our group identities, but it is what comes after the hyphen in czech-american african-american latino-american, white-american, or any of the hundreds of other varieties of american that counts most. no matter our race, creed, gender, or sexual orientation, we are all equal shareholders in the american dream. and that means we do not fear our differences, we embrace them. [applause] living up to that principle, and valuing fairly the contributions of each other, is what tufts' council on campus diversity was all about, and it is the great test our nation must pass in the 21st century. around the world, we will face other tests, the outcome of which is equally uncertain. today, the international landscape is as contradictory and combustible as i have ever seen. technology and globalization have helped bring about unprecedented prosperity and progress for millions of people, but they've also cast new shadows upon the world. we see this in the resurgence of nationalism in europe and asia alongside rising sectarianism and extremism in the middle east. we see it in the widening gap between rich and

saw a large number of diversity studies courses, african american studies, gay lesbian stud as, latino american studies and a number of different arts classes that appealed to me. when i started there i was working on my aa degree and 2 dance certificate that the college offered. i had to leave school a little while after that because of some family issues and my fathers health but when i returned last year found a lot of things changed. there was a dance major program offered there i can work tworts fwr my aa and focus more on that, but at the same time the performing arts and education center wasn't present and found that a lot of money was diverted from that. a number of diversity courses offered in the past were significantly lowered and i found that disheartening. at the same time i was happy to see the faculty and student seemed to be more motivated on getting more people to class. the course repeatability [inaudible] made it difficult to get the numbers up for at risk communities to come back and enjoy what the college has to offer >> thank you. if there is anybody else that would like t

women and men, black people and white people, native americans, irish americans, latino americans, jewishstian and muslim americans. young and old. rich and poor. workers and business owners. gay, lesbian, transgender, and straight americans. all of us are needed. [applause] o'malley: there is no such thing as a spare american. there is however, a growing gap of justice in our country today. it is the gap between the strong, just nation our children need for us to be and the nation we are in danger of becoming. for today, in america, 70% of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago. this is the first time that that has happened on this side of world war ii. today in america family-owned businesses and farms are struggling to compete with ever larger concentrations of corporate power. 50 years ago, the largest employer was gm and the average gm employee could send his kid to college on two weeks wages. today in america, with dreams of college and a decent paying job at a secure retirement slipping beyond the reach of so many, the american dream seems for so many of us to be

really really that, therefore, gets high lated is immigration, as well as the key swing vote, latino americanscans in your state. >> that obviously is why she's coming here, is to talk about immigration, activate the hispanic vote. she has tapped in to some of the obama folks who were here, mostly hispanic leadership, emmy ruiz is her sedatate director. she's going to push that issue. some on the democratic side think the hispanic vote is 20% of the electorate in 2016. that's why she's focusing on that cohort. >> i mentioned the three gop candidates that we expect to be announcing this coming week. of those three, which of them resonates in your swing state? >> i'm not sure the answer to that. as you well know, in may of 2015 it is very early. mike huckabee has been out here before. in fact i moderated a panel with the former governor. he can be very engaging but the evangelical vote out here is not what it is in iowa. you have a big mormon vote which helped mitt romney before. carly fiorina is running a very quixotic campaign. some think it is an attempt for redemption from her time at hp tha

women and men, lock people in white people, native americans irish-americans, asian americans, latino americans, jewish, christian, and muslim, young and old, rich and poor gay, lesbian, transgender, and street americans. all of us are needed. [applause] gov. omalley: in our idea of country, there is no such thing as a spare american. there is, however, a growing gap of injustice in our country today. it is the gap between the strong, just nation that our children need us to be and the nation that we are endangered of becoming. today in america, 70% of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago. this is the first time that that has happened on this side of world war ii. today in america, family-owned businesses and farms are struggling to compete with ever larger concentrations of corporate power. 50 years ago, the largest employer was gm and the average gm employee could send his kid to college on two weeks wages. today in america, with dreams of college and a decent paying job at a decent retirement slipping beyond the reach of so many, the american dream seems for so many of u

