when the states fail. eric holder, is he the black president you were waiting for? i don t think he s we are learning that the nature of racism is very different from what it was in lbj s time in a certain kind of way. racism is, if you try the 1960s era of racism, it s like the donald sterling moment. racism is much more embedded and structural and in a way, what we need is a government to enact structural changes. let me come back to you for a second. if we think about the white presidents who have done race well, there was some sort of good that came from president clinton and lbj as you pointed out. and then from de blasio, though not ath, when these are white