new consideration about whether black women s leadership in law enforcement can make a difference. joining me now professor of oh journalism and distinguished writing this in residence at nyu, laura flanderrors of oh grit tv.org. yolanda pierce associate professor of relij and literature. and michael den zem d zel smith from the nation.com and a fellow at the nation institute. thank you for being here. does having black women in charge in these unusual spaces of law enforcement make a difference to outcomes is this. it s got to make a difference. sisters have been representing on the ground. they have been representing from the beginning to the end. they are out there marving rallying organizingment black lives matter owe ohs its existence to black women. these women in public spaces becoming the public s face of leadership make a humongous difference. because people then have to
that s sad. that s sad. it really makes me want to cry. you want your child able to walk outside and feel safe and feel like they are important ander worthy. and when they are afraid of the people that are supposed to protect them what do you do? you know? how do you like how do you tell your child how to behave when they are not doing anything wrong in the first place? i want to bring into the conversation professor of journalism from nyu, yolanda pierce from princeton theological seminary. michael smith for fr the nation.com and a fellow at the nation institute. from cleveland, ohio former state senator nina turner. i had to have you on. let s be honest about my source material the. you fixed metexeded me and said women from all walks of life calling for action.
1965 voting rights act. president obama will be in selma today where a large crowds are already beginning to gather opinion he s commemorating the anniversary with a speech at at edmund pettus bridge. we ll bring you that speech live and have extensive coverage tomorrow of the 50th anniversary of the bridge crossing expected to be attended this year by thousands of people. this morning i am joined in studio by yolanda pierce from princeton and kalil mohammed director of search for black culture. i want to ask you both. we ve been talking here at the table about this weekend as a celebration of what was achieved because of the march across the bridge, but it s also a call to action for activists today. tell me about that. so i want us to resist the language of celebration. i think it s perfectly fine we re kmemcommemorated.
boyfriend is the easiest way to get a man to leave you alone. when women set boundaries, men think that s cue to start getting more creative with figuring out ways to violate them. i shouldn t have to hold my car keys in my hand like a weapon and check over my shoulder every few seconds when i walk at night. this shows how the hash tag exploded around the world, accumulating more than one million tweets at its peak, seeing more than 60,000 tweets hash tagged #yesallwomen every hour. joining our table is byron hurt and yolanda pierce, associate professor of african-american rnl and literature at princeton theological seminary. i wanted to start with you, yolanda, in part because the speed with which that moved across the earth and that sense of yes all women and i kept thinking, you know, i have some angst about the yes all women, but the thing about it that seemed critically important was laying on the table we spent a lot of life energy, emotional energy, trying not to be victims
nobody knows what a gram is. you know what a teaspoon is. why doesn t it say teaspoon. of course the daily recommended amount for sugar is not listed on a single label. so people are eating things that are making them sick and making them fat without even being aware of it. thank you to lori david in los angeles both for fed up and for your passion on this issue. thank you right here at the table to shirley watkins bowden and yolanda pierce and bill telepan. still to come this morning, remembering dr. maya angelou and my letter of the week. no more sugar for me, i m done. and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. that s why i recommend polident. [ male announcer ] cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. [ male announcer ] cleaner, don t just visit hawaii.