have the entire weight of the nation, the intellectual weight of the nation from black elites to nonblacks looking at poor blacks as the worst problem in this country. you know, as the cause of the violence, as the cause of their own poverty. and so for them, of course, they're going to think, yes, i am the worse, i am at the bottom, right, i should be getting my head stepped over by every other group in this country. and so, of course, it's certainly ininternallized even though those ideas are not true. there's nothing wrong with poor black people other than them thinking that there's something wrong with black people -- poor black people. if we were to look out as black people as human as us, i think it would make a world of difference. >> and within the communities where this has happening, certainly young black men are killing other young black men who look just like them, who live just like them. >> another way for us to understand this, if any of us were to go on today and pull up what are the top causes of death in this country, homicide is not even there. right, it's not even there

today we often mean nonblack. they are from other countries where they speak more than one language. often it meant you spoke another language other than english. the italians were ethnic at one time. and so the ethnicity thing is very particularly since the largest would be not hispanics but people of german decent. as we unpack what it means to be an ethnic group even the term black is interesting is much more encome passing. some of them choose not to put their kids in title one schools but also we never say the white schools are segregated. it's the black schools bearing the burden. we don't say the white schools are. what do we say about jefferson where majority of the students are asian. is that a segregated school? >> really quick, you know, the idea though back then was about resources. we have beautiful buildings and all of the books. the kids can't read or write. i think it's important to put it in the context and i think education is the civil rights for our generation. we must make sure every student h

ethnicity, we often mean nonblack. consider themselves a black are not african, they are people who speak more than one language. oftentimes, ethnicity means you speak a language aside from english. the irish were ethnic at one time. group wouldethnic be people of german descent. as we unpacked what it means to be hispanic or an ethnic group, even the term "black" is interesting, much more encompassing. choose not to put their kids in segregated schools, but also to a never say the white schools are segregated. what do we say about thomas jefferson public high school, in fairfax, one of the best students in the nation, the majority of the students are asian. the idea back then was about resources here at in the black community you would have dilapidated buildings. fast forward to today, we have a beautiful buildings and all the books, but the kids cannot read the books. i think it is important to put them in context of what it actually means. i think education is the civil rights for our generation. we have to make sur

today we often mean nonblack. even though 10% of the people who consider themselves black are from other countries. well, the white groups have always had ethnicities. the italians were ethnic at one time. so it is very interesting since the largest ethnic group would be people of german decent. so there are interesting nuances because some of them choose. in brown it was the black schools bear the burden. and what do we say about thomas jefferson public high school where the majority of the schools are asian. is that a segregated school? >> just really quick, the idea back then was about resources. so in the black communities you would have delapidated buildings, no books or old books. and fast forward today we have beautiful buildings and all the books but the kids can't read the books. so it is important to put it in the context of what it means and right now, to me, i think education is the civil rights for our generation. we must make sure that every student has access to this quality and that we are meeting