i mean you know, on the streets of noferk, and on the streets of massachusetts, you still see a presumption of dangerousness and guilt assigned to young people of color. it's not restricted to the south. in fact, i was in a courtroom in the midwest, not the south, getting ready to do a hearing a couple of years ago and sitting at defense council table, had my suit, shirt, tie on. i was sitting there early and a judge walked in and the judge saw me sitting there. and he said hey, hey, hey, you get back out in the hallway. you wait until your lawyer gets here. i don't want any defendants sitting in my courtroom without their lawyers. and i stood up and said i'm sorry, i didn't introduce myself, my name is bryan stevenson and the judge started laughing, the prosecutor started laughing. i made myself latch, and then my client came in, a young white kid i was representing and we did the hearing and later i was thinking what is it when a judge sees a middle-aged black man in a suit and tie at defense council, didn't even occur to him he was a lawyer. what that is, is the way this history an this