A same thing as the green book. And man misinterpreting it well the green. Well is similar and a mile away is i guess spending dollars with people of your same race and maybe mindset but the green book was totally different green book was a it wasnt a luxury where you could just decide who you could spend money with a where you want to sleep or stay green who was really are you head because you could not belong to aaa you cannot belong to any car club or hotel clubs that was just a bit and not just in the south but throughout the whole country so the green book was a not a luxury it was a necessity and it was really started by just 2 people a letter carrier vicki who go green and his wife great africanamerican People Living in our room and working together they didnt have any children so this was like their baby and by Victor Greene being a mailman he was able to get other mail men through his union the National Association opposed to a federal employees so his network of a worker destroyed the country would ask people on their routes what they would they not my being listed in this guide and really it was the black home maker because back then a lot of black women work in their home they dont work outside like today so when you look at the green book the listings in the green book is never a mr so and sos home lists it is always mrs brown a mrs. Smith oh mrs so and so and knows how the listings appeared and there were no phone numbers you would just show up but i know youre working on a documentary about the green book do you feel like movies. Movies like that could actually help diffuse the current racial tension in the United States well every little bit helps every little bit helps you know you. Meet people all the time you know have a Childrens Book ruth and the green book i do a lot of School Visits not dark to key is as young as the 2nd grade to the 5th grade and. And they are exploring you know the history. And they are. Learning things dead they had no idea existed could this is way after you know their way before their time but sometime before the paris time that this was an issue in traveling a lot of people. But i and why we were born after 1964. Bill is oh the rows were always open they could always stay where we wanted to stay where they wanted to eat and they just take it for granted but it was a hard fought for dr king. Anothers but most of the mostly dark became. You know theyre going to mars who was writing in the courts and one played a role but i think dark and king by putting people in the street in the streets i think that put pressure. Really think that made a big difference and i think his movement was a personal movement for him was also it was a spiritual move it for him you know i think the movement the day before black was matter is you know is this generations turn. To to push forward for more let me ask you something where the yeah let me ask you something a president obamas presidency was a landmark moment for the Africanamerican Community but we now see the pendulum sort of swing in bag and all the racism troubles are still here and maybe getting worse do you seeing a bomb was when it was a one off that theres no Lasting Impact right now for the africanamericans in america i think it was a positive say i think theres some pushback. There was some backlash because of that i think some people were afraid that it was a. Major changing tide and i think some people became very frightened. And i think there were others who were taking advantage of that fear. And that it has expanded people reacting the way theyre reacting. But but from my travels and my experience. I think theyre you know always hope is that people who are that there are more good people around than people who may be misguided or confuse or frightened i think some of the white backwash back question is people feeling is joe they were losing their country that the blacks the brown and the yellow the gays are taking over and theres no place for them so i think somewhere inside the food though that fighting for their lives theyre fighting for their children and their grandchildren so i think they see that the turf battle. You know lately you were saying the movie industry tackling racism a lot with pictures like black klansman or obviously that bring book the green book that won the oscar. Not everyone was happy at about the latter however i was very surprised because i loved the film but most of my africanamerican friends from new york there were few reus and theyre saying like its one big cliche and the end of the day its about a white savior that makes a black mans life better in your opinion does hollywood really understand racism or is it just doubling down to whatever brings money well i you know i havent seen the film you know. Yet i plan to see it. Is seen like the the major problem from what i hear from people who do not like the film is the fact that the black actor whos betraying dark the darn surely. Was not the lead character or the lead actor in the film but the telling character in the play i mean the movie. His son wrote the screenplay wrote the book did the research its his ahmad still his father so hes coming from a different point of view and hes a tell you. What roots in the bronx and italian people were also maligned and still are they have stirred types about this being you know in various illegal activities and they smeared with dad so but i think he can speak for him but i think his overall intentions was on his father. And i think and also in his own way to to to talk about this relationship between these 2 guys that he thinks he is what they are but you feel like in general in our general hollywood doesnt really understand racism maybe not particularly it with this film because you havent seen it its hard to say