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, someone like a toni morrison, maya angelou, why should they not be taught. >> the florida board ofon thinks it should not be taught. and what happened in this bill is the same parental rights and education or the don't say gay bill. is that the left demonized it, mischaracterized and a lot of play out of it. your thoughts. >> those are best illustrated by the words of karine jean-pierre you just played that florida has now banned study of black history, blatantly false and if you had a strong position you would not feel the need to characterize and be clear lie about your opponent's position. the position of ron desantis, and by extension the voters of florida who have voted him in overwhelmingly once again, they don't want critical race theory taught in their school. what's interesting about the a.p. course for the entirety of the last year or two, no, no, critical race theory, what are you talking about, that's law school stuff and here in the a.p. course there are books, there is studies by kimberly crenshaw, one of the originators of critical race theory, it's very blatant. int

writers not just of the harlem renaissance, one of all-time, alongside legendary authors like tony morrisonelshi banned book club feature is the a for mentioned their eyes were watching god, by the unparalleled zora neale hurston. but steven suits. our protagonist is the beautiful middle aged janie crawford. she was raised by her grandmother, nanny, whose life is shaped by her experience conflate in the american south and by a fraught relationship with jamie's mother. throughout their eyes, we are watching god, janie mary's three times. once at the behest of her grandmother, once as a trophy wife, and then ultimately, for love, to the much younger tea cake. like hurston, the novel isn't just one thing. it's a love story. as a feminist declaration, a coming of age exploration, and a celebration of the south. i read it as a love story. a story about self love. janie, a foil to her old school grandmother, can choose a relationship based on her own emotional desires, and not just as a means for safety and stability. at its core, their eyes were watching god it's an exploration of modern black w

." >> the late tony morrison said that your life is already a miracle of chance.for you to order its destiny. but in order for that destiny to manifest, i think it requires courage, to have faith. >> michelle yeoh. >> actor michelle yeoh winning for "everything everywhere all at once." >> i turned 60 last year. and i think all of you women understand this, as the days, the years, and the numbers get bigger, it seems like opportunities start to get smaller, as well. >> along came the best gift, she said. this role. steven spielberg, who wrote and directed "the fablemans" based on his own childhood. >> nobody really knows who we are until we're courageous enough to tell everyone who we are, and i figured out when i turned about 74 years old, i said, you better do it now. >> and jennifer coolidge winning for "the white lotus". thanking the creator for believing in her. >> you know, i just want you all to know that i had such big dreams and expectations as a younger person, but what happened was, you know, they get sort of fizzled by life or whatever. and, you know, i

growing up, up the stereotypical tony morrison quote, write what you want to read. growing up in this country as an undocumented kid from el salvador, they were books with people that look like me, but they didn't talk like me. meaning it, i talked about an assimilation to this country, and that would be an assimilation towards english. there's an assimilation of your native spanish. so, where you landed this country, the west coast is mostly dominated by mexican spanish. we're in a mostly cuban-centric spanish, if you go to certain parts of new york city, it's puerto rican, dominican, or colombian. so, it's very important for me to highlight -- all of a salvadorian flank. yeah. i think we're talking about representation. and passing the mic, i wanted to see it. and that we have something. >> there's an audio book of it? >> yeah. i just think salvadorian slang also has such great, intonation, it's something. i love it, i love it very much. to your question? >> mike lavrov dallas, is it gonna -- >> i don't know. >> are you asking if it's been optioned? >> has it been

ricans two years ago and we're only going to continue to grow growing up you know the stereotypical toni morrison quote you know what you want to read, growing in this country as an undocumented kid from el salvador. there were books that with that looked like me, but they didn't talk like me, meaning there's a i talked about assimilation to the to this country and that would be an assimilation towards english. there's also an assimilation of your native spanish. so and where you land in this country and the west coast is mostly dominated by mexican spanish. your we're in a mostly cuban centric spanish if you go to certain parts of new york city or be puerto rican, dominican or colombian, you know, and so it is very important for me to highlight culture, which is salvadorans living and yeah, i think it's talking about representation and and and passing mic to i just wanted to it and in that we have something there's an audio book of it yeah right so because i just think that salvadoran slang also has just such great its intonation. yeah it's it's i love it. i love it very. yes. your question our

