bryant. >> james bryant, jim, amber and. >> james bryant and i'm here to discuss with the you and first of all i support the project and second of all i want to make this clear that the new director, whoever that is, along with the board members you must understand the african american business community and part of this project. it should have emphasis having our community partners and our community. >> the outreach was terrific. the coordination between planning your staff and the whole hub process was excellent. i'm glad i showed up in the old man commenting to the planner photo that you showed. i'm glad that you went with the western alternative. it's an improvement and the outreach process was better for having been able to get that into the plan and interesting to see and the article about 14th street closing to traffic and how it had unexpect and no problems and it's for the same here. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> amber jeff rick and representing nature in the city today. as you know last time, market street underwent major development and trees were planted and we're e

. >> the school's president, james bryant conant asked himself, what would thomas jefferson do?ferson had written that america should create an aristocracy of talent to replace the aristocracy of birth and wealth. >> now he's about to enter an environment more in keeping with his social position. >> most harvard men, and they were still all men, came from prep schools with the right pedigree. >> at college, he will meet men of his own kind. >> they have servants who would come with them to harvard. they would put on their tuxedos every night and go to debutante balls. >> good manners often trumped good grades. >> extremely handsome and charming. he writes wonderful thank you notes. >> out there in america, james conant believed, those working with their hands were jefferson's diamonds in the rough. just waiting to be discovered. >> let's find those people and bring them to harvard. >> but how to find them? conant decided that we needed a test. not to measure knowledge, greek, or higher mathematics. that would favor the well-schooled. >> this really isn't the kind of a test you c

james harden is popular. kobe bryant is very popular in china.layers in latter stages of their careers. so it's going to be interesting to see how many of these players who are very willing to speak out in the comfort of their multimillion dollar homes risk losing money because they sell their shoes, jerseys and what have you. >> last question. do you think, though, there is a benefit to have this, you know, connection with china that, you know, an american presence in a country such as this and our american values perhaps seep into the culture? how we roll? >> it's an exchange. this is what, not just the nba is dealing with but american culture in general. yes, we are exporting a certain degree of freedom of expression. but we also are importing communist censorship. that is, there's only going to be so much of our freedom in which china allows in. if you want to do business with them consider citizenship of our own. it's an exchange, not a one-way street here. >> lz granderson, you wise man. thank you for your opinion. good to have you back. >>