this case, aside from that, tom, is there a legal case to be made for jonathan martin or does he just go away? there is no legal case. this is an issue for the miami dolphins organization to handle in whatever way they see fit. this was not discriminal nation. it wasn t racial discrimination. this has to do with the culture of that particular team and the culture of the national football league at large. and i agree absolutely, you want to listen to the tape and whatever is on the tape, no matter how vile the words, and i m not defending the language and certainly nobody else is, the key word is context. harris: context. how this conversation and what their relationship is. we may all find that word off offensive but it s a very big part of youth urban culture which is a big part of the nfl. harris: there are a lot of words. rebecca, move on to the next point if you allow me to. sure, no problem.
interesting, not to go back to the zimmerman thing, but given what we learned and what we know about urban culture and the way youth talk, sometimes black youth came out in the trial, the n word, cracker, all this stuff. sure. and people saying that s okay because that s authentic and that s the way the kids talk. they are words and powerful, and whether it s paula deen or some kid from chicago, you know, we all have to be really a little bit more sensitive and understanding of how demeaning this is to everyone. sure. demeaning to her, demeaning to african-americans, demeanings stuff, in music or from anywhere else. not her finest moment, i m sure she feels horrible about it for a number of reasons, but the fact of the matter is, we do have to have accountability. well, and i think what we re seeing now is people are saying, okay, is this really who she is? did she say it 20 years ago?
the zimmerman thing, but given what we learned and what we know about urban culture and the way youth talk, sometimes black youth came out in the trial, the n word, cracker, all this stuff. sure. and people saying that s okay because that s authentic and that s the way the kids talk. they are words and powerful, and whether it s paula deen or some kid from chicago, you know, we all have to be really a little bit more sensitive and understanding of how demeaning this is to everyone. sure. demeaning to her, demeaning to african-americans, demeaning to the kids who are hearing this stuff, in music or from anywhere else. not her finest moment, i m sure she feels horrible about it for a number of reasons, but the fact of the matter is, we do have to have accountability. well, and i think what we re seeing now is people are saying, okay, is this really who she is? did she say it 20 years ago?
interesting, not to go back to the zimmerman thing, but given what we learned and what we know about urban culture and the way youth talk, sometimes black youth came out in the trial, the n word, cracker, all this stuff. sure. and people saying that s okay because that s authentic and that s the way the kids talk. they are words and powerful, and whether it s paula deen or some kid from chicago, you know, we all have to be really a little bit more sensitive and understanding of how demeaning this is to everyone. sure. demeaning to her, demeaning to african-americans, demeaning to the kids who are hearing this stuff, in music or from anywhere else. not her finest moment, i m sure she feels horrible about it for a number of reasons, but the fact of the matter is, we do have to have accountability. well, and i think what we re seeing now is people are saying, okay, is this really who she is? did she say it 20 years ago?
that s not disconnected from the rise of black mayors in the cities and the demonization of urban music, urban culture and urban children. it s a whole mindset and stereotyping that also dovetails into the other issues the mayor is speaking about. i want to give the obama administration credit, it was congress who put these restrictions on the recovery funds. but in the latest education bill, they directed a large portion of the money directly to urban school districts to apply directly to the department of education. that s great move in a right direction. we need a lot more of that to happen on the federal level. when you say you re considering selling off assets, what sort of assets? let me clarify that. i mean no, we have sold off a lot of excess property. we had property we didn t need. we sold that. we have done everything. when i came into office we had a $10 million deficit. we built that up to a $14 million surplus two years later and cut costs. we have a population