Congress and the in action of a president the people that have the most money are protected and now we have this horrific death of george lloyd which i think it was very i was very pleased that there was a universal virtually universal reaction to this this is this was an atrocity but that seems so long ago when we think of the of the riots and continued protests and the actions of the president here but the messages are always on race and i think thats misguided because at the end of the day this is a class issue it always is a class go ahead. You know in the in the u. S. Race determine what class one is in we can theres no clean dividing line in this country and floyds death is something that happens every day to a black person by the way every day to 3 people in this country an average of 3 People Killed by the police. And racism is a big part of that so this story begins with racism and the racism thats practiced all the time mostly against black people but i think the reaction to
Thats misguided because at the end of the day this is a class issue it always is a class of go ahead well you know in the end you as a race determine what class one is in theres no clean dividing line in this country and floyds death is something that happens every day to a black person by the way every day to 3 people in this country an average of 3 People Killed by the police and racism is a big part of that so this story begins with racism and racism thats practiced all the time mostly against black people but i think the reaction to it as you say they were both in was universal and i think the protests obviously were sparked by his killing but i think they are sustained and growing because of anger about. Many things in this country people are suffering people are struggling it is something that is almost for been to talk about its not an issue in college 6 the Corporate Media doesnt say anything about it we already had an economy that was not doing as well as we were told when we
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The unrest in america the result of race or class tension find out next and were back in an hours time when can all take you through the mornings global News Headlines back then. Hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered im Peter Labelle this spiral down word depending on who you believe in the media this is the unrest in america is the result of systematic racism this explains protests and rioting but it does it the commanding heights controlling the Financial System the media and the Business World are loath to admit it its the. Kaname stupid for them race always trumps class. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Jason Nichols in l. The good city is a professor of africanamerican studies and in new york we crossed to Margaret Kimberly she is the editor and senior columnist at the black gender report as well as the author of the book prejudicial black america and the president s all right process rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and
Welcome to booktvs fiction edition. Youve written 50 fiction books. Lets start with devil in a blue dress, the book that launched a series who is easy rawlins . Guest a kind of every man for the black community in the middle of the twentieth century. His whole view of himself has changed. He came back to southern texas and realized he could no longer live there because of what he has learned and he and thousands of others, from texas and louisiana moved to los angeles. What we do is follow him as a kind of unofficial detective. What he does is reveals what life was like in parts of los angeles that havent been talked about. Host how did you come up with the name . Guest i was writing a story and there was a voice speaking firstperson talking about a party he was given and how he was trying to raise money to pay his rent and a woman he was in love with who was in love with another guy and mouse comes in and looks at the person who is talking and says hey, e the, how are you doing . That