and i mean i like this film but like in general because you know the issue from inside you feel like it misinterprets racism and really goes for what makes them money. Well you know they have to you know you think its watered down because theyre playing to the whole country to play into the whole world i mean hollywood is you know its a worldwide you know it business you know so its not just you know the Minority Community so is the who who makes the movie who writes the history who tells a story. You know i think. Its hard for someone else to tell someone else a story it really is is you can do you bez but youre going to fall short but i think he would have done better the screenwriter the producer and a director there reste down maybe to shirleys family but in general i think they missed the mark more than they hit the mark and i think the essay will determine the cern but most people ive talked to a lot of people as well who like to film the black and white so so its. But it seemed like the ones who disliked the film were more vocal so seems like its a. Mort not liking the film theyre liking the film but the film has done well and one pretty much every major award thats out there so its almost like there is to it or get to this 2 countries watching the same film and coming away with 2 different you know impressions. And i dont know if its these guys could have ever gotten it right not this particular Creative Team but mr ramsey were going to take a show break right now when were back well continue talking with Award Winning author and playwright Calvin Alexander ramsey talking about racial tensions in the United States stay with us. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race off and spearing Dramatic Development only mostly im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Oh. Oh. And very well may continue what. You know world a big part of the law and conspiracy its time to wait to dig deeper to get the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. And shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now were watching closely watching the hawks. And were back with Calvin Alexander ramsey Award Winning author and playwright who traveled across the United States collecting memories of james crowe a polk so mr amsi i feel like this is something we have to bring up for fairness sake the case of justice the black actor who staged a fake racial attack on himself and the police are saying that he may have a staged a attack to get more Media Attention to himself to further his career is this normal that someone expects to profit off of being a victim of a hate crime. Well you know it has happened before. You know what has happened was. A war id say and there were attacked by blacks there was a famous case in South Carolina where a woman killed her children and she drove it into a lake and she said you know a black man kidnapped her and made her do it and found out that that wasnt the case at all i think shes still serving time for that so so unfortunately that it happens. He was. Never seen that show him prior but i send a very popular and people like him and they like his character if its true that he stays is i think that was a. You know all you can say is hes young then youll be can bounce back if thats what he actually did so hes still saying that he was attacked so so i dont know it was either way around this is just a real sad situation for. Him and his family and supporters in the meantime the number of actual hate crimes are on the rise in the United States for 3 years in a row now and thats according to f. B. I. And race is still a main drag and factor but we see america becoming poller as between left and right and white people are just as happy to shout at each other about trump as there are to shout at people our way surely motivate hate crime is just a part of a larger culture of war that america is waging upon itself. Well it seems like who is always been right under the boiling point is also a lot more crimes against the Jewish Community than ever before. Theres more hate crimes against the gay community. Things are being reported fairly accurate more so now than ever and i wouldnt be surprised if the. More you know you know Violence Toward women so is seem as though this current. Administration has. Whether knowingly or unknowingly has given people in their estimation permission. To go those elements within themselves that are. Based on fear and reason and that liking anyone this different. These same people i wouldnt be surprised if you go to their home will see that their home life is not very good either so its is a sick comment you know a commentary over on what i still think you know that there are more good folks out there who are not doing the say instead of doing these things the other group is more vocal more visible they definitely doing it i think is scary a lot of people. But im of a certain age where i grew up you know in the jim crow south and ive seen this. Before my parents grandparents seen worse so you know. Theres got to keep organizing and writing and educating and. Listening to each other. And to see where its going to go because it is. Very disturbing. To most people and it looks like its. Its on a daily. Uptick syl let me ask you something the esquire magazine has put a white teenager on its march cover it with a headline the american boy now this sparked a huge controversy as a cover appeared touring the black month history do you see that reaction is justified i mean distill u. S. Media have to be seen as racist and discriminatory every time we depict white people as average americans. Well you know we have to be realistic this this this is you know. The people who are making the rules. And running the show are mostly white people if you go to a country where a