mr. belafonte, stevie wonder has announced that he will not be playing concerts in florida. he's essentially boycotting the state in the wake of the verdict. and as an entertainer, yourself, and as someone who's been involved in the struggle for social justice and as an entertainer, i wonder what you think of the boycott idea that a number of other entertainers have also talked about joining. >> i think when one talks about demonstrating against oppression, nonviolently, one has to understand that nonviolence has a huge arsenal of artifacts and of detail that can be applied in the design of nonviolence. to boycott is an important, important thing for people to do. it touches the economic nerve. it touches the way in which people are, sustain themselves, and if we interrupt the machine, if we interrupt the economic flow, if we serve notice that no one can be indifferent to the cause that we're struggling here for, then i think that we will make a difference, and i think stevie wonder stepping to the table doing what he did is a wonderful signal. most people use the arts to es

mr. belafonte is undoubtedly in a class by himself. re having beef, right? because you can't have beef with harry belafonte because he wins, right? >> everybody's a vegetarian. >> but here's the issue. i do intergenerational thing that happens when we simply bow at the feet of our elders. i do think it's important for young people to be critical of the civil rights generation. if part of what would make the cbc stronger -- we have to both revere them and push them. >> that's a great point. >> and at the same time i also worry a lot about this let's not do it in public. let's do it in public. let's go ahead and engage in our -- no, uh-uh. you're not down with that. >> it's not so much let's do it in public. the idea is that in that particular situation i agree with dr. dyson it was a personal jab. he could have reached out. he's harry belafonte. harry belafonte can talk to anybody he wants to. he could have reached out in that situation. so i can see being hurt. now, whether or not he had a valid point is not the argument. it's about the

mr. harry belafonte was alluding to was the massive power that we've been able to assemble, the people wesent are the backbone of the state of florida. the people who are forgotten, the people who are looked over. and so if we're not able to meet some sort of agreement, find some sort of agreement on this here, in this way, there are many other ways peacefully, nonviolently, that we can show our power in order to get what we need for the future of our children. our children are dying every day. and no matter how clean the bottom of the hole is, our kids in the bottom of the hole. mr. "b" and people around the country are ready to stand up for our children. >> this is not just about stand your ground then in the sunshine state? >> right. no, it's not. we're introducing trayvon's law. it's a three-pillared approach. we presented a proposal before our lawyermakers. that includes not only stand your ground, but racial profiling, as well as the schools-to-prison pipeline. what we want to do is come to the table for the first time and have young people at the table in deciding their future. sta