trayvon martin. i'm so glad i had a chance to speak myles frost with.se of you across the pond, you might get a real treat if you see him on the stage in time. >>> well, it's our second hour of laura coates live. did you get your holiday greeting from the former president? wait until you hear what he's saying. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> it was not exactly solid not for one donald j trump. he se

now, miles frost is starring in -- new film origin, playing trayvon martin.is next. >> you don't escape trauma by ignoring it. ♪ ♪ ♪ you escape trauma by confronting it. i do not like christmas. ♪ ♪ ♪ i right answers. >> that is the trailer for ava duvernay's film origin which, explores the unspoken systems of oppression that have shamed america. and the world is an adaptation of the huge surprise winning walker -- bestselling book cast. i brought you my conversation with ava duvernay earlier this month. i also had a chance to down 20 award winner miles frost, who plays trayvon martin in the film. here is our conversation. >> you are playing the role of somebody who is so well-known in our hearts, in our minds, in our political conversations, trayvon martin. i wonder what that experience was like for you. >> for it is almost indescribable you know the way that a person like trayvon martin carries and how much of an effect it's had on us as black people, and as society and the effect of town the united states and has been the catalyst for so many movements. it

i was very involved in the trayvon martin movement. ause, i'll never forget when attorney ben crump came to meet with the details of that tragedy and brought the parents of trayvon, which occurred less than a year after this show launched. i put them on the show to help stir out the march as we did and make it national. you've been dramatizing our pain for a decade now, gone back to your 2014 film selma. and of course your tv series, went they see us, a few years ago, which prompted you to open this film with trayvon's story. what the book was, is that what prompted you to start the film, the drive on story? >> i feel like, reverend al, i don't know if i feel i'm dramatizing our pain, i feel that i'm dramatizing our triumph over continuous efforts -- adversity. and all of the stories, in order to show at we made it over. we had to shut what we are making it over. and even talking with miss fulton, triathlons mother, shea in the same way of mamie till, the great tradition of black mothers who want to talk about this. to share, to show, t

our overall point was that trayvon martin was not vulnerable because he didn't have a role model, he was not vulnerable because his father wasn't in his life. his father was in his life. the framework of my brother's keeper more or less responded to the vulnerability of trayvon martin and so these kinds of issues would fix the problem. that didn't fix the problem. these were structural problems, problems of seeing african-american people as dangerous. this was a criminal justice system problem and it was also the fact that black girls are also subject to this kind of discipline and we need to be concerned about them. one of our reports, black girls matter, found that black girls, the disparity in the in school discipline they experience in terms of suspension and expulsion is greater between them in white girls than the disparity between black boys and white boys. race makes a bigger difference in how girls behavior will be interpreted and what kinds of consequences come out of that. that is the kind of disparity we don't talk about when we think about racism primarily in terms of ho

our overall point was that trayvon martin was not vulnerable because he didn't have a role model, heble because his father wasn't in his life. his father was in his life. the framework of my brother's keeper more or less responded to the vulnerability of trayvon martin and so these kinds of issues would fix the problem. that didn't fix the problem. these were structural problems, problems of seeing african-american people as dangerous. this was a criminal justice system problem and it was also the fact that black girls are also subject to this kind of discipline and we need to be concerned about them. one of our reports, black girls matter, found that black girls, the disparity in the in school discipline they experience in terms of suspension and expulsion is greater between them in white girls than the disparity between black boys and white boys. race makes a bigger difference in how girls behavior will be interpreted and what kinds of consequences come out of that. that is the kind of disparity we don't talk about when we think about racism primarily in terms of how it impacts our

the young trayvon martin, i'm so glad i had a hans to speak with miles frost. and those across the pond, you might get a real treat if you see him on the stage at any time. >>> well, it's our second hour of "laura coates live." did you get your holiday greeting from the former president? wait until you hear what he is saying. so it was not exactly a silent night for one donald j. trump. he shared his seasonal wishes on social media in exactly the way you might expect. but i warn you, some of this stuff may make even the grinch blush. >> hello little girl. >> on christmas day, the former president posting a message that was just a big ol' lump of coal in america's stocking, writing, "merry christmas to all," but then going on to call special counsel jack smith an out-of-control lunatic, opponents thugs and wrapping it all up by wishing, and i'm quoting here, may they rot in hell. again, merry christmas, unquote. there are lots of ways to wish america a merry christmas. feliz navidad, season's greetings, happy holidays, merry christmas. but maybe "rot in hell" is

our overall point was that trayvon martin was not vulnerable because he didn't have a role model, heot vulnerable because his father wasn't in his life. his father was in his life. the framework of my brother's keeper more or less responded to the vulnerability of trayvon martin and so these kinds of issues would fix the problem. that didn't fix the problem. these were structural problems, problems of seeing african-american people as dangerous. this was a criminal justice system problem and it was also the fact that black girls are also subject to this kind of discipline and we need to be concerned about them. one of our reports, black girls matter, found that black girls, the disparity in the in school discipline they experience in terms of suspension and expulsion is greater between them in white girls than the disparity between black boys and white boys. race makes a bigger difference in how girls behavior will be interpreted and what kinds of consequences come out of that. that is the kind of disparity we don't talk about when we think about racism primarily in terms of how it i

