. >> is that james baldwin in the design that face. >> i don't know. >> it looks like james baldwin i was going to is he looks at great. >> yeah. the color both the visual arts culture and naturally color. >> it looks like commissioner bustos face cute. >> they up wouldn't do that i don't want to scare nobody. >> can i make one comment about the childcare this might not be the forum but it seems like we're dependent on the tenant is that something we can require like affordable housing you because the children of san francisco you know are you mention at stake here i wanted to make that comment and is if there's a possibility we could look after the children of san francisco and the families 0 there's childcare places available. >> certainly if the project sponsor hears the discussion and the commission preference i think they've heard you in e and your desire to include childcare and no commercial building other than ucsf there's not that many opportunities. >> for the employers and the employees and the city attorney of san francisco who is running at that time it is more perm be on

which was the first book i heard about so the imaginary map for me was cancer to it ends with james baldwin whom i feel is a true progeny of mark twain but it begins with mark twain's huckleberry finn, goes into sinclair lewis babbitt, and heart is a lonely hunter. >> how do you tie those books together? how do they make america's? >> well, you know, reading all these books i'd read so many times before, i realized how much american books special beginning with huck finn, baby a reflection of america's moral compass. that those he was most an outcast and most of them not searching for materialism or money or success but like huck finn deciding that it is a edit to go to hell than do the right thing. i felt america today needs to be reminded of the fact that it was based on an idea and no space on the dream. and if you lose that dream you will never have the other aspect of it which is the material aspect. all of these books are talking about the greatest danger to america's conformity and complacency. and this hole ideological division that we are creating today. and it makes me uncomfortab

the same as james baldwin, so many other talented figures and i would like to salute president petronis and mitchell kaplan. those of the two leaders. 31 years, 31 years is a beautiful thing. and that collaboration and black prophetic fire. i want to begin by saying i am who i am because somebody, somebody cared for me. we need to and the baptist church, willie cook and vacation bible school teacher. these people provided and lived experience and answer to the voices for questions. how does integrity facebook freshen? how does honesty face deception? how does decency face in salt? and how does virtue meet force? integrity, honesty, decency and a sense of virtue in the face of what? trauma, stigma, i come from people who have been terrorized, traumatized for 400 years in the united states, so when we talk about frederick douglass, we talk about w. e. b. du bois and ella baker and malcolm or martin, talk about folks who belong to integrity, honesty, decency, a sense of the frigid, telling the truth, expose lies and do it with love in their heart, compassion in the face of catastrophe. we

there is take this hammer by james baldwin and followed him as he went around the neighborhood and then there is also >> and we could have a credit union, and a cdfi and a community development financial and institution, and for the african american community as well as an ewaste recycling program and he has that idea and then, also, and i am excited about what booker t washington is doing to develop the property for emancipated foster use and i am excited and i just want to give out a shout out to hanabal williams and rogers who are instrumental in community development in the neighborhood. >> thanks. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker please. >> address the signs of geography to define the nature need of a safety security force not with the production and labor and exchange for basic needs. and united field effort to resolve conflicting movements, and understanding evolution and periodic table of elements, and nature's feeding upon itself. and to corroborate the need to answer an inability of the state to orient to the community cooperative and collective public ownership of prod

now, james baldwin speaking on that same platform said, i was present during this entire affair, asserted that the american people shared a collective guilt for the persecution of negros much as germans did during their silence during the nazi persecution. he denounced president kennedy for a lack of passion. mr. baldwin said there could no longer be a republican party for the negro people as long as it listed a barry goldwater nor a democratic party as long as it listed senator eastland for the negro people. he asserted that the federal government acted swiftly and energically. unless the government acts future slaughter would make birmingham look like a dress rehearsal. what do i think about king's attitude? king's right-hand man, wyatt walker, at king's convention according to the "new york times" on september 26th said we have been duped. meaning these persons involved in the civil rights struggle of which king is the symbolic leader. his right-hand man says, we have been duped or duped ourselves into believing that the chains have been broken, when in truth we have only been chained

i have to say too i can't stop thinking about james baldwin who said i love america more than any other country in the world and exactly for that reason i reserve the right to criticize her. there is nothing wrong with criticizing america, given the racism and homophobia and anti-islam that's going on in this country. some of us are awake on what's happening. really, what mayor giuliani has done is incredibly pernicious and it speaks to the partisan divide that we have, and i think it also speaks to why people are so turned off by the politics. >> how is it any different than when george bush said we're not at war with islam. these are not religious leaders, they're terrorists. >> sam stein, is this an indication where the presidential campaign is going to go, they're going to campaign as much as they can on president obama and do it on personal terms? >> the 2012 campaign, at least when it came to the foreign policy debate, was spent with mitt romney reminding the american public that he wouldn't apologize on the world stage like the president did. i think jose hits it on the head, whi