we need a new new deal in this country, and one that is not just for african-americans but for latinos, whites, native americans, asian americans. even now we live in a context where after the great recession wall street is back up with record profits, and wall street and the nasdaq and different hedge funds. regular, average, ordinary americans and working class and working poor are doing worse than ever. one thing i can add is when we talk about thugs the reason why it is racist is because we only call african american people thugs. if we call the wall street guys who committed corporate crimes and got off scott free and did not go to jail, if the president was calling them thugs i would have no problem with the word. when you frame a word just and directed at one racial ethnic group, it is racist. the whole reason why the calling of african-americans thugs is problematic is because we are only directing that isat them. so the whole idea that we are thugs, we are savages is racist, and it ignores the political context of genuine racial and economic exportation. there is a reason why

native americans, irish americans, asian americans, latino americans, jewish christian and muslim americansrkers and business owners. gay, lesbian and transgender and straight americans, all of us are needed. >> in our idea of country, there is no such thing as a fair american. there is however, a growing gap of injustice in our country today. it is the gap between the strong just nation our children need for us to be and the nation we are in danger of becoming. for today in america, 70% of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago. and this is the first time that that has happened this side of world war ii. today in member family-owned businesses and farms are struggling to compete with ever-larger concentrations of corporate power. 50 years ago, the nation's largest employer was gm. and the average gm employee could send his kid to college on two weeks' wages. today in america, with dreams of college and a decent-paying job and a security retirement slipping beyond the reach of so very many the american dream seems for so many of us to be hanging by a thread. and yet for a

african-american who was hurt by the riot, it is the working small business african-american and latino american and asian american who was hurt by the riot, somebody ought to stand up for the people who are trying to stand up for the decent person that, that will start a debate that is port for the country for those who want to work and for those who want to disrupt and destroy and i think that is a very important debate for the next year. >> schieffer: i will give you the last word, about 30 seconds, will foreign policy play a role this time? >> absolutely. i think that is an issue that is bubbling up, and we saw a lot of republicans talk about it yesterday, i think the real issue is whether or not anybody can really distinguish themselves on foreign policy, particularly if you are running against secretary clinton. you know, we heard a lot of rhetoric yesterday with republicans in south carolina about finding and killing terrorist bus no real policies. no real differentiation compared to what secretary clinton offers and obama will do. >> schieffer: we have to go. thank you both. we will be b

women and men, black people and white people native americans, irish-americans, asian-americans, latino-americansns, young and old, rich and poor workers and business owners gay, lesbian and transgender and straight americans, all of us are needed. for in our idea of country there is no such thing as a spare american. there is however, a growing gap of injustice in our country today. it is the gap between the strong just nation our children need for us to be and the nation we are in danger of becoming. for today, in america, 70% of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of world war ii. today in america, family owned businesses and farms are struggling to compete with ever larger concentrations of corporate power. 50 years ago the nation's largest employer was gm and the average gm employee could send his kid to college on two weeks' wages. today in america with dreams of college and a decent paying job and a secure retirement slipping beyond the reach of so very many the american dream seems for so many of us to be h

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so, even though black and latino americans are 30% of the general population, they are overrepresentedat 60% in the prison population. so, this is something we as a historic site have recently turned to, just to try and address and bring it up in conversation. it has really been a year with some great racial tension in the air. this is one of the reasons we want to remain a relevant cultural institution as a place to address some of these larger questions. is the justice system equal for everyone? what can be done? do we want this number of prisoners? why so high? what has changed since 1970? it is a supercomputer topic. there are -- a super complicated topic. now more than ever before a conviction will lead to jail time more than any other type of punishment. now more than ever before, sentences have never been longer. i was curious to see how things will unfold. 2020. after that census, we will complete one more bar on the graph. we ask for people's predictions. whether they think it is going up or down. as neutral as we try to be there are ways of looking at it. you can look at the

