episodic explosions of anger and then back to business as usual. and business as usual and actually build a movement. it will require this kind of courage. business as usual has, as you document in your book, and as many who are working in the movement to reform our criminal justice system, i mean, what we ve gotten a little bit what i think is interesting in wake of the verdict is just peeling back curtain on what business as usual in the american criminal justice system looks like. for people that are just tuning into that, what would you tell them the summary version of that? what is the problem that needs changing aside from the fact that trayvon martin won t live to see his 18th birthday? the problem that needs to be changed is that some people define largely by race and class are viewed as a problem. a problem to be managed, dealt with harshly, controlled. you know, back in 1903, debois wrote that the defining experience of being black in america is constantly being
courage. business as usual as you document in the book, what we ve gotten a little bit what i think is interesting in the wake of the verdict is peeling back the curtain as to what business as usual looks like. for people who are just tuning into that, what would you tell them the summary version of that? what is the problem that needs changing aside from the fact that trayvon martin wouldn t live to see his 18th birthday? the problem that needs to be changed is that some people define harnlly by race and class are viewed as a problem, a problem to be managed, dealt with harshly, controlled. you know, back in 1903. web due boyce wrote that the defining experience of being black in america is constantly being viewed as a problem, a problem to be managed, dealt with, but never solved. and today, more than 100 years later, black and brown men are
justice system looks like. for people that are just tuning into that, what would you tell them the summary version of that? what is the problem that needs changing aside from the fact that trayvon martin won t live to see his 18th birthday? the problem that needs to be changed is that some people define largely by race and class are viewed as a problem. a problem to be managed, dealt with harshly, controlled. you know, back in 1903, w.e.b. du bois wrote that the defining experience of being black in america is constantly being viewed as a problem. a problem to be managed, dealt with, but never solved. and today more than 100 years later, black and brown men are viewed as a problem to be dealt with harshly. they re viewed that way in our schools. they re viewed that way on the street. they are treated like a problem rather than a group that may have some problems like all
you re doing something i believe people have to do in politics. if somebody is bad mouthing you, you have to straighten that story out to so your friends will know you re right, they ll understand where you re coming from a and they won t believe the bs being thrown at them. i wish mr. obama, the president, who i really like and support, would do more of this when it came to things like irs. thank you so much, senator joe manchin. thank you for having me. who has responded to the bad stories. up next, virginia s republican candidate for lieutenant governor, this guy, what a character. he strikes again. we will this guy cost his party the lest down there in the old dominion? this is hardball, the place for politics. [ man ] on december 17, 1903,
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