from frederick douglass, rebecca harding davis, twain, melville and hawthorne, down to james baldwin, contemporary african-american poet, whose new collection is entitled "american sublime," or wallace stevens sublimity is a major theme among american artists and writers. it is also a way to suggest -- there are reliefs of the song that capture stanzas from the ham. -- hymn. here is wallace stevens poem titled "american sublime" connecting the civil war to his moment in the earliest -- early 20th century. he is referring to general stonewall jackson. how does one stand to behold the sublime, to confront the mockers? when general jackson post for his statue, he knew how one feels. how does one feel? one grows used to the weather, the landscape, and sublime comes down to the spirit itself. the spirit and space, the empty spirit and vacant space. what wine does one drink? what brett does one eat? it is a beautiful rich, symbolic home. let me play a little bit of my favorite rendition of "the battle hymn of the republic" . ." the u.s. army corps slows it down. one of the problems of putti

james baldwin once was being interviewed by seth mckinsey about finishing his first book. he said i thought i would never finish and he went away to switzerland. you know how he talks. it was all -- [inaudible] he said he took with him one typewriter and also one betsy smith album. he said he had never allowed himself to listen to betsy smith and america, but there is switzerland surrounded by these white mountains and white bases, he listened to betsy smith. .. >> and, you know, maya angelou used to say the bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, the burden sings because it has a song -- the bird sings because it has a song. so in a way, the writing of the memoir becomes the song of the bird. but i do understand what they're saying when they ask why did you where the book, because they're asking about the sociological themes of the book. it is more a marketing question than it is a literary question. however, aye -- i've learned to answer that question because it is true that the memoir for me, has many sociological themes, and those are themes like family and poverty

and it is with james baldwin who i feel is the true progeny of mark twain. but it begins with mark twain's huckleberry finn goes into -- [inaudible] and then carson mccarter's "the heart is a lonely hunter," ending with -- [inaudible] >> how do you tie those books together, and how do they make america -- >> or money or success. but like huck finn deciding that it is better to go to hell but do the right thing. of thethe rest belong to the blackakes hats, you know? we don't even watch the news channel that disagrees with us. why the democracy is vital when you confront and challenge and accept that you should also be challenged. you should also be questioned. in huck finn come in each of these great american novels we have a democracy of voices where even the villain has a voice you know? and it goes understanding and not condemnation. i think ideology that is willing over america today is very dangerous to the health of our country. >> azar nafisi, how did reading lolita change your life? >> well, you know, it changed my life in the sense i rather always do

any stories of queer folks who have made a difference -- >> james baldwin.e you be such an ally to me and to everyone else doing this work and celebrating us in such a public way. >> thank you. to my niece, chris, who i know is a young lesbian african-american living in chicago right now, is navigating her space. and i see her doing it. she should know we all love you deeply, chris. don't forget to check out's wade davis' campaign. that's our show for today. thanks to you at home for watching. i'll see you at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. and omg! tomorrow's show will be on fleak. we have a table of millennials. these young people have agreed to look up from their devices just long enough to join us on set. and let us know whether or not they plan to change everything or not. so grab your bae and tune in sunday morning. now time for a preview with "weekends with alex witt." lol, alex do you have any idea what i just say? >> the only reason i know what bae is is i met with friends last weekend and we were talking about the lingo of our kids. >> my millennials

and it is with james baldwin who i feel is the true progeny of mark twain. but it begins with mark twain's huckleberry finn goes into -- [inaudible] and then carson mccarter's "the heart is a lonely hunter," ending with -- [inaudible] >> how do you tie those books together, and how do they make america -- >> or money or success. but like huck finn deciding that it is better to go to hell but do the right thing. >> it makes me uncomfortable. i now love america enough to make it my home, so i have to start complaining. >> but isn't division and argument, isn't that good for a democracy? >> argument and debate is great for democracy. ideology is very, very fatal to democracy because, you know, ideology makes you feel very comfortable. we all belong to the white house, the one that is -- [inaudible] and the rest belong to the black hats, you know? we don't even watch the news channel that disagrees with us. a democracy is vital. when you confront and challenge and accept that you should also be challenged, you should also be questioned. in huck finn in each of t

it ends with james baldwin who i feel is that true progeny of mark twain but it begins with mark twain's huckleberry finn, goes into babbitt. >> how do you tie those books together? how do they make america? >> well, you know, rereading all those books i had i have read so many times before i realized how much american books become a reflection of america's moral compass. those orphaned restless euros, most of them outcasts, most of them not from materialism or money or suspense, but like-deciding it was better to go to hell and do the right thing. she it was based on idea. if you lose that dream you will never have the other aspect of it. and all of these books are talking about the greatest danger to america as conformity and complacency. this whole ideological delusion that we are creating today. and it and it makes me uncomfortable. i love america enough to make it my home. i have to start complaining. >> but isn't division and argument good for democracy? >> argument and debate is great for democracy. ideology is very, very fatal to democracy. ideology makes you feel. we all belong.