look into what he's talking about, desantis, he's talking about authors like james baldwin and toni morrison important writers in the 20th century cannon. if you want to go back to edgar allan poe and herman melville, who died under suspicious circumstances, some say it was substance abuse or alcoholism, i wouldn't say it means you want to be an alcoholic or push a message to kids. my message to him, get serious. you were 34th in 2018 and 2019, and you're no higher today. it's not because you're teaching black american studies or african american studies. kids aren't learning science, math, english. i would agree with you, some of the intersexuality, you got to figure that out. at the end of the day 2 performance is the most important thing. if it means teaching them something you don't like, governor, they learn more, then do it. >> dana: desantis is being viciously attacked on this particular issue. we should talk about this issue. i want you to, greg. just had a big raise for teachers proposed, which gets directly to 2 performance. on this issue, when i read about it, he's not saying you

lot of people experiencing successful >> the most presses teaches award for literature gone to tony morrisone, that's astonishing. >> people we looked to as heros and markers of dignity, grace talent and success, america was looking at them too >> this represents a new understanding of diversity, a new understanding of american possibility, everybody want to be like us. everybody want to talk like us, everybody want to see our movies, listen to our music, wear our clothes. and some people felt like we lost that war, that revolution in the early 60's and 70's but won the war in pop culture in the 90's >> every city has cases of police brutality but few are as brutal as the alleged attack against hessian immigrant abner luina. >> nearly 2,000 demonstrators marked on the 70 and precinct yesterday as police beat him and sodomized him, comes at a time when new york got a new respect for plummeting chrome rate and about police misconduct are soaring. >> plastic cups covered the shell casings from 41 bullets fired from police after they confront add west african immigrant reaching for his company >

the barriers that she's breaking along with following the likes of vice president kamala harris, toni morrisonmany more. >> that part is important because when you think about the black sororities, the impact they have on elections around the country, not only just for women. they get people -- they get out the vote. in louisiana the last gubernatorial election, the black sororities really helped in a red state, pushed and helped to elect a democratic governor there. but she is -- >> a force. 34 only. >> amazing. >> i want to say one thing. she has a 5-month-old baby, so she ran this campaign pregnant, crisscrossing the state. as someone who has had babies, doing any job, let alone that job is difficult. her husband took two months paternity leave and was an equal caregiver at home so she could do that. we talk a lot about what it takes to lift people up. big part of this for her she said as well having that equal partner. >> i'm not so surprised she did this pregnant. what did they say about ginger rogers, she had to do everything fred astaire did, but backwards and in heels. women amazingly

." >> the late tony morrison said that your life is already a miracle of strength.t destiny to manifest i think it requires to have courage to have faith, it requires patience as we just heard and it requires a true sense of yourself. >> best drama went to steven spielberg's the commonells. "the white lotus" picked up several awards. >>> a candid heartwarming moment from kate winslet is going viral. >> she's playing. >> here's how she encouraged a young reporter from german tv. >> it's my first time. >> this is your first time doing it? >> yes. >> guess what? let me do the same to you. it's going to be the most amazing interview ever. >> okay. >> and do you know why? >> because we've decided it's going to be. so we've decided right now, me and you, this is going to be really fantastic interview. >> okay. >> and you can ask me anything that you want and you don't have to be scared and it is going to be amazing. >> okay. >> okay. you've got this. >> yeah. >> okay. let's do it! >> oh, my gosh, that's amazing. the clip surpassed more than a million views on twitter in l

. >> the most prestigious award for literature has gone today to the american novelist toni morrison,ou are. >> and that is astonishing. >> suddenly, people who we looked to as heroes and as markers of dignity and grace and talent and success, suddenly, america was looking at them, too. this represents a new understanding of diversity, a new understanding of american possibility. >> everybody wanted to be like us. everybody wanted to talk like us. everybody wanted to see our movies. they wanted to listen to our music. they wanted to wear our clothes. and some people felt like we lost that war, that revolution in the early '60s and the '70s, but we won the war in pop culture in the '90s. >> every city has cases of police brutality, but few are as brutal as the alleged attack against haitian immigrant abner louima. >> nearly 2,000 demonstrators marched on the 70th precinct yesterday, where abner louima says police beat him and sodomized him. the attack comes at a time when new york has gained new respect for its plummeting crime rate, but complaints about police misconduct are soaring.

