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Hope it trickles down in reality. birtherrism was about barack obama is not really here, white people, dont vote for him. this thing about harris, her status, thats about black people. thats about a sophisticated attempt to get black people to not want to support senator harris. if you dont like senator harris, her criminal justice background, you have a right to not like someone. but to dislike a candidate because youre falling for a isarest disinformation campaign because were having discussio...

You look out toward afterry ka, but the borders of our northern neighbors. hes already up against t boulders of authentic blackness. then when he admitted as a biracial child that his hair didnt behave with the same rules of curling, what the anthropologists call nappi head. drake admitted that. youre not really black enough, youre not authentically black, black is as black does. what weve seen james baldwin id race is not a reality, its a political fiction, its a projection of what we believe. ...

Dealers anonymous. >> and if were grinding. your favorite rappers rapper he was, in terms of the marketplace, in terms of billboard excellence, in terms of using rap as an articulation of ones own personal stance in the world, drake is paralled. you came to my class at georgetown and spoke on jay z many i would invite you back to speak on drake this fall. biracial politics, identity, blackness. weve seen where that has ended up. the keep it real blackness has ended up in devastation. in certain ...

Somehow not truly american, doesnt really get the american story or something, i think its a similar sort of kind of bizarre counterbirtherism that occurs when you say you just dont get blackness, just dont understand it. i dont agree with you. i dont come down where you come down on the issues. >> for me, as a christian person, its important to love everybody. you know, to love everybody, have love in your heart, not be judgmental. the bible says judge not, you be not judged. i happen to be a r...

A very strong progressive, tough to get me not to support a democrat. occasional there will say republican i support because i thought that the democrat was so often and thats happened recently, but not at the presidential level. i dont like how we police authentic blackness. you can only be black if you believe in these ideas. is that something you have come up against? >> i can jump in? >> sure. >> the one thing i have to jump in, you know, when you -- blacks have been conservative for a while...

Necessarily, in herman cain staying in the race. the whole point was for him to establish better credentials. when you start reassessing these things and when more and more people come forward, yeah, i think you dont say youre reassessing unless youre considering leaving. >> he fooled a lot of people. hes not out of the race yet. maybe a political miracle can take place, i doubt it. even the guy who put together his 9-9-9 plan said it wasnt that good. how did he manage to trick so many people? >...

Terribly awry and now that personal questions have been raised, theres really no point, necessarily, in herman cain staying in the race. the whole point was for him to establish better credentials. when you start reassessing these things and when more and more people come forward, yeah, i think you dont say youre reassessing unless youre considering leaving. >> he fooled a lot of people. hes not out of the race yet. maybe a political miracle can take place, i doubt it. even the guy who put toget...

And so now that its gone terribly awry and now that personal questions have been raised, theres really no point, necessarily, in herman cain staying in the race. the whole point was for him to establish better credentials. when you start reassessing these things and when more and more people come forward, yeah, i think you dont say youre reassessing unless youre considering leaving. >> he fooled a lot of people. hes not out of the race yet. maybe a political miracle can take place, i doubt it. e...