Different Group was running the show you were seeing different images so im not surprised that in this. Country where the majority of the population was was was dark or black brown and. If you if you have the numbers you you call the shots so i dont think people are shocked that these types of things happening to the happening so frequently so either that these people who are running these organizations and these are young people sometimes. Doing this it isnt like is their grandfathers and grandmothers these are. People in the twentys and thirtys making these. It might seem like a blunder to them they just their consciousness is just not there. So it just earlier this month stay italian luxury brand gucci was forced to remove a black wool. Per from its collection or accusations of racism kathy perry the singer has also faced fierce criticism over a shoe designer assembling blackface i mean this is just clothes dont we read too much into things when it comes to the race issue. Well it depends on who you are if you are. From the group that has been criticized and made fun of you merely ate it and beaten down you know for for centuries then you are a sensitive so that. If you are not part of that. Then you dont have that sensitivity so i guess a good price or good design team. Our young people. And you have to call these things out. Sometimes people just make mistakes. You know i agree with that they just not thinking you know black people make mistakes everyone makes mistakes. But. Would have to be a grown up somewhere in a room to say this could go another way i think you have to just be somewhat sensitive. And when you called out. You should grow from that they proud i also had a situation with gucci and kathy perry and every other is going to be others. Is same as oh no one is learning about how the other person feel. If i Say Something or write something thats derogatory toward women. You know i would be called out and i should be called out. I think the sensitivity and the awareness is just not there so another black face incident just tilt at the state of virginia where the governor and that attorney general both democrats have been accused of putting it on some 40 years ago. There is now pressure on bus to resign whats your take on this should they go i think they should go not that saying that people can make mistakes and can grow from things that they you know did in the past when i was in college or doing they were all done things that we would be embarrassed about today this guy apologized he i think he said it wasnt even him so i dont know where that stands today but what if you get caught up in this every day you dont get any work done. And i thing on some level. With this stuff happening and how the media just pushes it out just like it is. Something that i think is very very true. For artists you know sometimes people who are putting stuff out there constantly keep you from doing your work and if you get caught up in this on a daily basis weekly basis monthly basis you cant do your work you have to wonder whether that is just done deliberately. To keep your balance and keep from doing to important thing you know i which is your own work and so. I dont get too been out of shape but these days i hear them and i keep moving because i have to so let me ask you something this far right and white supremacist groups today what theyre saying is that they are a reaction to movements like black lives matter to the new theory and somewhat radical civil rights activists are they be allowed to be blamed for the rise of the far right in white supremacist in the u. S. Well you know i think it was always there in the current i think these groups have been around forever you know. With different names john birch society. Citizen action committee. Her belafonte says something. Once that i agree with he said you know. Is you know the same enemies that he had during his time with dr king on the same enemies that are out there today. You know it could be the grandchildren of the ills of those people but what is the same people you know just like you have people who have d. N. A. Running through them for the social good for everyone you have people out there who d. N. A. Is is is to to to be the way they are. And most of these people really believe what theyre doing theyre not faking it they believe this they believe theyre being attacked if they are being replaced and and their fear. You know i think we will get much further along down the road when we Start Talking to one another and listen one another because when i see images and hear things what theyre doing. I see people who are afraid and i see these young men and some women in these white supremacist groups and i see that i see really scared people scared to be losing. The whole or the is the color of their skin thats all they have for themselves is their white skin. Thank you so much for this interview on thank you for your inside it was great talking to you who are talking to Calvin Alexander ramsey Award Winning author and playwright who traveled around the United States to study the history and legacy of James Crowley era america that is it for this edition of sophie and. Kenneth calendar is drawing alfonzo a long very hard theres cherishing page shergold. His 1st words were i will i will see youre a challenging post youve got 2 years to live. I have no doubt that what happened was scriven. Lets concentrate market is a 1000000000. 00 industry these things how the huge financial motivations to solve these problems there are numerous stocks showing that doctors were keen to cast concentrates for the insights of its own that patients wont give them doctors the wrong quite. Why they would keep going through security procedures. 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