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African americans are 13 plus percent of the population. but ive got 13 stats in front of me which i can show under representation. >> and that bleeds out. if youre not getting into these high-tech fields, youre not having the income levels, the homeownership levels in the community. one issue youve seen colleges howard university aggressively do is partner with silicon valley and try to get and feed more african-american college students into this industry to set them up for success. listen, af...

Mark, former new orleans mayor and president and ceo of the national urban league which produced the report and with us is my colleague joy reid, host of a.m. joy, weekend mornings here on msnbc. i often join joy on her show to discuss economic issues. so, im glad that youre able to join us to have this one. mark, let me start with you. >> thank you. >> in 2018, while we have to look at the legacy issues african americans face that affect earnings and life expectancy and all that, if we dont con...