Page 48 - Andre Perry News Today

That includes me. there are very few african-american men who havent had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars. that happens to me, at least before i was a senator. there are very few african-americans who havent had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching their purse nervously and holding her breath until she had a chance to get off. that happens often. >> president obama joined the conversation asking americans to as...

Can? joining us is andre perry, founding dean of urban education at davenport university. grand rapids, michigan. cnn contributor charles blow. mikaela angela davis. david webb, host of the david webb show. and hip-hop artist nas. just last weeks harvard institute and the hip-hop institute announced the establishment of a fellowship in his name. welcome to you all. appreciate you being here. [ applause ] charles, that picture, that mock-up picture where george zimmerman is black an trayvon marti...

Much bias out of myself as i can? joining us is andre perry, founding dean of urban education at davenport university. cnn contribute for charles blow. mikayla angela davis. david webb, host of the david webb show. and hip-hop artist nas. welcome to you all. appreciate you being here. [ applause ] that picture where george zimmerman is black and trayvon martin is white, do you think had those roles been reversed this case would have played out in the same way? >> i think thats an important quest...

0 hall special. good evening. the second in a continuing series of "360" town halls on race and justice in america. tonight, we look at hidden biases that exist based on race, which studies show even exist among people who dont believe they have any racial biases. were also going to look at juries in this country and how the racial makeup of a jury can impact what decisions the jury comes to. is this a discussion worth having? how you answer that question may depend on your race. theres new po...

0 america. up next "race and justice in america 2" an "360" town hall special. ill see you in the morning on "new day." thanks for watching. good evening. the second in a continuing series of "360" town halls on race and justice in america. tonight, we look at hidden biases that exist based on race, which studies show even exist among people who dont believe they have any racial biases. were also going to look at juries in this country and how the racial makeup of a jury can impact what decisi...

far. tonight all sides square off. and later, the first in our new cold case mysteries, the murder of david hartley. remember him? killed on a lake with his wife on the part of the mexican border plagued by drug violence, the lead mexican investigator later beheaded? the story has faded from the headlines but has there been any progress to report? well talk to john walsh. we begin as always keeping them honest. tonight lawmakers about to vote new rule thats are supposed to save taxpa...

and later, the first in our new cold case mysteries, the murder of david hartley. remember him? killed on a lake with his wife on the part of the mexican border plagued by drug violence, the lead mexican investigator later beheaded? the story has faded from the headlines but has there been any progress to report? well talk to john walsh. we begin as always keeping them honest. tonight lawmakers about to vote new rule thats are supposed to save taxpayers money. yet theyre about to bre...

>> hes going to be meeting thursday with the gop caucus to weigh a vote next week repealing the law. to do that under the new spending rules youd think republicans would have to come up with the way to pay for the $140 billion the health care law was supposed to save taxpayers over the next ten years. those figures are according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office. $140 billion over ten years. so what spending cuts have republicans come up with? well, they havent. theyve si...

thanks very much for joining us. weve been planning this special for a long time, for a number of months, and ive been covering this topic for years really, but given whats happened in just the last few weeks it feels like this next hour is more important than we even thought. it just in the last couple of weeks weve seen headlines of kids killing themselves after years of bullying. why is this happening, and how do we stop it? thats what we want to try to learn tonight. no child shoul...

harassed online at home, no parent should have to bury their child because he or she took their own life because other kids made it hell. it doesnt have to happen. what weve learned, though, is that it does happen in part because of what parents simply dont know and what some kids just cant bring themselves to share. we just did a special survey, a polling people, interviewing hundreds of kids and adults. 37% of kids that we asked, more than one in three say theyve been bullied. but ta...