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These numbers led to chicagos all too depressing nickname chiraq, which makes it sound like its not in america any more. this narrative being too dangerous to live in pisses me off. as many in the media, sorry, cnn, are painting this city with one big scary black brush, when in fact like all cities with crime problems, the violence is coming from very specific areas with very specific reasons. and in chicago, its the south side and the west side. while there are many factors to this, one thing t...

About over here. >> you run over by a baby stroller. >> this is a ridiculously safe neighborhood, and you have those in chicago just as you have hoods in every city. >> a lot of people in chicago, that would be the main thing. why yall cant squash this? a lot of people can. it aint about what you can do. a lot of people dont want to. see what im saying? it even about being a bigger man as a human. you take one of my brothers or cousins, every day im going to wake up missing them. see what im say...

>> nah, nah. >> not only have they not met each other, it becomes instantly apparent to me they have no idea who the hell i am. this room felt like the tension, and i was cast in the role of the uncool vice principal. >> i live in california now and when i tell people i was coming out to chicago, everybody was like -- theres this weird thing. uh-oh. >> get shot. >> yeah, youre going to get shot. you have to join a gang and this nonsense. >> when i hear people talk about coming to chicago and the...

I would do everything to hear stone love. go beat shorty up, im going to do that so they can say stone love, shorty. that meant everything. i still feel it right now. >> i can tell, yeah. >> love is really -- to be accepted in a group, man, thats human, man. thats any -- >> everybody wants that. >> everybody wants that. >> i know somebody loves me and somebody has my back. >> yes, sir. >> youre still connected to the youth out here. >> oh, yeah, no question. i mean, these shorties is ebk. everyb...

And have economic power. if the ability to take care of your family is one of those things that marks manhood in a capitalist society, and i am not given fair access to the labor market, then sometimes violence becomes a means. >> but a lot of this, from what i understand, people think is back to how black men in this city feel like they have to express their masculinity in a lot of our media, in a lot of our role models, all about be a man. >> we have to allow for multiple types of masculinitie...

Michael jordan, kanye west, shonda rhimes. these two and even this cultural icon. hey. i spent my awkward teenage years on the south side. theres the restaurant that didnt hire me. and look at the two dorks with the cool guy in the middle. thats jason and rob. im the one in the middle. chicago isnt only famous, were also infamous. like m.c. al capone. and chicago isnt ashamed of this history. you can literally go on a bus tour of als greatest hits. thats where he sent his goons to murder people ...

As an example of a lawless place. >> republican nominee sparking controversy over the weekend for politicizing the death of chicago bulls star dwyane wades cousin, tweeting, just what i have been saying. african americans will vote trump. an hour later trump offered his condolences. >> that had to be hard on your family. >> it was, it was. but you know what? you heard of the saying, ive got a choke-hold on you. we have a faith hold on jesus. we have a faith hold on what we believe in and we wont...

So, thats how we know oppression is real. thats how we know we are still colonized because were not getting the same access to resources as other communities happening right now in this country. >> when black lives matter shows up for the teachers union, are you just supporting the black teachers? [ laughter ] >> look, all teachers matter, all right? >> all right, all right. there is a real reason there is so much focus on the youth here. out of the 762 deaths in 2016, 75% were black. but 51% of...

Thats more homicides than new york and los angeles combined. these numbers led to chicagos all too depressing nickname chiraq, which makes it sound like its not in america any more. this narrative being too dangerous to live in pisses me off. as many in the media, sorry, cnn, are painting this city with one big scary black brush, when in fact like all cities with crime problems, the violence is coming from very specific areas with very specific reasons. and in chicago, its the south side and the...

[ laughter ] nobody needs to be convinced of that. that hashtag never trends. across the country, black lives matter continues to be one of the hottest topics in mainstream and social media. and in chicago, police brutality has been well documented. black lives matter chicago leader has invited me to the south side neighborhood of bronzeville so we can talk about it. and just as i got there, i find kofi filming cops arresting black people. black lives matter has just clocked in. >> yeah, i was j...