mr. chavis, i am jamaican and i have been living in the states for about 13 years.y wife and i we made progress. we live in a community where there are lots of white americans around, and what i am finding is that we live in such a divided society that lots of white people don't relate to the issues that lead people are speaking about. they don't understand these issues. so, when we talk about the challenges that black people are facing, a light of don't necessarily hate let people. they just do not understand. like we had on earlier, on the program's speaker saying that most of the problems related to the black family had to do with the breakdown of the family. the breakdown of the family is an important issue. yes, we need to take care of our family and keep the family together and make sure kids go to school and so on. but they will not acknowledge that when you have -- racism was not created by black people. white people created the system of race to divide poor whites and poor blacks so that they remain in control. and to ignore the fact that this has been in p

mr. chavis when he said the political divide is driven on racism. i think racism drives the political divide. because only five members of the republican earlier black. cody 3% of the congress is white -- 33% of the congress is white. 33% represents most of americans demographic. the gerrymandering that is done is carved out -- carving out rich, white districts so that republicans can be reelected. also, we have seen on tv the long line of college students and blacks having to wait to vote. where republican areas have messed with the bowling and -- the polling and the drop-offs and all kinds of things to respect -- restrict voting. and we have the reluctance of the laws to prosecute, to lift up immunity on police officers because of the violent against blacks. forbade officers. republicans will not vote against that, for that unity to be lifted. in addition, maxi is him which is on the rise, is driven by racism, so i am kind of in opposition to your first statement about political positions. host: all right, benjamin chavis let's give a response. gu

mr. chavis when he said the political divide is driven on racism.nk racism drives the political divide. because only five members of the republican earlier black. cody 3% of the congress is white -- 33% of the congress is white. 33% represents most of americans demographic. the gerrymandering that is done is carved out -- carving out rich, white districts so that republicans can be reelected. also, we have seen on tv the long line of college students and blacks having to wait to vote. where republican areas have messed with the bowling and -- the polling and the drop-offs and all kinds of things to respect -- restrict voting. and we have the reluctance of the laws to prosecute, to lift up immunity on police officers because of the violent against blacks. forbade officers. republicans will not vote against that, for that unity to be lifted. in addition, maxi is him which is on the rise, is driven by racism, so i am kind of in opposition to your first statement about political positions. host: all right, benjamin chavis let's give a response. guest: t