i want you to please dissect the data everett is not a success not made gains with african-american and latinos, in fact, had two students arrested and two students kicked out dissect the data before you take your vote. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i'm an english teacher and everett middle school i've been teaching english for 13 years and been at everett at everett when nobody wanted to be there i've been told i'm no longer fit and don't fit the everett vision i feel like i have been go enough a teacher in the past for black and brown children but now the genocide indication of everett middle school i'm no longer a entertain to be standing in front of the students to be a english teacher i'm a teacher assistant even though i've been teaching for 13 years. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> i'm been working with the youth over 9 years and actually a teacher in train with the bilingual education for the social education with infrastructure university and i came in with a program that was body out at everett when i hear about the successes i s

not just about this horrible death, it's about the death of the american dream for african-americans, latinos americans and so many other people who we rarely rarely talk about, don. >> and michael we've had this conversation before and you and i argued about this and we talk about personal responsibility and when i talk about that i think i realize, i am realistic about what happened, the systematic oppression about racism and what have you, but not everyone is. you told me that and i took your words to heart. sometimes you need to reiterate that. of course people should try to pull themselves up of course people should take responsibility for themselves but the whole country, everyone needs to be aware of where everyone started, not everyone started out equally in this country. >> i think oftentimes as white people someone says you have white privilege or white supremacy, you're the benefits of white supremacy we get defensive and as van said no we made it by ourselves or no we worked really hard to get what we got and they have to work hard too, and we forget that out of slavery, property

los angeles was such a great place to think about these issues of race with regard to latinos and african-americans and i couldn't find a morsel order of institution and faculty. >> what is it about mrs. be that lead you to what you say this is why i wrote about this. >> welcome i grew up in mississippi in the 60s and my hometown along with many other places were hotbeds of racial unrest and deception. i saw firsthand the long-term sediment effects of persistent racial discrimination. i taught public school for about three years before i went to law school and i observed firsthand the feedback in regard to public education as well as wealth disparity and separated even though classed by families from what might appear to be in a class by families but their wealth status is quite different. and that had a huge effect terms of who ended up going to college and who ended up buying real agent who did not. >> one of the solution in education for some people has been the use of charter schools. the support that? >> i do not support it. although i'm not as the heatedly opposed to some. but the reason i do

they pass the bill to outlaw any latino or mexican-american in public schools in any public school teacher could not have an accent. [laughter] the person knew god had overturned was a british woman. [laughter] because they had written it in a way that was open for anybody that has a foreign accent but it was an effort to say you cannot even have immigrants teaching in the classrooms. >> we ask the question of gerrymandering. but on the second of february there is the treaty and the my question is because they had the right of travel and everything was legal. and then they came from mexico. but based on that treaty that is our right and it is a specific history we need to bring up. that was asked to put together research on racial intent there really hasn't been a technique to do that was given a supreme court decision as a guideline but i put together a rough framework for the day will take it apart because my is a rough draft but part of that is to include our history. but it is all the way down to the present day absolutely. >> that does skew older now. but to be much more insidious but

women and men, black people and white people native americans, irish americans, asian americans, latino americansnd muslim americans, young and old, rich and poor, workers and business owners gay, lesbian and transgender and straight americans, all of us are needed. for our idea of country, there is no such thing as a fair american. there is a growing gap of justice in america today. it's the gap between a strong just nation our children need for us to be and the nation we are in danger of becoming. for today in america, 70% of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of world war ii. today in america family-owned businesses and farms are struggling to compete with ever-larger concentrations of corporate power. 50 years ago, the nation's largest employer was gm. and the average gm employee could send his kid to college on two weeks' wages. today in america with dreams of college and a decent-paying job and a secure retirement slipping beyond the reach of so very many the american dream seems for so many of us to be hang

one of them was to outlaw any latino or chicano or mexican-american studies in public high schools. that they couldn't have that anymore. and they had another bill that also outlawed any public schoolteacher could not have an accept. [laughter] an accent. and the person who sued and got it overturned was a british woman. [laughter] >> i was going to say a british accent, for instance? >> because they had written it in a way that was open, you know, to apply to anybody that had a foreign absent i think -- accent, i think, was what it said. it was an effort to say that you can't even have immigrants teaching in these immigrant-heavy classrooms. and so i think arizona is probably the best example of a lot of that. >> yes, sir. >> i have to chuckle. he asked a question about gerrymandering and british accent, talk about anti-gerry, which is anti-irish. that's where that comes from. but on the 2nd of february -- [inaudible] the united states signed a treaty. my question is why is this never brought up in these discussions? because, ultimately, until about the '20s all mexican knows had t

