what's wonderful about it. a lot of us, for instance, in new york -- i grew up in colorado, and that's what i came to new york for, was the diversity. >> can i add something, though, that that's the good side. there's also a dark side. that in your chapter on diversity and its discontent we recall in the united states the marginalization, the attacks on various minority religions or minority groups starting with the right after the revolution with the french and the passage of the alien and sedition act. and we recall until 1960 that a roman catholic was considered an impossible candidate for president. and that as you look back on all the different groups that have been in the u.s., all of them have gone through some hard times whether they were german-americans during the war or the japanese who were interred after pearl harbor. so there's that aspect too. but the saving grace is that we have learned -- and this is something, i think, puts us in the contrast with france -- to look back and when we made a mist

bosnia is worried that unchecked and unresolved ethnic tensions could spark another war.ething christians here are praying will never happen. >> we have to pray and work harder to show people that reconciliation is a powerful message that comes from god. reconciliation first through god and through jesus christ, and then reconciliation with one another. i pray 2 chronicles 14 every day. we have to humble ourselves, deny our pride, deny our ethnic religious difference, and go to god, and he will heal us. i want our country to be filled with the word and the knowledge of god. i am praying that bosnia will know a good god who loves him, a god who does not see the difference between ethnic groups, but a god who sent his only god to the world to die for their sins. this is my hope and prayer. >> wendy: that's beautiful, george. >> george: sometimes it is difficult to remember a story like that because of the incredible hatred that people have, and then you see the power of the gospel. women who were slaughtered, muslim, christian, croad, and jesus comes in and brings restorati

ethnicity, charges of obama not being an american. i have never heard stuff like this in my lifetime of watching politics. for them to pretend they are a referee or umpire is a joke. howard fineman, thank you. cynthia tucker, good to have you on always. >> coming up, one reason mitt romney put paul ryan on the ticket was ryan supposedly stands for something. he didn't yesterday. his first big tv interview with the hometown crowd on fox, they are the home turf, instead ryan ducked and dodged a question about tax reform. >>> also talk a lot about the tough photo i.d. in pennsylvania republicans put in place to help romney win up there. a judge allowed the law to stand. the legal fight is far from over. the consequences could be horrific. >>> what about the crazy joes out there. joe the plumber says we need to put a fence up on the mexican border and start shooting. joe says he's not done with his investigation in the president's birth certificate which he calls forged. joe walsh is one of the worst of them says muslims are trying to kil

groups that have lived next to one another for centuries and the ethnic groups of know they have to have be have arms because they call them warlords but in fact what they are armed ethnic leaders who protect their people from attacks from other ethnic groups that's why it's been for century after century after century so there's nothing wrong with these people having arms they always will that's their culture but what's happened is that you have pakistan trying to working through an alliance with one ethnic group the push to trying to. and all of afghanistan that's what the taliban were all about when the taliban took over kabul thirty thousand of these quote taliban were actually pakistani troops dressed up as taleban and yeah if when the united states leaves the most important thing is that those people who have opposed the telly are not left vulnerable and we can do that we can do that very easily could make sure that. we do not leave for example we can work with those in the northern alliance that defeated the taliban originally and make sure they can defend themselves. congressman

it's about ethnicity.t's about the power in phoenix -- what i call the "arpaiocracy." >> joe arpaio. >> joe arpaio. and governor brewer and that whole crowd i think. if the tucson school district does not comply with what the big boys, the big bullies tell them, you know, they're going to lose $15 million in funding. then what happens? so everybody's between a rock and a hard place. >> what effect has this had on the kids, on the students? >> it's heartbreaking. they cry, you know, they're -- when you come into something like ethnic studies and mexican-american studies, there's a good chance that you're slightly disenfranchised to begin with. you know, you're in a population that's frowned on by the power structure. you're an ethnic student, mexican-american or indigenous-american or black-american. you're probably not wealthy. you're often from that other side of town like i was. and you come into a world where you will be expected to read "the great gatsby" or something like that. and it's sometimes a ve

it's all racial and ethnic.ho are mexican american and other people who have come to the country from latin america, outh america. they attack them. that's joe the plumber. arpaio is doing the same thing, going after the president because he's african-american. let's face it, he wouldn't be doing it to a white guy, and then joe walsh going after islamic people. there's nothing more inspiring to me walking down sixth in new york and seeing a guy running a humble cart on the corner with his prayer mat out. i want that america where people are free to do that on the job. it's american freedom of religion and we should we proud we're a country where you can do that. thank you liz and david. we have to stop being afraidf what a great country this is. let me finish with a real personal attacks in the campa n campaign. the ones we have been hearing for years made by republicans against president obama. let's drop the chains talk about biden. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. nah. [ dennis' voice ] i b

