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Host i woke up on december 10, 2016, picked up the New York Times, and saw the headline, im prejudiced, he said. Then we kept talking. I want to show you the video and then ask you to explain the whole thing. Good morning. I was hoping your guest could help me change my mind about some things. I am a white male, and i am prejudiced. The reason it is is something not that i was taught but something i learned. When i open up the papers, i get discouraged with what young black males are doing to each other and the crime rates. I understand they live in an environment with a lot of drugs. You have to get money for drugs. Its a deep issue that goes beyond that. I have these different fears. I dont want my fears to come true. I try to avoid that. I come off as being prejudiced. I dont like being forced to like people. I like being led to like people through example. What can i do to change, to be a better american . Heather thank you so much for being honest and opening up this conversation,
But in this country it feels like who belongs in our demos and the people of our nations his nations highest calling. 10, 20ke up on december 16, picked up the New York Times, saw the headline i am prejudiced, and then we kept talking, and i want to show you the video because it started at cspan sometime before that, and i will ask you to explain the whole thing. [video clip] may be one of you guests can help me change my mind. I am a white male, and i am prejudiced, and it is something i wasnt taught, but it is something i learned. When i open up the papers, i get very discouraged about what young black males are doing to each other and the crime rates. I understand it is an environment of drugs and you have to get money to get drugs, fears, and iese dont want my fears to come true, you know . So i tried to avoid that, and i come off as being prejudiced. But i just have fears. I dont want to be forced to like people. I want to like people through example. What can i do to change and t
America we should all have an equal say in our democracy and an equal chance in our economy. And something that weve been thinking a lot about lately is actually the root of our name. Demos is the greek word for the people which is the root word of democracy. And right now in this country it feels like figuring out who exactly belongs in our demos and the people of our nation is this nations highest calling. Brian i woke up on december the 10th, 2016, picked up the New York Times, in their opinion section saw the headline, im prejudiced, he said, then we kept talking. And i want to show you the video because it started here at cspan some time before that and then ask you to explain the whole thing. Yes. Good morning. I was hoping that your guest can help me change my mind about some things. Im a white male and i am prejudiced. And the reason it is is something i wasnt taught but its kind of something that i learned. When i open up the papers, i get very discouraged at what young black
Before the baseball game. Great tradition and i was Just Announced to be the second base starter. You get up there early in the morning, youre working out with your colleagues, getting ready and is lighthearted because most of the real practices already done. Youre just going through the motions of getting ready for the big game. All of a sudden, a shop goes up. Youre not thinking its a gunshot because why would somebody be shooting a gun on the baseball field . By the time we figured out what was really going on, i got hit. I went down. Did you know you had been hit . I knew my legs gave out. I didnt necessarily feel i was instantly hit but i wasnt thinking about it. When i legs went out and i was down, and the gravel in the infield, i just started crawling away. I heard coming from third base line. I never saw the shooter. I knew thats where the gunfire was coming from. I just started crawling away. After about 20 feet, ive seen pictures of a blood trail, my arms gave out. I could cr