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About how america each successive generation is getting better. i found a lot between the beginning and the end to be problematic. he spent three paragraphs out of 25 blaming this incident on racial profiling when, as you accurately said earlier, there is no evidence at all that this was born out of racial profiling. he devoted four paragraphs of his 25 to saying that one of the answers we needed to work on was to reduce police racial profiling, which again, is not an issue here. he spent three ...

Theyve got pathways and avenues to succeed. i think that would be a pretty good outcome from what was obviously a tragic situation. >> so where do we go from here? lets bring in kahlil ohio mamo author of "the condemnation of blackness," and paul finkel, who specialized in race relations and the first amendment. kahlil, my question is for you. for years, african-americans have relied upon marches, demonstrations, and rallies. i think as we continue to grow older and of course more sophisticated,...

Into the debate that divided the country long before a jury found george zimmerman not guilty. the president joined a discussion already in progress adding to voices that had been knee-deep in thorny questions raised by the case. our elected officials have never been the ones to begin the conversation about race. as president obama said in his speech, they are not going to be the ones to resolve it. >> i do recognize as president ive got convening power. to gather together business leaders, loca...

Essentially, we have stacked the deck to end up with statistical proof, to reinforce a lie from the beginning, that black men are likely to end up in prison or dead, so why should we bother creating pathways of opportunity for them to become president. >> i want to read quickly what trayvon martins parents said in response to president obama, and then have you play off of that and anything else here. lets take a look for a moment. because they wrote, "president obama sees himself in trayvon and ...

Im not naive about the prospects of some grand new federal program. im not sure that thats what were talking about here, but i do recognize that as president, ive got some convening power, and there are a lot of good programs being done across the country on this front, and for us to be able to gather together business leaders and local elected officials and clergy and celebrities and athletes and figure out, how are we doing a better job helping young african-american men feel that theyre a ful...

Values them and is willing to invest in them? you know, im not naive about the prospects of some grand new federal program, im not sure thats what were talking about here. but i do recognize that as president ive got some convening power and there are a lot of good things that aring with done across the country, and for us to be able to gather people and figure out how do we do a better job helping young african-american men feel that they are a full part of this society and that and that theyve...

Ive got some convenient power and there are a lot of things being done across the country on this front. for us to be able to gather together, business leaders and clergy and celebrities and athletes and figure out how are we doing a better job helping young african-american men feel that theyre a full part of this society and that theyve got pathways and avenues to succeed? you know, i think that would be a pretty good outcome from what was obviously a tragic situation, and were going to spend ...

Sense that their country cares about them and values them and is willing to invest in them? im not naive about the prospects of some brand new federal program. im not sure that thats what were talking about here, but i do recognize that as president ive got some convening power, and there are a lot of good programs that are being done across the country on this front. and for us to be able to gather together, business leaders and local elected officials and clergy and celebrities and athletes an...

Pathways and avenues to succeed. i think that would be a pretty good outcome from what was obviously a tragic situation. were going to spend some time working on that and thinking about that. and then finally, i think it is going to be important for all of us to do some soul searching. there has been talk about should we convene a conversation on race. i havent seen that be particularly productive when politicians try to organize conversations. they end up being stilted and politicized and folks...

Issues. >> i do recognize that as president, ive got some convening power. and there are a lot of good programs that are being done across the country on this front. and for us to be able to gather together business leaders and local elected officials and clergy and celebrities and athletes and figure out how are we doing a better job helping young african-american men feel that theyre a full part of this society, and that theyve got pathways and avenues to succeed? i think that would be a prett...