the ethnic minorities clashed with han chinese. the security forces remain part of daily life here, highlighting deep divisions among the community. those who gathered to worship are watched by riot police, ready for any trouble. the mosque attracts busloads of tourists. this man says they are told not to travel alone over fears for their safety. for all of the development, this is a tent city. beijing believes that increase prosperity will create stability. -- for all of the development, this is a tense city. there is a new source of anger. >> ecuador's foreign minister has said that the british government officially threatened to enter the ecuadorean embassy in london to capture julian assange. he claimed asylum. he has been facing extradition from britain to sweden to answer rate charges. hthe decision on the asylum request had been made and an announced it would remain on thursday. the investigation into the key benchmark interest rate has been gaining momentum. seven big international banks have been subpoenaed. for more on th

small businesses hire people, small businesses for ethnic minorities is where they started. you have your future steve jobs and bill gates and not from people going in at some big corporations but from going out and founding a business. microsoft was a baby business, apple was the baby business. you want to encourage more people. this administration has discouraged creating small business. to grow in the opposite direction. tavis: i do not think the administration has done enough with regard to small business. they favored big business. many of them gathered in tampa for this convention. they too often favored big business. let me go back to your first part. if you said to the american middle class or the former middle class which make up the ranks of the poor that the reason why they are not employed is because they do not have a good skill set, lots of folks would be offended. many did not downsized or slipped because their skills it was deficient, it is because a lot of greed and other things but it is not because their skills that is all of a sudden did not measure up. >

supports fronts syria may be breaking up into little cantons fighting one another along religious ethnic and tribal lines or just as a living on was in the one nine hundred seventy s. this is a very frightening prospect and we have to work hard to make sure it does not happen. now we're hearing here at r.t. that over twelve thousand christians are trapped in a syrian village near the lebanese border that is besieged by rebels a two week blockade has caused shortages of food medicine and other crucial supplies but people can't leave the area due to the threat posed by rebel snipers meanwhile across the border and levon on the situation there remains fragile following a spike in syria related sectarian violence at least fifteen people have been killed and more than one hundred injured in clashes between pro and anti assad government troops were deployed to stop the violence beirut based political analyst and lawyer dr franklin lamb says there's an overwhelming dread among the lebanese over the violence. the concierge of my building who is syrian sometimes hides in my apartment there's been

government security forces this against a background of severe ethnic clashes which have spiraled since colonel qaddafi was ousted most recently at least twelve more killed dozens injured after the fighting parties used heavy weaponry including anti aircraft guns political analyst and consultant peter thinks that libya will only descend deeper into chaos libya is following the same trend as all the other countries where there was of course regime we have the same scenario in iraq we have the same situation in afghanistan we've got the situation in libya which was again of course regime and as you would expect it will be breakaway groups because at the end of the day although gadhafi was a fraudster in many ways brought that country from the doldrums into great prosperity and the wrong government got in and so the military is still trying to pull that the strain and of course that's failing very fast and i think we will see a natural rebellion perfect like it's ongoing in iraq like is ongoing in syria and egypt. all right time for the r.t. was update now we will start with northern china

says that police are targeting them with stop and search powers officers deny discrimination but ethnic minority who say they feel like they are being treated as second class artists or a smith reports. the police conduct a stop and search operation on a group of youths in london they can stop anyone in some cases without even suspecting a crime but research shows if you're black it's twenty eight times more likely to happen to you mohamed el me is young and black and has lived on his west london estate all his life he's also a trainee lawyer articulate and intelligent and yet the police are constantly stopping him you're looking at probably five to ten times into five to ten times a week a week and i've got to stop a search slip to also prove that l. me describes a typical police shakedown they happen more in the summer and off than when he's driving his car through everything about just everything got a car left on the sidewalk had their had their way again no reason just a reasonable suspicion should assess what is pulled or so far no. mannerism things he's. not going to treated like

