michael eric dyson. thank you, everyone, for watching.age does continue. >>> hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us ith

michael eric dyson. doc, thank you for being here. first of all, give me a history ride. >> you've got it, absolutely right. and it's astonishing that in a nation that prides itself on knowing history. if you look at the new york times bestseller list in the nonfiction, always there are five or six or seven books that are obsessed with history. we love history in america, except when it comes to people of color, in this case particularly african american people. we are obsessed with history, until we fall into what gore vidal, the late great author called the united states of amnesia. and surely, nikki haley is smart enough to understand that the premise of the civil war road directly upon the reins of controlling black flash through slavery. and enslaving african people in america was the bread and butter of american society. not only in the south, by the way. but a new book, the stolen legacy of wealth, written by brother david, talks about this, that the north derived tremendous benefits, even as it articulated its abolitionist pol

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we'll ask eric michael dyson. first, cnn's ian mckent. >> of course the civil war was about slavery. we know that. that's unquestioned. always the case. >> reporter: nikki haley playing cleanup today after this exchange with a voter during a new hampshire town hall wednesday night. >> what was the cause of the united states civil war? >> well, don't come with an easy question or anything. i think the cause of the civil war was basically how government was going to run. the freedoms and what people could and couldn't do. >> in the year 2023, it's astonishing to me that you answer that question without mentioning the word slavery. >> reporter: after not mentioning slavery in her initial response, haley acknowledging in interviews and campaign appearances the civil war was about slavery. >> you grow up in the south, it's a given that it's about slavery. to me it was about freedom. it's bigger than slavery. that was such a stain on our history. but what do you take from it going forward? >> reporter: the former south

-- michael eric dyson, first though, eva mckend. >> of course the civil war was about slavery. we know that. that is unquestioned, always the case. >> nikki haley playing cleanup today after this exchange with a voter during a new hampshire town hall wednesday night. >> what was the cause of the united states civil war? >> well do not come with an easy question. i think the cause of the civil war was basically how government was going to run the freedoms in what people could and could not do. >> after not mentioning slavery in her official response, healy acknowledging in interviews, and campaign appearances this civil war was about slavery. >> you grew up in the south, it's a given it's about slavery. to me, it was about the freedom. it is bigger than slavery. that was such a stain on our history. but, what do you take from it going forward? >> the former south carolina governor also claiming without evidence. the questioner was a democratic plant. the audience member who asked the question declined to share his full name or party affiliation when asked by reporters. >> it was