columbia professor patricia williams said there's nothing more than plaque people would like in the world than to be happy and not have to be self-conscious, but that's impossible. maybe the storekeeper is scowling at you because he has had a bad day and it has nothing to do with you or he doesn't want his clothes on your black body. you don't know. it's the necessary nuttiness of racism and the defensiveness is a consequence of what we have to negotiate. that's not victimhood. she compared the necessary nuttiness of racism, the fun house mirror untouchability of modern racism to one day in law school when she got flowers on valentine's day and didn't sign it. i went through the day smiling at people because it could have been this person or that person. i loved everybody. well, prejudice is the same thing in a negative degree. when a moment of racism occurs, you can wonder who else feels that way. this is often what the face of modern racism is, hard to discern, lurking in the shadows or hidden, and opportunities in inequities and racial profiling is hard to see at times and easily dismi

patricia williams told me there's nothing black people would like more than to be happy in the world and to have the freedom to go through the world without being constantly self-conscious. but that's nearly impossible. maybe the storekeeper's scowling at you because he's had a bad day, or maybe he doesn't want his clothes to be seen out in the world on your black body. you just can't know. professor williams says that's the necessary nuttiness of racism, and a kind of defensiveness is just a consequence of what we have to negotiate, and i don't think that's victimhood. she compared the necessary nuttiness of racism, the maddening funhouse mirror untouchability of modern racism to one day in law school when someone sent her a bouquet of flowers on valentine's day and didn't sign it. i went through the entire rest of the day smiling at people because it could have been this person -- [laughter] it could have been that person. i loved everybody. well, prejudice is the same thing in a negative degree. when a moment of racism occurs, especially a subtle one, you can find yourself walking

at the time, patricia was on the other line with gene williams, her ex-husband, and brian and kevin's answering machine recorded kevin's final words to her. i love you, mom. and i'm very sorry. and i didn't do this. i swear to god i didn't do this. good-bye. >> the next day, miles was brought unconscious to a mexican emergency room. he had overdosed on valium and insulin. despite an fbi warrant for a 6'8" inch, 260-pound african-american, officials there apparently failed to recognize him as miles dabord. a few hours later, he was turned over to the red cross and driven to the border. u.s. authorities took him to scripps hospital in chula vista, california. for five days, he remained there in a coma, unidentified. finally, a social worker asked local police to take fingerprints. he was identified and placed under arrest, an officer stationed at his bedside. for his mother, finding him brought both anguish and relief. >> i had lived with that phone message for a whole week. i had just considered, you know, 35 years of my son's life. what could i have done? should i have done? didn't do

. >> attorney general william saxbe said today it is his belief that patricia hearst is a common criminald idiot, attorney general of the united states, william saxbe, branded her a common criminal before he knew any of the facts. society as a whole in the united states felt that she was guilty of the hibernia bank robbery. >> with the court of public opinion shifting, the hearst family looks to justify patty's actions. >> patricia's father, randolph hearst, is not convinced there is enough evidence to prove his daughter is a bank robber. hearst issued a written statement in response to saxbe's remarks. he said, "saxbe has a right to think what he thinks and i also have that right. and as far as i'm concerned, it's all speculation." >> well, if you were thrown in the trunk of a car and locked in a closet for a week, you might decide to stay, too. you lose your free will. >> from the way i know patty, she is sick. she is exhausted and she is being humiliated at the hands of a group of people that are determined not to let her get out of this alive. >> hearst had all kinds of experts that c