edward mcclelland discussed his book as part of a panel that includes william jelani cobb and keli goff, author of "party crashing: how the hip-hop generation declared political independence." the hour and ten minute program takes place at the schomburg center for research in black culture in harlem, new york. >> i want to start by tackling one of the elephants in the room because i like elephants. and in all seriousness, i think that we would be remiss to not start the conversation by addressing current events which tie so closely to the books we're going to be discussing tonight. so i want to start by asking our panelists the following: a recent cbs news poll noted that while 90% of black americans have a favorable approval of the job the president is currently doing, just 37% of white americans do. so with those numbers in mind, i'd like to ask you both in completing your books how much do you think last week's so-called shellacking -- as the president called it -- can be attributed, a, to the president himself as an individual and, b, specifically to his race? >> or do you think it