i absolutely driving on the american highway either listening to to pasture corps or dylan or toni morrison and just just just driving the highway highway. i somehow connect that freedom of feeling the air and looking at the landscape. the american and the big highways to the memories of my childhood in the valley. and i find that there's there's a lot of closeness between a somali culture and the real american culture not the american culture that americans don't talk about, the one that oppressed the children, america, the shaded children of american. but the american that that the narrative that america projects you an american me as your free free that culture i associate that with the freedom of my childhood freedom my father's culture but that child that freedom that i get from the highway, i don't get from the institutionalized racism in america at work or anywhere else. so somehow that has to be the gap has to be filled from, you know, that feeling of freedom. and i that to happen i really do wish to see that americans look themselves in the mirror after reading this book looking st

tony morrison, william shakespeare, modern classics and palms.nnah-jones, joins me again next saturday at 8 am eastern to mark the first anniversary of the velshi banned book club. coming up next, senator bernie sanders of vermont, a new chairman of the health education and pension committee. we'll talk about raising the fan -- and social security. al security. how do i do it all? with a little help. and to support my family's immune health, i choose airborne. unlike some others, airborne gives you vitamin c and so much more. it's an 8 in 1 immune support formula. airborne. do more. it's been 13 years since the federal minimum wage had in this country was increase. since 2009, the minimum wage in america has been $7.25 an hour. many calls to increase the federal minimum wage has gone unanswered, but some are stepping up. the latest is walmart. starting in early march, walmart is raising its minimum wage for store employees to $14 an hour, up from 12. that's a roughly 17% jump in wages. the company's decision will push hourly wages to over $17.50.

while a school board in his state bans 21 books from its high school library, including four by toni morrison, the list goes on and on. hashtag mlk by republicans hell bent on blocking police reform and access to the ballot box, which helps to empower conservative groups like moms for liberty, who are harassing educators and librarians to ban books about dr. king. rosa parks, and ruby bridges. and claiming without a hint of irony that dr. king would have wanted it that way. joining me now is the reverend al sharpton, host of msnbc's politics nation, who joined president biden today at the national action network's annual mlk day breakfast, and christina greer, associate professor of political science at fordham university. i appreciate you both for being here. happy mlk day to both of you. rev, my wonderful big brother, i have to show you this. you were busy today doing events with the president, so you might have missed what the bangor daily news did today on mlk day. we'll put a screen shot up. they posted parts of their favorite speech, the 1963 march on washington speech and the headline

previous winners of this include toni morrison, stephen king and hong kingston. this honor is given to a writer who has over the course of their career grade, enriched our literary heritage through their body of work. tonight's honoree and his work has proven again and again the power of comics and graphic novels. here to present the is neil gaiman. neil gaiman. neil is the author of numerous new york times bestsellers, including sandman series of graphic novels neverwhere, american gods and the ocean. at the end the lane. his fiction has received a newbery medal, carnegie medal and hugo nebula fantasy and will eisner awards. he is a creator of works of prose poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics and drama. originally from england, he now divides his time between scotland where good omens and anansi boys are filmed in. the united states, where he is a professor in the arts at college. he is a fellow of the royal society of literature. it gives me great pleasure to welcome neil gaiman gaiman. thank you. i'm not here as arts colleague today. i'm here as art

previous winners of this award include tony morrison, steven kang, and maxine hong kingston.is given two riders who have over the course of their careers, greatly enriched our literary heritage. through their body of work. tonight's honorÉ's, and his work has proven again and again, the power of comics and graphic novel. here to present the metal, is neil gaiman. neil gaiman is the author of numerous new york times bestseller as including the sand man, a graphic novel, -- american gods and the ocean at the end of the lane. his fiction has received a new barry medal, carnegie metal, and he'll gonna blow world fantasy at award. he is a creator of -- pros, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics and -- originally from england, he now advises time between scotland, for good omen and nasty -- in the united states. where he's a professor in the arts. he's a fellow of the royal society out literature. it gives me great pleasure to welcome alum neil gaiman. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you so. i'm not here as colleague today. i'm here as art spiegelman's front. art, makes art. he