Victims. Yes. I believe thatths is a big part they have been at it for somee time. To plate paid to blacks primarily as victims defined by their victimization first and foremost and that we have a government with the Great Society was that a success . If you look at the actual track record and the goals and what was stated at the time its a failure. And by that i mean the black war. If they have not significantly improved. But you talk about historically black colleges who was mason and why is he important in terms of trying to merge historically black colleges and use of diversities that were forced out quex. Since the Civil Rights Act and more integration because black students had options from the 20th century with those historically black colleges. So schools are struggling our stay viable economically and with higher of education and those and this has been resisted by some to maintain their independence. So mason was pushing. Are they still relevant if they are producing the resu
Host jason riley, author, columnist, contributed to the wall street journal, Fox News Contributor and among your books, please stop helping us how liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed. I want to begin where your book concludes, quote, liberalism has succeeded tragically in convincing blacks to see themselves first and foremost as victims. Guest i believe that is a big part of a political strategy actually and they have been at it for some time. Unfortunately they have had a lot of success painting blacks is primarily victims, defined by their victimization first and foremost and the followup that we have a Government Program or government solution to help you overcome your victimhood so it is a political strategy. Guest there have been a number of books about lending johnsons Great Society. Was a failure or success . Guest if you look at the track record of the program, the goals, the objective stated at the time you would have to say it was largely a failure particularly with
Freely among enemy lines. Announcer 1 explore our nations past and American History tv, every weekend on cspan3. Cspan cities tour is in lansing, where we are visiting the Michigan History Center museum. They have launched a brandnew exhibit where theyre asking viewers to take a look at some everyday objects. Suzanne fischer we are looking at our new exhibits, secret lives of michigan objects. Secret lives of michigan objects is a playful and fun exhibit about museum collections, and the way that objects in museums and up to michigan history. It is a way to involve people who live in michigan to think about their stuff is part of michigan history. We like to put things into context especially in museums. An object is not just an object, it tells a story about the time it was made, the people use it. In this exhibit, we are saying, what are other ways to look at objects . And what are objects that stories can tell . So the things people feel when they come to the exhibit space is this v
2020th election, and more. A full schedule is available on our website. Now were going to go inside for the first conversation. This is live coverage on tv on cspan2. Good morning, everyone. I am michael cahill. It has been my pleasure and privilege to serve as dean here at Brooklyn Law School for just about three months now. Its going really well. [laughter] and, of course, i am happy to welcome all of you here and to welcome those of you watching at home on cspan. We are here, of course, as part of the 14th annual brooklyn book festival which will draw tens of thousands of people to downtown brooklyn over the course of the day, several thousand of those people will be passing through here at Brooklyn Law School where we have been a proud partner of the book festival since 2012. And that has been a wonderful and natural collaboration since the law school and the festival are committed to the free exploration and exchange of ideas in an effort to better understand our world and, ultima
United states and President Trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter which is iran. What happens when a metropolis runs out of water and one indian city nearly 11000000 residents are finding out. In the stream. The water supply has dipped dangerously low in chennai a bustling mega city in the southern indian state of tom nadu each day for the past several weeks crowds form along the lines of water tankers sinton by the government for many life now revolves around finding enough water to drink and stay clean so every drop house was speaking to al jazeera this month one resident of chennai explained how dire the situation has become take a look out of without water we are not able to cook food we are not able to sleep as we are running around in search of water the water problem is very severe this year and you know authority has bothered to take necessary steps. O. B. V. Shout to several government officials including at the ministries of