ed: then it became the u, you go to see michael irvin, all of these guys -- sapp. rep. owensit was a good school to go to peer i am very proud of what we have become. we want to were three games a season. either you became optimistic or you had to let it all go. ed: so, critical race theory -- different question -- it seems to me the greatest racists in america are the white democrats who control inner-city schools. is there anything close? rep. owens: i will say this, and again, i would like to make a point, many americans don't know about the black community, -- what made our country what it is is the fact that we have meritocracy -- we can command respect by winning. not demand, begging, but by winning. every race felt the same way. in the 1940's, the 1950's, even though there was not a lot of assimilation, you had the italians, the jewish, the polish communities still separate, but because we believed in meritocracy, we are proud to be americans. the point a lot of people do not know, the black community bought in big time, to faith, education, family, free-market dirt i