i am roman johnson. a political science major from tennessee. my question is directed to dr. king. currently, the myth of martin king's life is perpetuated in academic and public spaces. king had a sexist world view and did not give proper attention to many women who worked tirelessly in the southern freedom movement alongside him. do you agree with this statement? if so, how do you deal with the human martin king? >> i think the first thing we have to do is to be charitable. if you look at earlier books by me, i readily say his and her's. we talk about man. later on, you change that because you weren't really thinking. yes, you mean by man, everybody, but that's not what you are saying. martin grows up in a society where he -- remember, our's is a very socialable society. after a point, social ability has to follow certain forms. you look at the early malcolm x and early mlk. i don't mean to draw a tight connection there. there is a business of acting out certain forms of interaction which have you speaking in a polished way and accustomed way and trying to excite the interest of

i'm roman johnson, a junior political science major from memphis, tennessee, and my question is directed to dr. king. currently, the myth of martin king's life is perpetuated in both academic and public spaces. however, his deep humanity filled with both genius and flaws is not limited. for example, king had a world view and did not pay any attention to women who worked tirelessly in the sudden freedom movement alongside him. do you agree with this statement? if so, how do you deal with the human martin king? >> i think everyone has his limitations. if you look at the his and hers, you talk about man. yes, you mean by man everybody, but that's not what you're saying. and martin grows up in a society where he -- remember, ours is a very social society. after a point, under circumstance, oppression is all you've got left. sociability has to follow certain forms. you look at the early malcolm x, you look at mlk. you look at a certain action that has you speaking in a certain way, speaking in a polished way and you will attract people, mostly the opposite sex. and martin did that. but i do n

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johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. they say enough is enough. >> they are banding together to protect themselves and their businesses. thomas roman is live in oakland for us. >> carolyn, the association of 120 mobile food vendors say its members are defending themselves because of too many robberies and deaths deaths in east oakland. as the video shows, the last robbery almost left two people dead. >> in the foreground, 32-year-old omar cassie yeahs is sweeping up the parking lot where the truck has done business for 12 years. according to police, one with his arm extended is sean ward morris. she accompanied by a 17-year-old who has not been identified. police say morris casiass said be cool and give me what you go the. casias runs and gets shot. he returned fire and hits morris who wrights on the ground -- wriths on the ground and stumbles away. >> we are not going to take this anymore. >> shelly garza is with rising sun on pro trough inures. she says she doesn't condone the vendors shooting back, but they are fed up and terrified of being easy marks for bandits. >> they feel terrorized right now. they feel terrorized, and i am

johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. they say enough is enough. >> they are banding together to protect themselves and their businesses. thomas roman is live in oakland for us. >> carolyn, the association of 120 mobile food vendors say its members are defending themselves because of too many robberies and deaths deaths in east oakland. as the video shows, the last robbery almost left two people dead. >> in the foreground, 32-year-old omar cassie yeahs is sweeping up the parking lot where the truck has done business for 12 years. according to police, one with his arm extended is sean ward morris. she accompanied by a 17-year-old who has not been identified. police say morris casiass said be cool and give me what you go the. casias runs and gets shot. he returned fire and hits morris who wrights on the ground -- wriths on the ground and stumbles away. >> we are not going to take this anymore. >> shelly garza is with rising sun on pro trough inures. she says she doesn't condone the vendors shooting back, but they are fed up and terrified of being easy marks for bandits. >> they feel terrorized right now. they feel terrorized, and i am