many other non-african-american or latino people who act equally erratic, but the outcome is not nearlyhal as in this case. is there any possibility that there's some wiggle room? >> absolutely. and here's what i would say to that. and i have a family member who was a retired nypd officer. i have friends in south florida who are police officers. policing is a profession. it is a profession in which a fundamental part of your job is dealing with those people who are erratic. those people who are behaving outside the norms of proper social behavior. it is a profession because you are trained to confront those people. and hopefully in a peaceful way that does not result in the loss of life meaning your life, a member of the public's life or that person's life. you bring chaotic situations to a close. that's what policing is. it isn't a war between an armed police force and an armed public or a scary public. the police are supposed to confront somebody. whatever their internal feelings of fear. they're not supposed to confront them the way i would. i might be terrified of somebody who was b

asian students and whites up and debris graduation rates among all others ethic groups latinos and african-americans now i know we're dealing with a there g requirement we may see some ever that you can't tell me this is more important i can't and will not support this (clapping.) >> i want to close out the discussion thank you all the speakers that come out and the colleagues for keeping the discussion by and large professional and we're a family reporter we're a family sfusd is a family i just want to remind us from whatever origins do we agree with each other all the time but we can be professional recognizing we say a different role to play i want to recap some of the finding that were spared by the let the record show committee last year, we saw very compel data about the teacher storage shortage the drop in enrollment not only in enforcement but completion of teacher training programs it is not sfusd that is statewide and invading we're seeing critical decline in the public testimony so i share concerns about filling 4 hundred teacher positions by august and share concerns about long term subs

that's very important to americans. latinos, i mean, it's not a bad thing, they're not getting mad or upset if their manager says, you know, "you can decide when you take your vacation, when you do your breaks, how you get your job done." what matters to them most is if they feel their manager cares about them. is this manager somebody they can trust, that they have good rapport with? that is more important than whether they get choice or no choice. and similarly, with asians, what you see is that for them it's not whether they get choice. if anything, they want direction. they want to feel that their manager knows what's going on, can give them direction and guidance to make sure that the job gets done well. so they're all headed for the same end goal, which is we want to do our job well. but the way they feel that you get there is through very different processes. >> hinojosa: i think about something my mother told me. my mom was born in mexico, married at 17 to my father, and for the first part of her life was a housewife. a

just like their fellow americans of latino origin support immigration reform, and we want a solution to this issue. so we're going to be waiting anxiously to see which of the republican candidates are willing to stand on the side of common sense and the side of the american people. >> well hillary clinton made a big statement today, and we're going to be watching this issue all the way through this. clarissa martinez de castro and erika andiola, thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. have a wonderful day. >>> breaking breaking breaking news. nbc news confirms the first republican presidential debate will be limited to candidates who finish in the top ten of an average of national polls. so if you use the last five polls recognized by nbc news, that debate stage would look like this. from jeb bush and scott walker at the top to rick perry and donald trump at the bottom. so donald trump is in. and out would be carly fiorina, bobby jindal lindsey graham and rick santorum. amazing. so far no response from any o

when they changed their hiring practices was take qualified african-american asian-american and latino americanut. people who had already been approved. all of those people who would have helped the agency become more diverse thrown out. and what they did when they to figure out new hiring proceeds was these are the numbers they're giving us. let me give you the gender break down. 71% male, 28% female. and the 16 percent white 6% asian, not much different from what they had going into this. they would be better some say to stick with the old hiring proceeds . stuart: so all this. >> for not . stuart: for nothing. >> destroyed the lives of roughly 3,000 people in the process. . stuart: what has the faa been saying about this? >> they have not responded to fullback since may would. we have sent them follow-up questions and before we went public with exposing the scandal . stuart: well you've got your teeth into it and i'm sure they'll stay in it. >> yes. they will . stuart: we'll have more varney for you in just a moment >> that was pretty good, but i'd go lower. we're going to be producing a tax

