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Black ceos, and she did a talk about being race brave. i think show might have had an influence on the conversation. >> so you sort of buy the general repression narrative. it is a thing we dont talk about and any opportunity to push back -- >> i want to say push it. >> but push past the boundaries. >> for me it is a win-win. even if it is sloppy and messy, lets get something started. >> let me start with this tweet from jay. i do think that putting this on the shoulders of people trying to -- >...

Chairman saying why he wants his baristas to start conversations about race. joining me now is jay smooth from race forward. before i give my own feeling on this i will open the floor to nancy. >> it is easy to make fun of him, and there was some funny tweets, but look, the bottom line is that it does need to be talked about. you made a point during the break, but the conversation of race as a concept is clunky and stupid but we have to start somewhere. i think it is cowardly to make fun and moc...

If were talking so that we can feel better about talking to each other i dont think -- that is what conversations sometimes are. >> that is not always my experience. sometimes just again illuminating people that i am 61", a black woman, and if i get in an elevator sometimes and im alone, a white person wont get on the elevator with me. that might not seem like a big deal so some people, but there is a break down and fear thing that goes on that if we talk about it with people we can say holy hel...

Chairman saying why he wants his baristas to start conversations about race. joining me now is jay smooth from race forward. before i give my own feeling on this i will open the floor to nancy. >> it is easy to make fun of him, and there was some funny tweets, but look, the bottom line is that it does need to be talked about. you made a point during the break, but the conversation of race as a concept is clunky and stupid but we have to start somewhere. i think it is cowardly to make fun and moc...

But it is distributive power to some people -- >> a conversation that is focused on identifying systemic problems that is great. if were talking so that we can feel better about talking to each other i dont think -- that is what conversations sometimes are. >> that is not always my experience. sometimes just again illuminating people that i am 61" a black woman, and if i get in an elevator sometimes and im alone, a white person wont get on the elevator with me. that might not seem like a big dea...

We cant leave this for someone else. >> that is the starbucks chairman saying why he ps his baristas to start conversations about race. joining me now is jay smooth from race forward. before i give my own feeling on this i will open the floor to nancy. >> it is easy to make fun of him, and there was some funny tweets, but look, the bottom line is that it does need to be talked about. you made a point during the break, but the conversation of race as a concept is clunky and stupid but we have to ...

Problems that is great. if were talking so that we can feel better about talking to each other i dont think -- that is what conversations sometimes are. >> that is not always my experience. sometimes just again illuminating people that i am 61", a black woman, and if i get in an elevator sometimes and im alone, a white person wont get on the elevator with me. that might not seem like a big deal so some people, but there is a break down and fear thing that goes on that if we talk about it with pe...

Not sure what starbucks is thinking, i dont have times to explain 400 years of oppression and still make my train. #racetogether. my own reaction has to do with the great fallacy. i will explain that and talk to jay and nancy, ahead. shopping online is as easy as it gets. ♪ wouldnt it be great if hiring plumbers carpenters and even piano tuners were just as simple? thanks to angies list, now it is. weve made hiring anyone from a handyman to a dog walker as simple as a few clicks. buy their ser...

>> i take issue because one of the board members is melanie hopson who is one of the few black ceos, and she did a talk about being race brave. i think show might have had an influence on the conversation. >> so you sort of buy the general repression narrative. it is a thing we dont talk about and any opportunity to push back -- >> i want to say push it. >> but push past the boundaries. >> for me it is a win-win. even if it is sloppy and messy, lets get something started. >> let me start with th...

Tore raw. >> not so fast, krystal. a black man like me showing up with a beautiful woman like you. if the goal is to mollify, you want to bring someone dorky, right ari? >> thats right. >> what you dont want to do is remind them about your moral/legal right to be in the store or black economic power, which recent reports put at $1 trillion and upward. dont point out these stories and the analysts who predict all consumers will spend less on gifts this year so them stores need all the shoppers th...