there are rachel jentels all over the country, you'll remember her from the trayvon martin case. >> youblack girl studies. even just doing that says this is important. >> that's right. i was really shocked when i went to teach this course the first time that there was such a small amount of literature, like less than 20 books, a really small number of articles, we're talking in the tens, the dozens, not even in the hundreds. we have a new number of folks coming through the academy who want to study violence and who want to help black and brown girls being successful in schools. the key thing is to begin to study the problem and to say black and brown girls matter. when we get to that trouth, we'l be a long way. >> we will continue to have this conversation. it's something that i'm committed to. thank you for joining us. >> you can find us on facebook or you can tweet us on msnbc disrupt. i will see you back here tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern. have a great night. [ male announcer ] a year after hurricane sandy, moonachie, new jersey, firefighters were still rebuilding their own house wit