does your data take account of the subgroups of asian-americans and even latinos? dr.carr: the data are presented today does not differentiate between asians and the traditional reference to chinese, japanese, and pacific islanders. the recent data has started to do so. i should say that the gaps between those groups is just as wide as those groups between whites and asians, whites and native americans excuse me. we have only just begun to differentiate the types of origins of the asian-americans. but it is important, and the department has been put on notice that this is something the community wants to see. and as we begin to release data in the years to come. we do not have data is differentiated for hispanic americans, however, it is more difficult to assess that data. we are getting from the schools and school districts monday don't all collected the same way. certainly, the asian pacific data is one that we are working very hard to differentiate in the future. >> the school districts for differentiating in asians but not hispanic? why is that? dr. carr: they don'

. >>> new data shows san jose police officers are going over and questioning more african-americans and latinos compared to other races. this according to a report by the "san jose mercury news." the paper examined police activity from january through september of last year. the report shows although african-americans and latinos make up 1/3 of the city's population, those groups represented yearly 2/3 of the classic stops. and once stopped both groups were significantly more likely to be ordered out of their vehicle, frisked, and have their cars searched. but even after all that, only 6% of those stops ended with any kind of arrest. >>> the commute should have been a little gloomier for caltrans passengers -- or should be in the future. some trains running six cars instead of five. all thanks to caltrans' recent purchase of 16 used rail cars. the blue and white cars are being added to trains during peak hours. there are 150 seats, and standing room should alleviate the packed cars. the train's seen record high usage. caltrans is working to repainting the cars and converting them to some kind o

almost 50% of our latino or african american kids will have diabetes in their lifetime leading to all kinds of things amputations and ultimately death. >> you're not going to deter american people from buying soda by imposing a surcharge. >> and that's not the only problem restaurant manager he has with the charge on soda and sugar-added drinks. >> why would somebody propose a bill without already having a plan to where the money's suppose to go? makes no sense. >> reporter: tomorrow night a panel will decide where the money goes. the penny is charged to distributors is passed to consumers at the retail level. it's already led to a charge at his market. >> more people are buying sugar-free products, the diet sodas, the energy drinks with no sugar added. >> reporter: we don't know how the money will be spent, but there seems to be a growing movement to have a lion's share spent on gardening and nutrition programs at burkly schools. terry mcsweeney, nbc yay area news. >>> thank you, terry. >>> seven banks and counting. tonight the search is on per for this man, accused of being a serial

arguably, the police have been stopping african-americanings and latinos and asians -- african-americans and asians at higher rates in these kinds of stops ever since they've first been used from the '40s and '50s and on. but the term really began to be used in the late '80s and into the 1990s. by the mid 1990s it's clear that most police departments in the midst of growing controversy around these sorts of stops had formally or officially banned the use of true formal racial profiles in law enforcement. nonetheless, it's very clear that racial minorities are still stopped at much higher rates in this kind of a stop than are white drivers. the racial disparity in investigatory stops is striking. we find that about half of african-american drivers have experienced -- when they report a stop in the past year -- have e appearanced an investigatory stop. this is far more than white drivers. white drivers typically experience a traffic safety stop. so they wonder what's the big deal about police stops? african-americans experience again and again and again a search on the basis of, i'm sorry,

we need a new new deal in this country, and one that is not just for african-americans but for latinoswhites, native americans, asian americans. even now we live in a context where after the great recession wall street is back up with record profits, and wall street and the nasdaq and different hedge funds. regular, average, ordinary americans and working class and working poor are doing worse than ever. one thing i can add is when we talk about thugs the reason why it is racist is because we only call african american people thugs. if we call the wall street guys who committed corporate crimes and got off scott free and did not go to jail, if the president was calling them thugs i would have no problem with the word. when you frame a word just and directed at one racial ethnic group, it is racist. the whole reason why the calling of african-americans thugs is problematic is because we are only directing that isat them. so the whole idea that we are thugs, we are savages is racist, and it ignores the political context of genuine racial and economic exportation. there is a reason why hi

