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Present. We condition the presence of racism and not as individual acts of discrimination but as social force. One that has brought us to this particular point in history. Joining me now by skype is stanford establishment e ofessor of psychology st roberts professor roberts thank you for joining us. Ro thank you. Ssor roberts myself included would say we are not racist but you say onthe co use of the term racism is too narrow. How do you and other acemics define racism. We define racism as a system of advantage based on race. We commonly think of racism as mistreating or dicaiking others e of the color of their skin but we define racism as a system and hierarchy and pandemic that we are embedded in. You authored a paper with a white colleague that you outlined seven factors that contribute to racism. We wont get into them but ca you list them for us and talk abt this in detail. We listed the seven factors and many to choose from be clear but we spoke the categories and segregation and
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Welcome back to Washington Post live are you thinking about extending the stayathome order . We have to be slow and methodical and listen to the data and their Health Experts to know that we are ready, and what does it look like when we begin to reengage . There aremindful that different sectors of our economy and regions of our state. So we are going to be really datadriven. Wehave rigorous exercises are going through to plan this work. The odds are that everybody that will resume life as normal is zero. It will be slow, and we need to continue the process we currently are in, a ramp of slower risk and we can do safely. Form of order will continue, but we will start to slowly reengage sectors of our economy in a way that keeps employees and customers safe. What kind ofup, sectors could be open in may . My order is one of the most aggressive in the nation and i think that we can look to what other states have been doing as we assess beyond that first wave, and there will be , we are as
No obstruction. Hes a leaker. James comey confirmed a lot of what i said and some of the things he said just werent true. Robert comey admitted to senators mr. Trumps tweet that he better hope there are no tapes prompted him to take unconventional action. I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with the reporter. I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. Robert days later Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel. Top republicans are standing by the president. Hes new at government and so therefore i think that he is learning as he goes. Robert plus, bombshell revelations about former attorney general Loretta Lynch and her attempt to redefine the investigation into former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. We explore it all with dan balz of the Washington Post and Julie Hirschfeld davis of the New York Times, Pete Williams of nbc news, and Kimberly Atkins of the boston herald. [captioning performed by the National Captioning Institute which