in may 2020 george florence black and was killed in a violent terrorist video documenting the brutality went viral and sparked outrage since then protests have been taking place on and off line the demands put forth by black lives matter even reached from platforms like i believe we all matter but right now blacks have a much bigger matter celebrities are also supporting the cause online under the hash tag share the mike now selena gomez and hillary clinton amongst others have lent their social media profiles to black lives to get their message of why do we reach. more than black people to show up for black lives that in fact when we when we free black people when we really deal with the issues that plague black communities we set the ground for everybody else to get a little bit more free. even if there's still a long way to go black lives matter draw attention to the issue of racism around the world and has led to some changes in several areas in the tech industry for example i think operations are fine tuning their vocabulary to be rid of such terms as black list and white list but l

in may 2020 george florence black and was killed in a violent arist video documenting the brutality went viral and sparked outrage since then protests have been taking place on and off line the demands put forth by black lives matter even reached from platforms like i believe we all that are right now blacks have a much bigger matter. celebrities are also supporting the cause online under the hash tag share the mike now selena gomez and hillary clinton amongst others have lent their social media profiles to black lives to get their message. more than black people to show up for black lives that in fact when we when we free black people when we really deal with the issues that plague black communities we set the ground for everybody else to get a little bit more free. even if they're still a long way to go but. draw attention to the issue of racism around the world and has led to some changes in several areas in the tech industry for example i t. corporations are fine tuning their vocabulary to be rid of such terms of blacklist the white list but let's back up a little if there's an issue

in may 2020 george florence black and was killed in a violent a wrist video documenting the brutality went viral and sparked outrage since then protests have been taking place on and off line the demands put forth by black lives matter even reached from platforms like i believe we all matter but right now blacks have a much bigger matter. celebrities are also supporting the cause online and the hash tag share that mike now selena gomez and hillary clinton amongst others have lent their social media profiles to black lives to get their message of why do we reach . more than black people to show up for black lives that in fact when we when we free black people when we really deal with the issues that plague black communities we set the ground for everybody else to get a little bit more free. even if there's still a long way to go black lives matter draw attention to the issue of racism around the world and has led to some changes in several areas in the tech industry for example i t. corporations are fine tuning their vocabulary to be rid of such terms as blacklist the white list but le

in may 2020 george florence black and was killed in a violent terrorist video documenting the brutality went viral and sparked outrage since then protests have been taking place on and off line the demands put forth by black lives matter even reached from platforms like i believe we all that are right now blacks have a much bigger matter celebrities are also supporting the cause online under the hash tag share the mike now selena gomez and hillary clinton amongst others have lent their social media profiles to black lives to give their. reach. more than black people to show up for black lives that impact when we when we free black people when we really deal with the issues that plague black communities we set the ground for everybody else to get a little bit more free. even if they're still a long way to go but. draw attention to the issue of racism around the world and has led to some changes in several areas in the tech industry for example i t. corporations are fine tuning their vocabulary to be rid of such terms of black list and white list but let's back up a little if there's an i

george's mother florence had died when he was only 2 months old. though she -- though florence had succumbed to peritonitis from a burst appendix, her son grew up believing she had died giving birth to him and that developed his life-long melancholy. he said he was a happy little boy at 11 but after that he doesn't sound very happy. i'm going to jump ahead to 1928. this is kennan as a newly fledged diplomat, 1928. the day was may 6, 1928. kennan was in berlin. now, this is five years before the united states recognized the bolshevik, communist government, but they believed they'd need to have russian experts in the future and so they started intensive training of a small group of foreign service officers who would learn russian literature, language and they sent kennan to berlin for three years to master the subjects. here is kennan in 1928 writing, my wingo overlooks the square. it's great place for a political demonstration. tonight the drum calls attention to the demonstration coming across the square. it's a small group of the social democrats

george soros is foundation. could this moment get any more perverse? could the line be any more obvious? could it be more orwellian? it doesn't matter what you think, that man could be your labor secretary. florenceooper was not the senior secretary, he is a cochairman of project 21 -- joins us tonight. it's great to see you, thank you. it patrick gaspard, what do you make of him question like he could soon be a cabinet secretary. how should we feel about that? >> this is the triumph of the idea that who we look like is far more important than who we actually are. vice president biden probably needs to issue an apology to former break in interior secretary jim watt who was lambasted for talking about an advisory committee constituting having a black, a, and "a cripple" on it. this mind-set that led to that lambasting is exactly what we are seeing today, which is, it's a reversal. we now are exalting this behavior. the very idea that my grandparents joined together whites and blacks, their generation, to change america so that we are not looked at by the color of her skin or some dna type, but are instead supposed to be judged as martin luther king said, by the content of our character. this new p