person say what they did was the right thing to do. if we universally accept that, then what s happening to hundreds of thousands of young black and brown men across the city every year we should also accept as wrong. there s no difference of walking out of barneys with a belt that you just purchased or walking down the street to buy a soda at the convenience store and being stopped by the police and aconsuming that you re a criminal. stop and frisk is wrong, shop and frisk is wrong. they re both equally wrong. jay z having high-priced lucks row items being utilized, the profits for a charity organization, how do you think he s handled waiting for the facts to come out, looking for the investigation to move forward because it seems as if he was pressured publicly to make a statement and enter into the dialogue taking place. how do you think he did? i think so many of our heros that have come from communities of struggle that have made it are expected to carry the weight of so much
i ll give you an example of this. cocaine was when it was in the black community, we had the most draconian laws. as soon as cocaine started to get into the white, middle class community, all of a sudden you could get diversion and dej, which is deferred entry. just look at marijuana which more kids use, and you realize usage rate, every time that they do polling, they use white and black kids use about the same, white kids use slightly more. but almost all of the arrests for marijuana are among black teenagers. how can you explain that away other than it is policies like we have right here in new york city, which is stop and frisk, where you re literally hundreds of thousands of young black and brown kids are being stopped and frisked. only a tiny portion are ever arrested for anything. they re doing more stop and
could get diversion and dej, which is deferred entry. and you wouldn t go to jail. just look at marijuana which more kids use, and you realize usage rate, every time that they do polling, they use white and black kids use about the same, white kids use slightly more. but almost all of the arrests for marijuana are among black teenagers. how can you explain that away other than it is policies like we have right here in new york city, which is stop and frisk, where you re literally hundreds of thousands of young black and brown kids are being stopped and frisked. only a tiny portion are ever arrested for anything. they re doing more stop and frisk than there are black and brown people. how do you address that? when they do polling, and they is this a good thing or bad thing, the majority of white people say it s great. anna was trying to say something. how you address it is you ask
other than it is policies like we have right here in new york city, which is stop and frisk, where you re literally hundreds of thousands of young black and brown kids are being stopped and frisked. only a tiny portion are ever arrested for anything. they re doing more stop and frisk than there are black and brown people. how do you address that? when they do polling, majority of white people say it s great. anna was trying to say something. how you address it is you ask all the people right now who are very heart broken about this verdict, white people, you ask them in their towns to do something about stop and frisk. we really ask right now for people to make a difference in their communities. and it can t just be about feeling badly or about heartbreak or what jeffrey
for marijuana are among black teenagers. how can you explain that away other than it is policies like we have right here in new york city, which is stop and frisk, where you re literally hundreds of thousands of young black and brown kids are being stopped and frisked. only a tiny portion are ever arrested for anything. they re doing more stop and frisk than there are black and brown people. how do you address that? when they do polling, say is this a good thing or bad thing, the majority of white people say it s great. anna deavere smith is trying say anna? how you address it is you ask all the people right now who are very heart broken about this verdict, white people, you ask them in their towns to do something about stop and frisk. and ask themselves whether they really believe that either stop and get robbed or stop and frisk. we really ask right now for people to make a difference in their communities. and it can t just be about