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len bias, twice the a.c.c. player of the year, twice an all-american. the one guy that might outplay michael jordan. a hard-core hero, growing up minutes away from the university of marylands. >> lo and behold here is a 6 foot 8, 220 pound basketball player from this neighbourhood, who could hang in the air for 3, 4 seconds. he looked like a kid, but when he took the ball, went up to the hoop and hung for a second saying "do i have your attention everyone", and delivered what they called the neutron slam dunk >>> in the mid-1980s, cortland malloy was a rock star, writing for "the washington post," his finger on the pulse of urban life. in a rapidly changing city. >> we came out, blinded by the glitter ball turning. the sky seemed like the limit. you may call it a false sense of success. people thought we had it made. but it wouldn't take long before apparent. down. >> cocaine came to town. >> reporter: crack came to town. it caught up a lot of people, including the mayor. >> yes, lots of people. >> reporter: it caught you, too. >> well it caught me - i
len bias, twice the a.c.c. player of the year, twice an all-american. the one guy that might outplay michael jordan. a hard-core hero, growing up minutes away from the university of marylands. >> lo and behold here is a 6 foot 8, 220 pound basketball player from this neighbourhood, who could hang in the air for 3, 4 seconds. he looked like a kid, but when he took the ball, went up to the hoop and hung for a second saying "do i have your attention everyone", and delivered what...
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, there is a difference in the historical moments, so here i am trying not to bias the work by looking only through the lens of my life even though i read and studied mccarthyism, it wasn't until i began to read the entries about her fears that mccarthyism -- i felt like i could just feel it. i remember reading a letter she wrote to a friend where she had learned that members of the fbi had been looking for information about her and this was in the 50s and she was just petrified but you know what she did? she was right about this and she knew that very frequently the information in those files were incorrect so she wrote a letter and send a resume in and a recent photograph and in the letter she said i've learned from the librarian at harvard university that you've been looking for information about me. because i know when i've learned from others that the information you have is incorrect -- this may have been shortly after the langston hughes have been called before the committee. these were friends of hers and she said i want you to have the right information. she described walking to the post office and
, there is a difference in the historical moments, so here i am trying not to bias the work by looking only through the lens of my life even though i read and studied mccarthyism, it wasn't until i began to read the entries about her fears that mccarthyism -- i felt like i could just feel it. i remember reading a letter she wrote to a friend where she had learned that members of the fbi had been looking for information about her and this was in the 50s and she was just petrified but you know...
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, we -- there's a difference in historical moment so here i am trying not to bias the work by looking only u through the lens of my -- of my life. it wasn't even though i read and study mccarthyism it wasn't until i began to read all of these journal entries about her fears that mccarthyism -- i felt like i could just feel it. i remember reading a letter that she wrote to a friend where she had learned that members of the fbi had been up to for looking for information about her, had been to howard and this is in the 50s, and she was just pee try if id. but you know what she did, she she knew that frequently the information in those files is incorrect and what she did was she wrote a letter, she sent him a resumÉ, she sent him a recent photograph. [laughter] and in the letter, she said i hear, i've learned from the librarian at the university that you're looking for information about me because i know and have learned from others that the information you have is incorrect. this may have been shortly after the hughes has been calling for the committee. these were friends of hers, an she said and i want you to
, we -- there's a difference in historical moment so here i am trying not to bias the work by looking only u through the lens of my -- of my life. it wasn't even though i read and study mccarthyism it wasn't until i began to read all of these journal entries about her fears that mccarthyism -- i felt like i could just feel it. i remember reading a letter that she wrote to a friend where she had learned that members of the fbi had been up to for looking for information about her, had been to...
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racial bias, he should have actually started with that and say, i actually understand what it means to grow up in poverty. i actually understand what it means to be discriminated against through this lens. i think he would have been able to connect much more. those are very real experiences. but i also think that both hillary and bernie sanders missed the opportunity to also talk about the massive division that we have right now when it comes to muslim-americans in this country. dearborn, michigan, is home to the largest arab-american community in this country and no one talked about it. despite the fact that you have an increasing shadow around it in this debate. >> such an important point. i want to bring in tony, who has been in michigan. and beyond what you all are going to talk about, i wonder if that's relevant. we've got talk on the republican side about a temporary ban of muslims coming into the country. michigan as maria mentioned has a lot of muslim-americans and muslim immigrants. what do you have out there? >> it is highly relevant, believe it or not. i haven't heard much about it in flint itself. but yesterday i took a trip up to a shooting range, about an hour and a half,
racial bias, he should have actually started with that and say, i actually understand what it means to grow up in poverty. i actually understand what it means to be discriminated against through this lens. i think he would have been able to connect much more. those are very real experiences. but i also think that both hillary and bernie sanders missed the opportunity to also talk about the massive division that we have right now when it comes to muslim-americans in this country. dearborn,...
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racial bias, he should have actually started with that and say, i actually understand what it means to grow up in poverty. i actually understand what it means to be discriminated against through this lens. i think he would have been able to connect much more. those are very real experiences. but i also think that both hillary and bernie sanders missed the opportunity to also talk about the massive division that we have right now when it comes to muslim-americans in this country. dearborn, michigan, is home to the largest arab-american community in this country and no one talked about it. despite the fact that you have an increasing shadow around it in this debate. >> such an important point. i want to bring in tony, who has been in michigan. and beyond what you all are going to talk about, i wonder if that's relevant. we've got talk on the republican side about a temporary ban of muslims coming into the country. michigan as maria mentioned has a lot of muslim-americans and muslim immigrants. what do you have out there? >> it is highly relevant, believe it or not. i haven't heard much about it in flint itself. but yesterday i took a trip up to a shooting range, about an hour and a half,
racial bias, he should have actually started with that and say, i actually understand what it means to grow up in poverty. i actually understand what it means to be discriminated against through this lens. i think he would have been able to connect much more. those are very real experiences. but i also think that both hillary and bernie sanders missed the opportunity to also talk about the massive division that we have right now when it comes to muslim-americans in this country. dearborn,...