trayvon martin. i'm so glad i had a chance to speak myles frost with. and for those of you across the pond, you might get a real treat if you see him on the stage in time. >>> well, it's our second hour of laura coates live. did you get your holiday greeting from the former president? wait until you hear what he's saying. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> it was not exactly solid not for one donald j trump. he sure of his station which is on social media and exactly the way you might expect. i warn you, some of this stuff would make even the grinch blush. >> hello little girl. >> on christmas day, the former president posting a message that was just a big old lump of coal and americas stalking, writing, merry christmas to all. but going on to call special counsel jack smith and out of control lunatic, calling his opponents dogs, and wrapping it all up but wish, and i'm quoting here, might they brought in -- merry christmas. unquote. there are lots of ways to wish america merry christmas. phillies nevada, seasons greetings, happy holidays, merry christmas. but might they brough

i'm thinking maybe they will do the zimmerman and trayvon martin thing.at a two-year-old want to do? they used to want to do blue's clues. now it's let's find some clues on a criminal and let's make sure the cop is always white and that the cop is wrong and that black is always a victim. >> you kneel down here on little george. this is nuts. this is absolutely nuts. not like when you and i were in preschool. i was stacking blocks and i wasn't very good at it. >> right. what's really sad to me is that the white parents should be just as aghast as the black. the white parents should feel like what are you doing? you are teaching my child that they are always the victimizer or a villain. they are always at fault. they are always in the wrong just because of their color. and the black child you are teaching them they can't get anywhere in life except for prison. >> merry christmas. >> thank you. >>> why won't cameron diaz sleep with her husband? (boy) i think this is going to work... (vo) small businesses like this learning center... (smb) there's only one wa

i remember when i was working on the heat you get, if i routinely thought not just of trayvon martin phone with him at the time of his murder. i remember there were so many people criticizing this young lady with how she spoke, in term instead of listening to what she was saying. she was not in college, she spoke how she spoke. yeah, there were people coming at her. and then i remember, there was a lot of talk about, what kind of kid was trevon. he got in trouble, this, this and this. making him looking a certain way in the photo, i was thinking, what does that have to do with him? why is it that the only talk about young black men, suddenly, you know, they are not victims, there is something that they did wrong. they are looking for reasons to justify their death. the media, honestly, is guilty of doing this. i see more things about these young black man in the records than i do of what happened in the last moments. we have to sit back and wonder, why is that? >> why is that? why is that? is it because we don't listen enough? because we get our information from police because of ins

i'm thinking that maybe they will dom the they will do the zimmerman and trayvon martin thing. mean, what otherin thing woule a two year old want to do? they used to want to do balloodt calls, but now it's let's find's some clues on a criminal and let'minal ans make sure thep is always white and that the cop is wrong the cop and thy black is always a victim. >> that's correct. yeah. jimi, you kneel downctim hereger on little george. i mean, that is. this is nutsge. >> this is absolutely nuts, tommy. in preschool. i was stacking blocks. nopreschoowa, and i wasn't veryt it. >> right. and what really sad to me is that the white parents should be just as aghaste parene say it as the black. but white parents should feel like, what are you doinglike wht you're teaching my child that they're always a victimizer othey athr a villat they're always at fault. they're always in th faue wrong just because of their color. and the black child you're teaching them that they can't get anywhere in life here in n. all right, tommy. merry christmas. thanhristmask you. wi sleep with her husband? a

i mean when trayvon martin was shot for wearing a hooded sweatshirt, the president didn't attack people. he just pointed out he had sons. they would look like. and of course, lebron is in a position where he does have sons and they do look like that. and so i that to me, one of the most remarkable things about the obama years was watching maturation of a young james who in my mind is he is an older lebron james and i'm not really about calendar years here i'm talking about how much he aged in terms of his political skills in diplomacy lebron's not a flamethrower there are certain celebrities who when they speak out they alienate everybody lebron has never been about that and some people would trump supporters would say wow. but if you look at the and you really want to look at the facts lebron was in credibly disciplined with with donald trump. most months and i would even say for a year he never used his name when he was asked about him. he just talked about issues and eventually it got to the point where it was impossible not to invoke name. but i would say he was very disciplined. ar

i mean, when trayvon martin was shot for wear a hooded sweatshirt. the president didn't attack people, he just pointed out that he had-- that if he he had sons they would look like that and lebron is in a position, he does have sons and they do look like that. and i thought to me one of the most remarkable things about the obama years was watching the maturation of a young lebron james who, in my mind, is -- he is an older lebron james and i'm not really talking about calendar years here. i'm talking about how much he aged in terms of his political skills and diplomacy. lebron's not a flame-thrower. there are certainly celebrities when they speak out they alienate everybody. lebron has never been about that and some people would-- trump supporters would say, well. but if you look at the record and you really want to look at the facts, lebron was incredibly disciplined with donald trump most for months, and he never used his name he just talked about the issues. and then it was impossible not to invoke his names, and i would say he's very disciplined.