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The focus on the rachel jeantel. >> describing the person is what made you think it was racial? >> yes. >> thats because he described him as a creepy ass cracker? >> yes. >> so, it was racial, but it was because trayvon martin put race in this? >> no. >> you dont think thats a racial comment? >> no. >> you dont think that creepy ass cracker is a racial comment? >> no. >> bill: after that al sharpton said. this. >> the attacks that i have heard on rachel jeantel have been nothing short of offensi...

>> you dont think thats a racial comment? >> no. you dont think that creepy ass cracker is a racial comment? >> no. >> hmm, welcome back to our panel now. also joining us now, michael, the editor in chief of global grind and michelle oliver joins us, as well. so michael, were you surprised at all that rachel jeantel did not see this as racist, "creepy ass cracker?" >> no the word cracker comes from the word that means loud noise. the crackers were the guys that whipped the slaves. if you look at...

Offense. crazy ass cracker. yesterday we had that conversation. it was open, honest, it was provocative. so much so that we want to play it again for you right now. and i do want to warn you. the language was raw. we used certain words like the "n" word the entire word but its a conversation we felt needed to be had. here it is. >> its socially provibted and individually and institutionally. its policed by authorities that punish people like were seeing with paula deen and maybe even in the cour...

Let me make sure we got that, creepy -- >> ass cracker. >> yeah. and then i call trayvon and i started hearing trayvon get off, get off. >> let me stop you a second. you heard a grass sound and then you said something. what did you say? >> trayvon, trayvon. >> and what did you hear? >> i said trayvon, i heard him say get off. get off. >> then what did you hear? >> then the phone hung up. it shut off. >> okay. when the phone shut off, what happened then? >> i had to call him back. >> you called t...

Let me make sure we got that, creepy -- >> ass cracker. >> yeah. and then i call trayvon and i started hearing trayvon get off, get off. >> let me stop you a second. you heard a grass sound and then you said something. what did you say? >> trayvon, trayvon. whats going on? >> and what did you hear? >> i said trayvon, i heard him say get off. get off. >> then what did you hear? >> then the phone hung up. it shut off. >> okay. when the phone shut off, what happened then? >> i had to call him back....

Want to warn you she used some slurs, including the n word. >> i asked him how the man looked like. he looked like a creepy-ass cracker. >> let me take sure we got that. creepy -- >> ass cracker. yeah. >> hes still following him? >> yes. >> did he use a word to describe that? >> with me again is sunny hostin, marcia clark, danny savalos and mark geragos. i just want to first of all go over for each of you, i want to ask the same question, what do you think from the last -- from this week has bee...

>> i asked him how the man looked like. he looked like a creepy-ass cracker. >> let me take sure we got that. creepy -- >> ass cracker. yeah. he said the nigga still following now. >> excuse me? >> that nigga is still following me now. >> hes still following him? >> yes. >> did he use a word to describe that? >> lets go slowly. >> now the nigga is still following me. >> with me again is sunny hostin, marcia clark, danny savalos and mark geragos. i just want to first of all go over for each of yo...

>> i asked him how the man looked like. he looked like a creepy-ass cracker. >> let me take sure we got that. creepy -- >> ass cracker. yeah. he said the nigga still following now. >> excuse me? >> that nigga is still following me now. >> hes still following him? >> yes. >> did h use a word to describe that? >> lets go slowly. >> now the nigga is still following me. >> with me again is sunny hostin, marcia clark, danny savalos and mark geragos. i just want to first of all go over for each of you...

Witness this week, rachel jeantel. her testimony is critical to both sides of the case, because she was trayvon martins friend and she was the last person on the phone with trayvon martin during that deadly confrontation. but did her testimony turn this case into a trial about race? instead of murder? listen. >> describing the person is what made you think it was racial? >> yes. >> and thats because he described him as a creepy ass cracker? >> yes. >> so it was racial, but it was because trayvon...

You described him as a creepy ass cracker? >> yes. >> so it was racial, but it was because trayvon martin put race in this? >> no. >> you dont think thats a racial comment? >> no. >> no denying rachel jeantel is a polar rising figure as jonathan goods testimony was electrifying. this is fascinating because of race, class or self-defense? joining me now angela and sherry williams a professor at syracuse university and gloria still with me. sherry, is it about race, this trial? >> i think -- well ...