Discrimination that shes facing as a black woman but she decides to pass as white and shes working in this store and another comes in because shes looking for her and Fredi Washington gets very nervous and has to really ignore her mother and it creates this huge heart wrenching scene, and then eventually our manager comes over and is one of whats going on and it appears shes got this black mother. That means shes black and she cant work at the store if shes black. So theres a just numerous examples that are very very intense and you know and florida very moving and very powerful but i think would really translate to film very nicely. So thank you. Thanks so much for your work. Its a very fascinating. You noted i was just wondering you noted the relationship between class and passing. And then also i wonder if you noticed the relationship between latitude and passing, i. E. Southern much more passing versus northern . And i suggest that because increasingly what im finding is that as a
Ramifications of passing which included greater rights and opportunities but also isolation and disregard from the greater africanamerican community. Or topic for today is a chosen exile a history of racial passing in American Life by Allyson Hobbs. Allyson hobbs is an assistant professor in the History Department at stanford university. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and received im sorry from Harvard University and she received a ph. D. With distinction from the university of chicago. She has received fellowships from the Ford Foundation and michelle are claman institute for gender research and the center for comparative study of race and ethnicity at stanford trade allison teaches courses on american identity africanamerican history africanamerican womens history and 20th century american history. She has won numerous Teaching Awards including the Phi Beta Kappa teaching prize the grapes award in the humanities the sinclair great teaching award. She gave a ted
Plot by tsa employees to grope passengers. Two officers accused of singling out attractive flyers for some very uncomfortable screening. And life without parole. The jury did not have the smoking gun, they were not sure of a clear motive. But a short time ago, members of the jury spoke out saying they did the right thing finding Aaron Hernandez guilty of firstdegree murder. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with breaking news on the national lead. Chaos at the u. S. Capitol after a startling stunt puts lawmakers on lockdown shutting down nearby streets, sending security teams scrambling. It all started when a pilot landed his small aircraft on the west front lawn of the Capitol Building just hours ago. We want to show you this video of the landing from the associated press. You can see tourists looking on in disbelief. Were now learning the pilot likely did this on purpose. He was trying to send a message to the congress. The pilot has been identif
Killing can be okay. The president sees this for what it is and he likes it. Do you . Thats all for us tonight. Thanks for watching. Cnn tonight with d. Lemon right now. You laid out the facts there. I couldnt do it any better. We used to have also a shared sense of reality and a shared concept of facts, whats true and whats not, and now we dont. Its just its really unbelievable. And i from your conversation your were having earlier with kayleigh about what obama did, the former president did and the current president did as it relates to russian interference in the election. Completely misrepresenting what the former president did. Completely misrepresenting what this president is doing. Well, look, whataboutism is one thing. Playing with context is another. This issue is not about the facts. Youre not going to win this on the numbers. Which is sad. This is a social instruction. The Death Penalty. Its about what you want to be about. Its about identity. And thats what this election is
Kayleigh, about what obama did, the former president did and the current president did as it relates to foreign interference in the election. Completely misrepresenting what the former president did. Completely misrepresenting what this president is doing. Well, look, whataboutism is one thing. Playing with context is another. This issue is about the facts. Youre not going to win this on the numbers. Which is sad. This is a social instruction, the Death Penalty. Its about what you want to be about. Its about identity. And thats what this election is going to be. And heres the tricky part of it. God forbid, god forbid somebody ever did something to one of my own. Yeah. I dont know that i would be able to stop myself. I agree. From trying to end them. I agree e. But that would not be me at my best. That would be me at my worst, and the question is what is the instruction to your society, how to be its best . Well, we always ask do you want to be judged on your worst day, on your worst be