we re back. joining me karen finney host of disrupt, lgbt activist kathy renna and richard kim my colleague at the nation where he is executive editor of thenation.com. i think the story is fascinating for a number of reasons. one it appears mayor contends it has nothing to do with sexual orientation. but let s say at least the perception is that it s amazing to me that a she was there for 20 years and no one seems to say boo. and b that the town seems to be rallying around her. and i think you have this big city liberal idea of what their views are in south carolina. it s like here s south carolina in 2006 residents voted 78% in favor of outlawing gay marriage. by 2013 only 52% of south carolina residents say gay marriage should be against the law. that is amazing and that is what is that six years or seven years? the thing is also across the
black press. it s mostly not the chicago defender and ebony, and essence, where these debates would have previously happened, but in a left/right press, and the voices that are speaking are the voices of people with the lived experience, in addition to the education and the analytic capacity. how important is that aspect, mychal? people being like, not just give me the damn ball, but give me the damn pen. let me write about my own experience. i just signed a new contract with the nation, so let me say to them, i do have several family members in prison the nation doesn t care just letting you know if that s a problem. but i was jealous of richard sherman s analytic ability and his writing skills, because he laid it out there so perfectly. and he brought up a lot of key factors that i think set up the double standard for what it is to be young and black and in the nfl. and i think, you know, desean jackson s supposed gang affiliations are not really a problem. it s the f
so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. the debate on race, culture, and piotr did not stay in the web pages of the atlantic, and new york magazine, instead it expanded with pieces popping up in t in the new york times, the daily beast, the nation, including this piece on the function of black rage, where he wrote, quote, what some call depression or pessimism, i would call impatience and rage. our impatience and rage is what has produced progress. that we are still impatient and angry reflects not black people s failing, but how far america still has to go. joining the table is mychal denzel smith, fellow at the nation institute and blogger for thenation.com. nice to have you. thanks for having me. here s my question to you, particularly as a young person
disparaging terms keeps girls from being leaders, why not ban the term? that s what the campaign from sheryl sandberg is trying to do, to keep troop leaders, coaches, teachers from calling young girls bossy. now there s a debate on just how effective that might be and how we talk to women in politics in particular. joining me is daria burke, lisa cook, associate professor of economics and international relations at michigan state university, richard kim, executive editor of thenation.com and my buddy crystkri crystal ball, co-host. is this the right idea? personally, when i ve been called boss y i take it as a complemented. yes, yes. but i want to point out that i think that words are powerful
let me tell you, if you re looking for the candidate you agree with 100% of the time, then i want you to do something for me tonight, go home and look in the mirror. you re the only person you agree with 100% of the time. but sometimes we make political candidates feel like that s what you want, like you want us to agree with you 100% of the time or you won t vote for us. that s why we have the political system we have in washington now, because we have people who have become convinced that they have to be 100 percenters. joining me now, msnbc contributor goldie taylor, josh barrel, politics editor at business insider and richard kim, executive editor at thenation.com. josh, you wrote about that speech and i thought it was a fascinating study in contrast. david wilde did a great piece about the last days of the ken cuccinelli campaign and a little color in his report was that the person before cuccinelli updated the crowd on the latest benghazi stuff, and that s like the perfect diff