political strategist also president of the brooklyn chapter of the naacp. editor with the daily beast and a my former collying at the daily news and anchor are arise 360. thank you for being here. what do you make of howard schultz effort to engage the customers on race? i think it s a noble idea. in theory it could work but in practice, i think it could be a disaster. especially in a city like new york. no one has time to barely give their order let alone engage in a conversation about race. with barristas who aren t the most prepared or equipped to have these in depth controversial conversations. unless skip gates decides he wants to start working at the local starbucks. i don t think these people are going to be able to have this conversation and have it on the level we will need to have it for it to affect actual change.
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effectively their emissary thus far on this post skip gates, the president has been reluctant to wade into racially tinged waters. what did you make of the statement today? i think the timing was appropriate. the story moved dramatically from a local story to a national story and a broader question about gun safety laws, racial profiling. lots of other issues that this has brought up. so and i thought handled it beautifully. certainly going to the personal, that was what people wanted to hear, particularly given the president doesn t talk about his experience as much as a young african man although he did in his book quite eloquently and that struggle you go through when you re a child of color realizing that the world sees you differently. that empathy and sort of connection as a parent and as someone who has experienced that kind of anguish i thought was really perfect. wes, i thought the statement if i had a son, he d look like