a coalition of latinos, african americans, young people, and progressives alike. well, last week in the wake of the tragedy in baltimore, hillary addressed the treatment of african american men by the criminal justice system. here she is on that point. >> there is something profoundly wrong when african american men are still far more likely to be stopped and searched by police, charged with crimes, and sentenced to longer prison terms than are meted out to their counterparts. we need to restore balance to our criminal justice system. now, of course -- [ applause ] >> and when it comes to the hot potato of trade issues, hillary pushed for the president's transpacific partnership when she was secretary of state. here she was. >> we are also pressing ahead with negotiations for the transpacific partnership, an innovative, ambitious, multilateral free trade agreement that would bring together nine pacific rim country, including four new free trade partners for the united states and potentially others in the future. >> but last week this headline appeared in "the huff

supportive schools because of the central roll in not closing the achievement gap for african-american and latino students we've had many meetings to share on april 25th a community town hall meeting we came up with there strategies we're advocating for the district to incorporate in the el cap in the 2014-2015 budget those are putting up paraprofessionals in every classrooms and two a fully capped for students and 3 a family engagement plan that includes the time for teachers to build relationship with teacher >> thank you very much nech. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm a parent of a san francisco high school teacher i hear many stories from my son about students feel sad and anger and need a space to get emotional support for to return to their academic learn they need a physical space to cool down a space for support staff be is social workers or teachers that help them through social and emotional healing to return to the classroom please support this in the long run we all benefit. >> i'm the charter president of the 10 to one my mom was a special ed teacher in if if her role was

state their race and asian-americans were 6 percent even though i can't give my annual report tonight because of deliveries at least i can talk about this and 11 percent were latinond 2 percent were native-american islanders. >> welcome. >> okay. >> next speaker. >> any further public comment good evening jessie welcome. >> yes. i was the african-american i want to add this is my overwhelm i want the people to know 445 sf w p at.org the code is 19 61 to 2014 you can get in there and get the e-mails and see the pictures i want to thank the prosecutors stand for that i have pledges i'll try to it to mexico brenda and jerry, jose and harry williams and others i'll take that pledge to stand up you up to all forms of hated and bigotry i'll not tolerant those with the other factors i'll work with my neighbors to create safe and more inclusive communities for all that's what the police do something i want went to you guys i want more people and citizens to get involved i saw the black goois guy was cutup at the laundromat so a lot of things get recorded liquor when i found this noose in my room i want you to see that i didn't if i was black are gay i can't why they put

two women, two latinos and an african american.e saying this is the college brochure of elections. >> that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. bob franken joins us from washington. good morning to you. let's talk about iowa. this new poll showing jeb bush at the bottom of the field. >> first of all, he's not a declared candidate. second of all, what you have in the republican party right now is most of the attention being paid by the base. that is to say the cultural conservatives, the tea party types, that kind of thing. jeb bush is not their favorite. there are several other candidates or candidate want to bes who really say what they want to say. the question will become when the others start focusing more on the election. and marco rubio, florida governor there, too, seems to be gaining ground with immigration in the forefront. how do you think he's going to fair there? >> he is one of the ones they're ambivalent about. on the one hand many of the positions he's taken on immigration are the kind that are not particularl

they know that if you've got african american or latino men here in new york who instead of going tothey're going to college those are going to be taxpayers. they're going to help build our communities. they are going to make our communities safer not potentially part of the problem but part of the solution if we treat them as such. so we made enormous progress over the last year. but today after months of great work on the part of a whole lot of people, we're taking another step forward. with people from the private sector coming together in a big way. we're here for the launch of the my brother's keeper alliance which is a new nonprofit organization of private sector organizations, and companies that have committed themselves to continue the work of opening doors for young people. all our young people. long after i've left office. it's a big deal. [applause] i want to thank the former ceo of deloitte, joe ech anniversary eci echivierra. you have done an incredible job. [applause] >> just like my brother's keeper we launched last year, joe and my brother's keeper alliance is all abo