Ontario, oregon, you are up next. Caller it has been refreshing to hear dr. Carsons comments. I believe people need to be accountable for their own actions. As long as people worship obama and al sharpton as idols instead of jesus christ, and with the purpose was, everybody was created equal, we need to take a good strong look at dr. Carson because he is not afraid to stand up to the truth. I really appreciate his comments. Guest courage is something that is severely lacking in our society. A lot of people believe the same things i believe, but they are afraid to say it because somebody will ostracize them or call them a name. This is the land of the free supposedly. Supposedly, the home of the brave. I would just say to people, be willing to stand up for what you believe in. I remember in high school in detroit, there were a lot of people who believed in hard work and personal responsibility. But they would not say it because somebody would call them a name. That doesnt work for me. H
Topics included Media Coverage of ferguson every chokehold verdict. The and the chokehold verdict. Welcome to the present club for a very timely discussion on coverage of race in america. How will we doing and how can we do better. This program has been planned jointly by the National Press club and the local press club. Tonight is historic because of how we came together this evening as partners to discuss the very issue that once divided the organizations race. The 107th president of the press club. I want to know if you presence of john hughes, the 108th president acknowledged the presence of john hughes, the 108th president. One of the highlights of my year as president was to be invited to speed in this very room speak in this very room for the 70s anniversary of the press club that was formed by africanamerican journalists in a time they were denied membership in the National Press club. Africanamerican journalists and communicators have been active members since 1955 and we are
Very soon we may hear those words, why did we need it. Until we accomplish these goals, thank god that we have it. I think the democrats appreciate the work we are trying to do. And one day as so many people children and grandchildren will see that we were trying to eliminate the pain of all people regardless of color and make it red white and blue become the theme the fathers of this constitution should have been striving for. There is no question in my mind that the things we stand for really what the country is committed to do and im so proud these last couple of years that theres not a group of people that i would rather spend time with than with my friends and colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus. Mr. Payne thank the gentleman from new york on his thoughts and perspectives which are always needed in this house. I have the honor and the privilege of recognizing the gentlelady from alabama who represents the city the town that is on everybodys breath over the past several mo
In the context of specific recommendations that you submitted, hiring from a diverse pool of applicants, and then revising and raising the educational requirements. I know that in working with departments around the country those two thing sometime sometime compete with each other. So we are eliminating the kinds of folks we want to you can higher by making an associate degree requirement. I think one of those is winding a way to actually start cultivating an high school and start recruiting and high schools. While i am not aware of programs that provide associate degrees i can share that if you go to nursing, where you have a strong need to be culturally competent and bilingual. California has an Excellent Program where they start in high school, start providing this kind of training, so while in high school, they are also taking their aa degrees that will help fill fill their requirements to nursing. That is how we can look at that doubt youre describing. It already works very well i
Social service, criminal justice, health care. All these systems have to be held accountable to ensuring equity. Even to that extent, we have to have conversations about how we recognize injustice. I would like to add the name of Tanisha Anderson to the list of those killed at the hands of police. We mention, tamir rice, eric gardner, michael brown, and we have to uplift the name of women who have experienced disproportionate abuse or had died at the hands of police. The conversation has to happen every day in every setting in order for us to move past as a move past hour past as a country and our present. I have heard people say we just have to get over it. But we have iterations of disproportionally and racism today. These are conversations that have to happen. We all have to be collectively a part of that. In the same way that we have many people of various races and ethnicities and ages uplifting the black lives matter movement. You will see black and white people and latino people