and i'm so proud of them for doing this. because they looked back over the last 50 years. what we have seen is that there has been tremendous educational achievements and attainment. but when you look at the distance and the gap between african-americans and whites in our country as it relates to economic parity, it's about the same. so what do we have to do? we have to invest in job creation efforts. we have to maintain the safety net. and we have to make sure that this double digit unemployment rate begins to go down. and we do that by investing in job creation. >> okay. well, rand paul tried to explain why his party could lose black voters since the civil war. he got to a fair recitation of events up to the depression. when he said this. take a listen to this, ma'am. >> african-americans understood that republicans did champion citizenship and voting rights. but they became impatient. because they wanted economic emancipation. the democrats promised equalizing outcome. everybody will get something. through unlimited federal