the i.d. but, you know, at the end of the day, what we are doing is that we are making it harder for people to vote. we re making it harder for young people, for people of color, and we should especially be concerned that as we see the changing demographics of america, you know, there are 50,000 american latinos that turn 18 every month. we should be making it easier for them. we should be having free, fair, and accessible elections, not making it harder for them to vote. and, matt, back to this report, what are some of the other key findings? well, the other key findings really focus on the fact that this is part of a larger comprehensive problem. you step back, you realize not only are we introducing in light of the voting rights act being dismantled essentially this summer, are we introducing more regressive laws that are doing away with same-day voter registrati registration, doing away with early voting, making the types of i.d. you can show more and more restrictive and less
made you a slave was your race. you can t say i m going to talk about slavery but don t bring up race, because that was the basis of slavery. and to keep comparing everything slavery. slavery. slavery. i mean, all of these connotations are all kind of race based, and referencing race, maria. not only is it race baiting but more importantly when you call them out on it they basically say it s the other side that has the problem. they can t have an honest, open dialogue, but what they do is they basically blow the dog whistle and make people more alarmed than they should be. and unfortunately they go after a constituency that s very uncomfortable with the changing demographics of america. until we can basically call a spade a spade and say, hey, let s have an honest, frank discussion, we can t move forward as a country. and, also, let s look at eric holder. the reason they re going after him, angela is right, because he has actually been going around the states and trying to rectify th
which i think is very interesting is hispanics. 57% of hispanics across the country that describe themselves in the center. so it s young people and hispanics and that new diversity, what s the changing demographics of america. they re not just because they supported president obama the last presidential election, these are voters that are still up for grabs down the road. so i want to look at a couple of specific issues here with you. would be being guns. 34% have a gun in the household but 45% say that background checks are needed. also look at religion there. religion is personally important to 29% but 59% say it should be kept out of politics. so put a candidate to these voters with these believebelief. who is that? that s a great question. i m not sure who that candidate is or what they look at. when you look at one specific
america s greatest 21st century challenge. it changes the world in which we live, with new competitors all across the globe. and within the changing demographics of america. and so we had substantial progress in the middle of the 20th century when it came to closing the class divide. we ve departed from that. what i m concerned with is we in many, many polite circles do not think that that class divide is a challenge to americans economic competitiveness. my mother was born in detroit, when a middle class job in possible that you could sustain a family on. that s the whole point is, if we want congress to act on anything, it is on a strategy to keep and create middle class jobs in america. you re right. but we are seeing the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and the group is getting larger in the poor.
candidly, because they re afraid they re going to be called racist or something like that. or do something about race. but you know in 2008, president obama, then senator obama, victoria, made a speech on race that i think really took the mainstream a little further up the road toward really dealing with a real balance in terms of how we look at these things. listen to this. i am married to a black american who carries within her the blood of slaves and slave owners, an inheritance we pass on to our two preciouses daughters. i have nephews, nieces, uncles and cousins of every race and every hue scattered across three continents. and for as long as i live, he will never forget that in no other country on earth is my story even possible. so the changing demographics of america, the learning of