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Racism. you have a chapter called "why black people are out of patience" and you histoa whole lot of reasons. what are they? >> you know, some because we are tired. we are exhausted. we -- were just tired of -- one of the biggest reasons -- we are tired of negotiating equality. and i -- what i mean by that, don, we have been negotiating for years and i say that all the time but im not sure people get it. i know, you know, we couldnt read and write. it was illegal for black folks to read and writ...

And, um, and its going to make people think, especially white america. and, yeah, and so i wrote this book -- um -- because i wanted people to see how deep rooted racism was in our family and we -- and we represent many black families around -- around the world. and i -- and i -- and i wrote this book, i talk about things that racism that happened in late 60s, the 70s, 80s, 90s, until perrys death because racism did not start with perrys death. >> you -- as you are referencing now, in this book,...

Are so strong, they have a lot of power. they can take the time, the investigations. you know, they often side on the -- they often err on the side of the police. thats a big issue thats going on. so to me its just a communication, a transparency and holding people accountable. youre talking about a system that has been in place for over 400 years. slavery, jim crow laws and what we call today systemic racism. that has been a huge problem for us because when you break it down, black america has ...