that was in 2001. in this was not a photo that somebody took in 1960 of someone where you could say, you know, the times are different. people didn t realize the severity of what they were doing. they didn t realize how offensive it was. in 2001. every single one of us at this table was an adult in 2001 who knew well and good enough that you don t put black face on and behave this way as a grown adult teaching also you are a teacher what kind of example are you setting? this guy with all his p.c. nonsense and always trying to seem so wonderful and oh, i sugar coat all my words not to offend anyone. he is bracing us for more stuff that s coming. he wouldn t have said there could be more photos. i guarantee there is going to see something even worse than this coming down the pike. jesse: should he resign, juan? juan: no. it s almost like as a black person i should stay out of this conversation. i m interested to learn. because i think what jedediah said is exactly right. i think th
i m from queens, new york, myself. i grew up in a situation where we basically feared the police unfortunately. and i agree that it s not an epidemic as tara mentioned but it happens enough where you need to be on guard. this is a symptom of a larger issue. although we look at this one case and we look at black life, if i m an african-american and i apply for a home loan or auto loan and i m quoted higher rates or not treated appropriately at a health facility or if there s mistreatment in the education system, these are systematic issues that are occurring regarding black life. this one example is sort of a grain of sand on the beach of this larger societal issue around race relations. i had read that you said you grew up in queens and you knew if you saw a police officer, it wasn t a good thing and even to this day as an adult teaching at moorehouse, you have heart palpitation which is a police officer pulls up in a car next