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University of st. thomas. dr. williams, from your point of view, why in the year 2022 are teachers censoring themselves and watching what they say when it comes to teaching students about americas history with racism. what do you think is driving this? >> well, i think it is that incredible year of reckoning that we experienced in 2020. post the murder of george floyd. when you think about the eulogy that you gave for george floyd in minneapolis, where you talked about george floyds story of bla...

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That its ever been. he and almost the entire democrat party radicalized by the fringes rail against the old pernicious practice of red lining while they essentially hope to red line their political opponent. and instead of trying to win over america first populous or independents like sullivan or someone lets say like a glen greenwall, they try to destroy them or make them so toxic that they cant even make a living in any mainstream setting. again, these people see no logical inconsistency in th...

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They launched an initiative in 2019 to understand the legacy of slavery in our institution and community. >> is the institution doing enough to remedy any of the past? >> simply, the answer is no. custom is admitting and seeking out and recruiting generationally african american students specifically ones directly implemented by the impacts of slavery, red lining, public schools, overfunded police communities, all of those are directly impacted by the slavery. >> in the meantime, the sigh sponso...

Their troops near the border area, and they say they want no more nato expansion but specifically, they have said that they dont ever want ukraine to become a member of nato. that is certainly something that they call a red line, too. the biden administration has said all of this talk of red lining is something they dont think is helpful. the nato secretary general has come out and said that the russians will not dictate the terms as to who becomes a nato member, and who doesnt, this is up the a...

Live its ideals from ending state sponsored segregation in our famous case brown vs. board of education to ending red lining and so many other practices that have forced discrimination to divide our country. well continue to litigate, use research. >> that is what you do. you litigate, organize, do policy and naacp legal defense fund is separate from the naacp. but i wanted to ask you -- >> thats right. >> -- your brief thoughts about the verdict reached last week in the civil trial against the ...

Of red lining which is something a lot of people dont learn about in schools. that emerged from our past. it emerged from these un -- this unresolved inequity, this lack of a real reunion that would create real equality for all american citizens. real union t create real equality. we never achieved that, we never had a real racial reckoning in this country. >> its a reckoning youll present tonight. i cant wait to watch it, if you cant watch it, dvr it, you have to watch. "civil war" airs 10:00 e...

Oppressive to black people, to the afro-latinos and therein lies the problem, right? i mean, come to the united states and of course here we have a legacy of racism and theres slavery and red lining jim crow, and all of it together is just really a lot to unpack. >> yeah, and i think thats a good reminder for folks that, look, the diaspora is large. it really just depends on where the slave ship dropped you off, you know, dropped the deslaved off to be dehumanized really. laz, im curious for you...

This is a war on teaching and a war on truth ultimately. its very dangerous to the health of our democracy. look, im talking to you from silver spring maryland 25 miles from where my great grand father was enslaved in gathers burg maryland. that happened. thats the truth. so many of our challenges are tied to that history around slavery and segregation and red lining. we cant wish it away. we cant bury it. if we do, we risk undermining our ability to improve our society. and that sadly, i think ...