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World? theyre 2 years old and 4 years old. they dont know what hate is. they go to the playground, and they have friends of all races and backgrounds. they just play and laugh, and they have fun. as kids grow up, they need people to look up to, to show them whats right and good. they need parents and teachers, and they need leaders who appeal to the best in us. the fact that it took the president two days to come out and clearly denounce racists and white supremacists is shameful. its important ...

Preview of what our current moment is looking like. we had a preview of this in the previous years. you know, theres been a lot leading up to this, not going back that far to charleston and the attack, the massacre of people at that ame church. we have seen before our very eyes, unarmed citizens being killed, you know, by police. we have witnessed the killings of these people. this has been a continuing saga that is coming to the fore, and people are just now recognizing it because we have not w...

This has been a continuing saga that is coming to the fore, and people are just now recognizing it because we have not wanted to see our country this way. you know, one of the things that happens -- you know, this book ive written has been out for so long, and one of the things i hear over and over again of people from all backgrounds and ages is, i had no idea. most of us really, truly do not know what it took for our country to get to where it is, and what kinds of human rights abuses happened...

She grew up in segregated north carolina. she kept saying to me, i just dont want to go back. she felt like a donald trump presidency would mean that for her. i was trying to alay her fears and america is america. it has obviously a progression in terms of racial issues. she hasnt tried to alay the fierce of people from so many different backgrounds. neo-nazis have some really sexists and violent ideas about women as well. this moment, when you have the president there, essentially, reminds us t...

1928, not 1960, and we just have to raise wampage wages for peopl backgrounds at the bottom of our economy. >> do you take some satisfaction in the fact this has bubbled up to the point it is once again a national conversation? or are you frus trtrated by the fact you have been talking and writing about this forever? >> ill never take satisfaction in continued oppression. whether we are not discussing it or having these national conversations we enjoy having. because we have the conversation, an...

>> misfits and losers in charlottesville need to be called out specifically. it thooz go further. we have to call out specifically why it is what they are saying is wrong. its been some time since we defeated the nazis in world war ii and why people of all backgrounds can succeed. that case needs to be made. it needs to be more than call them out. everybody has to make the case. >> it starts there. >> it has to be -- >> its monday. this attack happened on saturday. they were marching the torches...

In his mind. it ought to be clear to all americans, we cannot tolerate obviously that bigotry, that hatred, thats rooted in ignorance of what america stands for. >> should we expect to hear from you, from him some of those words? >> im sure you will hear from the president more about this. this is important to the president to bring all americans together. he said what we have to be is all of us have to be americans first. thats our common identity as americans. grounded in our commitment to lib...

America today, so much judgment and intolerance of other people. we need to isolate the extremists and unite behind a positive populist agenda that helps people of all working backgrounds, the people left behind by the failed elitist policies of republicans and democrats over the last 40 years. we need to be open-minded if were going to build support for solutions that turn things around to. my friends on the left id say, people who want to control immigration are not racist, they just think tha...

Why didnt he single out the neo-nazis and white supremacists. >> when he condemned bigotry and hatred on all sides, that includes white supremacist and neo-nazis. its clear -- i know its clear in his mind. it ought to be clear to all americans, we cannot tolerate obviously that bigotry, that hatred, thats rooted in ignorance, ignorance of what america stands for. what america is. >> should we expect to hear from you, from him some of those words? >> im sure you will hear from the president more ...

On any given day, there are more than 5,000 inmates incarcerated in the five facilities that make up the orange county jail system. their charges, stories, and backgrounds are as diverse as the southern california communities most of them hail from. but for the vast majority of these men and women, there is a common element that led to their troubles with the law. >> if you talk to any of the inmates in jail, most of them will have done drugs. their current crime is not drugs. theyre stealing fo...