[inaudible conversations] on your screen now is a live picture of the Langston Hughes auditorium at the schomburg center. The home of the harlem book fair. The center for research and black culture part of the New York Public Library system is one of the leading institutions focusing on africanamerican life culture and experiences. Well be back live with the harlem book fair in just a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] what we often think as the bribery of our National Leaders by powerful special interests in washington may actually make more sense, understood as extortion by government officials both elected and unelected. Please elaborate. Guest i think sometimes that often times in fact the conventional wisdom is wrong and the conventional wisdom is you have good intentioned government officials who are being influenced or there are attachments to influence them by corporations corporations and public unyouens and if with could just seal off these Public Officials from outside i
Good afternoon everyone. We have a wonderful panel and we are in for a treat and im so happy to be here this afternoon to introduce our panel for our panelel today which will be pride and prejudice. We are the instrument of our instruments and we have to examplars today in terms of dedication to the black community. Lets start with moderator and that is the director for the research and black culture. Here at nyu public library. Hes a former associate of indiana university. His book the combination of blackens race crime and modern america published and it won best book award in american studies. Here also this afternoon is we have author and nyu professor of journalismwk dr. Pamela newkirk. A life, shes a multifaceted scholar w who has published a variety of works. Her b first book black journalist, contemporary struggles of African Americans integrating. Love letters from black american which i had a pleasure of reading, a fantastic tone that you should put in your list. Im not going
Officers have to interact. So they get to see the other side of policing so they are more aware of what we do on an everyday basis and not just what they see on tv. Our first guest is from the Richmond Police department. Chief, thank you for joining us. Guest good morning. Host there a national withrsation going on Building Trust in the community. Give us her perspective of not only what happens but what it does to this general idea of Building Trust in the community you serve. Guest i believe it opens our eyes as a Law Enforcement community. Trust is required in order for us to be a lawful and legal end. We have to carry that trust. At ferguson come it was a sad to chew ferguson, it was a sad situation. You had an officer who had a negative encounter based on the relationships the community have. At baltimore, the loss of life at the hands of Police Officers and they created turmoil and you see a better station because of that. We have been having conversations and it is important we
Essentially ill have the capacity to be like serena williams. There was one tennis player who has suggested that she could do that. She just chose not to. Right. Right. That was my favorite. Yeah, right. Maria syrup over says i always want to be skinnier with the cellulite. I think thats every girls wish. So these debates about body and ones own capacity and place in the world and thereve been a number of studies that show black women have a healthier body image awareness and self esteem about their body types because most black women dont want to be a stick. Its true. It is true. Questions . Thank you. Wondering if you have a start than the contacts of sarah barkman. There are definitely similarities. The biggest difference can you repeat it. Shes asking about the comparison to oda bango. The similarity is clear that they were both degraded and exhibited. The biggest difference of course is that was 100 years earlier. You would think there would be some kind of progress going on. More
Im Dagen Mcdowell in for kennedy. A huge day for President Trump. The commanderinchief in europe ahead of his meetings with the worlds most powerful leaders, an wasted no time framing his trip as a chance to push american values, and to make his case that the civilized world is in a fight with threats across the globe. The fundamental question of our time is whether the west has the will to survive. Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost . Do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders . Do we have the desire and courage to preserve our civilization in the face of those who would subvert and destroy it . Dagen the president made those comments in poland where he said the bond between the u. S. And europe is stronger than ever. He made news saying he stand behind article 5 of nato which states an attack on one member of nato is an attack on all members. Thats a far try from the president s previous statements. Then he went to germany to mee