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>> i dont want us to lose sight that things are getting better. each successive generation seems to be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race. it doesnt mean were in a post racial society. it doesnt mean racism is eliminated. but when i talk to mel ya and sasha and listen to their friends and see them interact, they are better than we are. they are better than we were on these issues. thats true in every community ive visited across the country. >> that is the presidents gre...

Zimmerman because his displease with the outcome. >> i am stressing one positive element of the speech. give him something for god sakes. >> i agree with you on that aspect. >> black on black crime according to the fbi in 2011, 90.7% of black victims killed by homicide were killed by black. >> he brought up blackmails and aggression. what more do you want? >> if trayvon was white the outcome would have been different. >> i said that was irrelevant. >> fair enough. greg pointed something out. the...

>> no, hes focusing in on george zimmerman because his race is displeased with the outcome. >> im just saying im stressing one positive element of his speech. give him something for god sake. >> i agree with you on that aspect. >> allow me black on black crime according to the fbi in 2011 90.7% of black victims of homicide were committed by blacks. >> exactly. he mentioned it too. he brought up black males and aggression. what more do you want? >> he said if trayvon were white, the outcome would...

As this whole episode has been for a lot of people, i dont want us to lose sight that things are getting better. each successive generation seems to be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race. it doesnt mean were a post racial society, it doesnt mean that racism is eliminated. but, you know, when i talk to malia and sasha, and i listen to their friends and i see them interact, theyre better than we are. theyre better than we were on these issues. >> van, i want you to respond...

Can, am i judging people as much as i can based on not the color of their skin, but the content of their character? that would, i think, be an appropriate exercise in the wake of this tragedy. and let me just leave you with a final thought, that as difficult and challenging as this whole episode has been for a lot of people, i dont want us to lose sight that thing are getting better. each successive generation seems to be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race. it doesnt mea...

He also gave several points for further -- what he called producti productive enterprise in the wake of this tragedy and aftermath talking about a national conversation on race although he said he doesnt want to convene it because politicians when they do that tend to ferment only stilted politicized conversations and talked about doing more to bolster african-american men in this country. he also talked about evaluating the stand your go around laws. show talked about martin luther king at one ...

I think he spoke clearly from his heart today both as an american and as an african-american. and i think more than anything else, it gives us a great opportunity now to broaden the conversationing to export it into communities and other places and to involve young people in the decisions because persons my age and older are not going to figure this out. its going to be the next generation and they want desperately to move beyond this situation because of trayvon martin crime and the trayvon mar...

Questions about am i ringing as much bias out of myself as i can, am i judging people as much as i can based on, not the color of their skin, but the content of their character. that would i think be an appropriate exercise in the wake of this tragedy. and let me just leave you with a final thought, that as difficult and challenging as this whole episode has been for a lot of people, i dont want us to lose sight that things are getting better. each successive generation seems to be making progre...

Each successive generation seems to be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race. doesnt mean were in a post racial society. it doesnt mean that racism is eliminated. but you know, when i talk to malia and sasha, and i listen to their friends and i see them interact, theyre better than we are. theyre better than we were on these issues. and thats true in every community that ive visited all across the country. >> sherrilyn, that resonated with me. because we talk a lot of polit...

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