but what's happened is that you have pakistan trying to working through an alliance with one ethnic group the push to trying to. and all of afghanistan that's what the taliban were all about when the taliban took over kabul thirty thousand of these quote taliban were actually pakistani troops dressed up as taliban and yeah if when the united states leaves the most important thing is that those people who have opposed the telly are not left vulnerable and we can do that we can do that very easily could make sure that . we do not leave. for example we can work with those in the northern alliance that defeated the taliban originally and make sure they can defend themselves. and in iraq or from california's forty six thanks and that's right. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to cause a report on. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you though

you're an ethnic student, mexican-american or indigenous-american or black-american.ou're probably not wealthy. you're often from that other side of town like i was. and you come into a world where you will be expected to read "the gre gatsby" or something like that. and it's sometimes a very large gap to jump. and so you go to ethnic studies which give you literacy through themes that you understand and are comfortable with. and it is a gateway. if i had anything i could tell the tusd people or governor brewer, though she'd never listen to me, it's a gateway into americanness, not out of americanness because literacy opens your world. and sure, it's not going to be 100% perfect, you know, college attendance. but if you look at the numbers of that school district, you know, those kids were doing well in tests. they were doing well in placement. the teachers were award winning teachers that -- it's all gone because of this craziness. and it's about mexicans. that's what it's about. let's face it. it's about that other. >> this is pledgtime for public television. some s

elections it undermines democracy and i'm referring to the people of toronto the city which was ethnically cleanse during the civil war and this is a city that had the majority black population there been completed this place this is almost forty thousand people and they're now confined in refugee camps within their own country mr a lot of you exist out of money and you say how do you exclude people in an exercise of democracy i believe you are going to say but then how do you include us so many different factions that many continue to knock heads with each other. well this is us probably a child and we have to be very realistic person i believe that before even there holding these elections perhaps libya should have had an exercise of national dialogue and national reconciliation and it may ultimately still have to come to that because let's be very realistic we all know how split the country is right now and if the anti c could barely exercise any power at all how do we expect this new elected legislative body to exercise power in such a divided country but there are many say that during

situation is not just pro a sad fight is against the regime fight is here we've got now religious ethnic and tribal tensions something that surely couldn't be controlled by some form of foreign intervention couldn't. absolutely not and i don't think they want to control it they don't want to stabilize syria they don't want to bring peace to syria they want to destabilize syria they want to break syria up and they couldn't non-viable state that was the same strategy with the attack on iraq we know that right after nine eleven the wolfowitz came out with a plan to basically destroy all of the leading middle eastern states that could be seen as threats to israel and syria is on that list so what what happens when you create a normal state what is the exact and. what does one achieve from doing that well the there the israelis have been hoping to break up the middle eastern countries into smaller pieces because none of the smaller states would ever be able to pose a threat to israel and likewise the us empire has designs on continuing to control the energy resources of the middle east and to

would add an sentence, the task force received various coverage, including neighborhood blogs and ethnic media. that's not anywhere in here. i think it should be. >> ok, one more time. hold on. ms. tidwell? >> aapologize -- -- apologies. >> that's ok. get ready. >> where am i putting it? >> where are you suggest something >> ok, page 5 just before the task force was initially allocated. >> so the top of the page? >> ok. >> ok? go. >> the task force received considerable media coverage -- >> hold on. >> i'm a lawyer. i'm not good at this. i have it. >> the task force received considerable media coverage in various outlets, including mainstream media, newspapers and blogs and ethnic media. yep. that's it. thank you. >> ok? thank you very much. hold on. ms. tidwell? >> i just had a question. the q.r. facebook and twitter media. what q.r. stands for? >> quick response. >> is it ok if i spell that out or is it just? >> yes, you could do a parens. >> is it two words? >> it's two words, yes. >> i'm not young anymore. >> so ms. tidwell? in the paragraph that begins "the task force was initially

refused to play the ethnic card. this he's a muslim charge. and john mccain was losing when he refused to get down to dirty. so why is mitt romney doing it? why is he taking this shot at welfare people and telling knee slappers about the birther sickness? that's a question that needs an answer. more importantly it's a question we shouldn't have to be asking after what this country's been through all these years. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, taking the low road. after months of trying to run on this economy, mitt romney has changed courses. he's trying to change the conversation. "the new york times" reports on a new meaner message, quote, the move reflects a campaign infused with a sharper edge and overtones of class and race. class and race. why would he do that? the times reports that the romney arguments about the economy just aren't working. he needs something else. and he's found it. according