i don't Ãbit's a set of observations. >> we have about 25 minutes left with author imani perry, bill olina you are on we are listening. go ahead. >> thank you very much for accepting my call. on behalf of all americans to professor perry i would like to apologize for such an incident that's heartbreaking. for that to happen to you. to my point, are you familiar with the book the southern passed by william brundage? >> yes. can you give some discussions or some at least bring the audience and the rest of the viewing listening audience up-to-date on some of those some of his writings and talking about how the monuments and the confederate monuments came about in the south?>> bill, why is that a book of interest to you? >> because it parallels the story of after the civil war and how a lot of these monuments in the self compared with monuments came about but it also parallels the from the dominant culture and it parallels to the african culture, their stories and how they also were living during that time after the civil war and how their societies also came about and grew as she referen

imani perry is the author of five books, six books.t is the first, politics and poetics which came out in 04. more beautiful and more terrible the embrace of transcendence of racial inequality in the u.s.. 2011. next on gender integration kidnapping 2018 as well as maybe forever stand, the black national anthem and looking for lorraine, the wife also came out in 2018 and that's three books. and "breath" is the most recent which just came out this year. you have mentioned a couple of times but we will get to the title in just a minute.e. can you draw a direct line from langston hughes to be the smallest? >> guest: absolutely. in so many ways, both of them took the beauty of the vernacular language and crafted it and made decisions to tell stories that were planted and often had a political content and designated deeply. there are different kinds of political subjects like being an overtly activist organizer, but their relationship to black language and the desire to understand that as a foundation for the production of art absolutely di

. >> today, live at noon eastern on in-depth, princeton university professor imani perry joins us tobout african american history and racial inequality. >> my mother came of age in jim crow alabama. my mother lived her youth through a white nationalist society and it has à >> openly officially white nationalist society. >> yes. it has reared its head again. >> her most recent book is "breathe: a letter to my sons". other books and include "prophets of the hood" and "may we forever stand". join the interactive conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook messages. at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words" david shelton author of "it shouldn't be this hard to serve your country" recounts his time as a secretary of veterans affairs and the trump administration. he is interviewed by iraq and afghanistan veterans of america ceo jeremy butler. >> the government's involvement in va healthcare is the most effective way of honoring our nation's commitment to our veterans. that does not mean that veterans should not have the ability to go into the private sector when it's in their best

that van jones is right about that and by the coach is right about that and by that he glaude and imani perry and others are right about that but that doesn't mean that exhausts his whole base yes and his base is broad enough that one can still get at those who are willing to side with progressive on these issues of not just class in the abstract but assets to health care quality education decent housing and so forth and so on what about trump himself would you call trump a white nationalist or is he just an opportunist who sees political benefit in aligning himself with the white nationalist movement now numbing by the trump is a bona fide gangster who will do anything he can to stay in power to remain visible to have a certain kind of status that makes him feel good so these the narcissus these races it is in a full of these patriarchal he's homophobic a lot of different things but as you know my brother i don't believe in fetishizing any of these leaders that he's a sign and a symptom of a spiritually decadent culture that allows someone like him to have that kind of power and to have that

. >> host: professor imani perry, what is the structure of your newest book, "breath"? >> guest: there are three sections, fear, fly and fortune. it is a letter, a series of letters to my sons but of course to the larger world both about a the reality of the terror and anxiety and worry that comes along b

. >> sunday live at noon eastern on in-depth, princeton university professor imani perry joins us. >> my mother came of age in jim crow alabama -- >> openly officially white nationalist society. >> and it has reared its head again. >> her most recent book is "breathe." other books include "profits of the hood." join the conversation with your tweets and facebook messages. and on "after words," david shulkin. >> the government's involvement in va health care is the most effective way of honoring our nation's commitment to our veterans. that does not mean that veterans should not have the ability to go into the private sector when it's in their best interest, when the care is better, or specialized care is not available in the va. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span 2. >> we're live this morning on capitol hill for a briefing on a climate change report. the world resources it

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up next, it's booktv's monthly "in depth" program with author and princeton university professor imani perry. her bookses on race and african-american history include prophets of the hood, may we forever stand and the recently published, breathe: a letter to my sons. >> professor imani perry, what is the structure of your newest book "breathe: a letter to my sons"? >> there are three sections.