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What were going to do to fix chicago. get more police. really? yall been getting more police the last 40 years, dog. stop playing. that aint the solution. >> its not the number of police that solves the problem. there isnt a magic number, once we hit that number, all of a sudden -- suddenly the houses get nicer. the winter is only 50 degrees. >> forcefully, no. >> yeah. to get a better understanding of what life is like in these neighborhoods, malik has set up a meeting between me and current af...

She died a short time later at the hospital. >> instead of saying, maam, you know, get out of the way, get off the block, this and that, this is fixing to go down. you just shoot? you wonder, what were you thinking? >> these two offenders are the prime example of the challenge we face here in chicago with repeat gun offenders that dont care who they shoot, dont care whose life they take, and clearly, clearly dont feel the consequences of their actions. >> you know, your son is dwyane wade, and y...

>> im delighted that you would come here. >> you grew up in these neighborhoods, lived the life of these neighborhoods, and now you have a church. so, can you tell me a little bit about how that all came to be? >> yeah, you know, the violence that have hit our city of chicago, its perplexing. even somebody like me who grew up in gangs, who grew up with gangs being around me, it was a little contained. it was structure, you know, it was something there thats not here today. and you wonder what is...

A lot of other major cities. >> hypersegregation? >> yeah. >> what is that? i lived here. i think i get what that means. >> some cities are more progressive, somehow further along in the intellectual thought process of inclusiveness and diversity. chicago reminds us that is not always the case. >> in chicago, is it a sense its happening, not a reason its happening? put on people, theyre just sort of violent. >> right. one of the things i try to talk to people about is the historical reasons how ...

>> we aint that old. that conversation was great. and just when we were wrapping up, something happened that i never saw coming. >> before we leave, why dont we all pray, please. can we do that? if its okay with you? ♪ >> our father which art in heaven. >> as we bow our heads in prayer, i cant help but reflect on everything i have seen and heard this week. despite the war zone reputation, chicagos violence is hardly a new phenomenon. whether you want to call it investments or reconciliation ...

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 saying? if i see one of your people, thats what makes me want to retaliate. >> they dont realize why we are where we are. when youre in the middle of it, its like i can read books about the statistics behind this. when somebody on my ass, im not thinking ab...

Music is always the voice for the street. and for some, its a way off of the streets. so my last stop is a legendary blues club in chicago where malik accomplished something that was once thought to be impossible. he got two gangs, old school do or die crew and new school artists like jay-z protege. if youre just tuning in, im dr. cornell west. do these guys all know each other? >> not really. >> they all know you? >> yeah. >> but dont know each other? >> not really. >> is that anything that can...

Of the most dangerous neighborhoods in chicago, its time to do one of my favorite things, hanging out with people who make me feel stupid. im meeting with dr. javon johnson at the black-owned business sweet cafe. he is a poet, author and professor of race and gender studies. his most recent book is a collection of writings from kids on the south side of chicago telling their own stories. the doctor agreed to school me on the current situation. talk to me a little about the term chiraq. for most ...

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 masculinities to exist. partly in were speaking about black folks, black masculinity. there is no stereotypical or one monolithic way of being a black man, right. you can be as black as steve erkel or as black as dmx. thats a range. >> thats a range, erkel to dmx. yall gonna make me lose my mind in here. >> thats fantastic. nothin...

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 they are afraid to even come to the city, what they dont recognize is that so much of the violence is centered in very specific areas. you know, because chicago is so segregated. were on the nor...