the colored girls came from roxbury. and they were poorly educated, naturally, they weren't going to end up competing with the doctors and lawyers of neon they would be the maids. that hast changed by the way. it's still exaly the same thing. only now the maid is lijely to be latina or haitian. i went to roxbury for the first time. i had read about a minister in roxbury, a black minister who was dr. king's sort of sort of dr. king's representative. a wonderful man. james breeden, an episcopal priest. and i went to jim a i said basically, can i be of any use? and he said something like this. he said, yes, young man, you can be of use. and he said i'm glad you came here because all the racial injustice in is nation is not down in mississippi. and i said what should i do? and he said become a teacher. we need teachers who will have some allegiance to our children. and so that's what happened. i justalked into the boston schools and said, okay, i'm going to be a teacher. i never heard of a certification. and they said where

i went to roxbury for the first time. i had read about a minister in roxbury, a black minister who is dr. king's -- sort of dr. king's representative in boston. a wonderful man named james breeden, an episcopal priest. i went to jim, and i said basically, can i be of any use? and he said something like this. he said, yes, young man, you can be of use. and he said i'm glad you came here to your own hometown because all the racial injustice in this nation is not down in mississippi. and i said what should i do? and he said become a teacher. we need teachers who will have some allegiance to our children. and so that's what ppened. i just walked into the boston schools and said, okay, i'm going to be a teacher. i never heard of certification. 'cause, you know- and they said where did you go to coege? i hate to make fun of harvard 'cause i loved it but they said, where did you go to college. i said harvard. they said, well, then you can't be a teacher 'cause you couldn't learn anything useful at harvard. so i said there must b

and we implemented almost an identicaprogram in roxbury. and we've had real astounding results. thcost of their care has gone wn. and of course,hey're back and they're working, and they' productiveembers of society. and they're t landing in the emergency room, en their disease getsut of control. so we think at that's one of the lessons. buthere are many more that i think can be directly plied to health ce in the united states. >>oyers: does president obama get it? did you tch his speech? >> did. >> moyers: what do you thi about it? >> well, i thoht as a speech, it was really stunni and maerful. he's a wonderful speak. but what was most intesting to me was the republican sponse afterwards. and w many things that they seem to agree on. wh do they agree on? one, everyonshould have health insurance. two we need toower cost. three, we need to maintain quality, that thexpenditures that right now, in heah care, escially public expenditures are unsustainable. but view of this goes back to what i said rlier. there's no simplsolution to this problem. i think we havto take very seriously t

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