periods where our politics gets all mixed up and sometimes we re nostalgic about the past. i am. i know you are. but the truth of the matter is that when you look at our history, there have been a lot of times when congress gets stuck but we get through it and ultimately the american people have pretty good instincts and if over and over again they see that we re not addressing the core problems that we have, eventually they will put in place folks who are serious about getting the work done. let s talk about the problem with the legislative branch. the other day speaker boehner said we can t get anything done because we have a divided country, a divided congress. that s the nature of america. there are aisles that have always been there. we stuck with this as long as we
to the grievance industry. not dealing with the core problems in the can american community. with us now are larue lewis mccoy, a professor of sociology and black cities, city college of new york. all right, what was your reaction to the interview with mr. porter? i believe the interview with mr. porter was good on a number of levels. he talked about the ways to work together but i think the importance is he pointed out there has been a historic tension between al sharpton and lil wayne. if you look back to 2007, al sharpton leads a campaign about decency and hip-hop. in fact, his first goal is to say we re going to protest companies that don t clean up their act. immediately he gets a response that says, look, if you don t understand the culture, you don t talk to people, you can t wipe the slate clean. okay. that was 2007 and now he s in business with a company that
to the grievance industry. not dealing with the core problems in the can american community. with us now are larue lewis mccoy, a professor of sociology and black cities, city college of new york. all right, what was your reaction to the interview with mr. porter? i believe the interview with mr. porter was good on a number of levels. he talked about the ways to work together but i think the importance is he pointed out there has been a historic tension between al sharpton and lil wayne. if you look back to 2007, al sharpton leads a campaign about decency and hip-hop. in fact, his first goal is to say we re going to protest companies that don t clean up their act. immediately he gets a response that says, look, if you don t understand the culture, you don t talk to people, you can t wipe the slate clean. okay. that was 2007 and now he s in business with a company that
to the grievance industry. not dealing with the core problems in the can american community. with us now are larue lewis mccoy, a professor of sociology and black cities, city college of new york. all right, what was your reaction to the interview with mr. porter? i believe the interview with mr. porter was good on a number of levels. he talked about the ways to work together but i think the importance is he pointed out there has been a historic tension between al sharpton and lil wayne. if you look back to 2007, al sharpton leads a campaign about decency and hip-hop. in fact, his first goal is to say we re going to protest companies that don t clean up their act. immediately he gets a response that says, look, if you don t understand the culture, you don t talk to people, you can t wipe the slate clean. okay. that was 2007 and now he s in business with a company that
that s the american way. everybody s starting to realize we re levering a bunch of folks behind. we have to find the core problems that we all created together and find way out of it. it s not working. if washington was watching you right now the political leaders in washington, what would you say? i would say first of all when i listen to them talk i hear common ground? 81% of the people like background checks. we believe in second amendment rights. there seems to be common ground. everybody agrees we ought to put every american back to work. get it done. get the resources down to the ground. whether it s the mayor or the minister or the coaches or moms and dads. let us solve a problem we know is solvable. new orleans mthank you both