[applause] welcome, everybody, my name is scott schaffer, senior editor, pleased to be moderator for this program, joining us today u. S. Senator and democratic president ial candidate michael bennett, senator bennett has represented colorado in u. S. Senate since 2009, before then he served as superintendent of Public Schools in denver where he worked to improve accessibility and quality of information in urban schools and also the author of a new book, a good one i might add, i call the land flickering lights restoring america in age of broken politics, we will talk about the book, unfolds the back story of some of the hyperpartisan conflicts in Congress Today calling washington out on the dysfunctions and running for president of the United States to restore integrity into the government, we are excited to have him here, please welcome senator bennett. Thank you. [applause] well, we are going to talk about the book and, you know, obviously we want to talk about congress and the camp
And we have the presentation of the book awards and we hope youll stay. I have the honor of presenting the author of a new book entitled democracy in black. A professor at princeton in university in the Religion Department and of africanamerican studies. He writes for Time Magazine and democracy now. This book i have read. Intrigues me it is very thoughtprovoking and very provocative and the title itself says that. It is actually quite to offputting how race in sleazy american soul and how many a. D. Is we havent met title with batf of race race, enslavement, antiamer ican sold that is very interesting because we aired never really able to answer that question because day idea of seoul has the connotation of truth and absolute mess. Truth and now and then there is life as we know it and the two dont align to the american soul. Democracy in black. [applause] how are you doing . I have little black preacher in the one to make sure you are all right. Thanks to the organizers of this amazi
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