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Self worth. >> yes, and judgment. >> i call at least 30 to 40 overweight and obese people a day. many have been sexually abused and cant get a job because of their weight. they see gray clouds and i have to teach them to see rainbows. with all the -- we are in a really bad place. a really bad place. i do things like my workouts and i have a new into mercial project and a new hairdo, but all of that, my work is serious. i call people who die on the phone with me in a you nursing home and im the l...

Determined face. >> someone who is strong and confident. maybe like a fist up. >> i rock because im creative. >> im an "a" student. >> i love to help people in my community. >> the people that came way before me rocked. >> im a black girl. >> im a black girl. >> im a black girl who rocks. >> those young ladies, at least one of whom i hope you recognize from the nerdland table, they get it. but all too often, young african-american women find themselves underrepresented, if theyre represented at ...

28% for the rest of the population. >> the focus is just get an a. >> even among other minorities with college degrees, asians still have the lowest unemployment rate. lee says that might be because of how asians are viewed in the workplace. >> there is a stereotype of asian-americans just being like the worker bees. they come in early, work late and they execute comparatively wel well. >> even if the job isnt particularly well paid. >> my mother was a surgeon in china. when she came here, her f...

Onto his self-dignity and self-worth after spending a lifetime feeling like he had to make white people comfortable, accommodate them, how they might respond to him because hes 62", 300 pound black man with a big afro. >> would you like to reflect on this experience? >> i feel like real friendships are about both people being on equal footing and really learning in a complicated way about who each other is. the only way you do that, you cant always have one person accommodating the other to make...

Wasnt the hardest part. >> i love you. >> getting my kids stable, finding my confidence. >> smaller circles. >> i work here now. i am so happy to be able to relay the things ive learned to moms. this program gave me the tools and i found my self-worth. >> we are investing in people. believe in yourself and just take one day at a time. their ability to change their lives. now, that is inspiring. just ahead here on cnn, could there be a helpful high? our dr. sanjay gupta tells us why he is now i...

To you that kicks you in the behind. you will find somebody that kicks you or push you in a hole, and thats going to happen to all of us, whether its with a divorce orchids or alcohol or finances, and so i have to identify with anybody, and not for what they did, but the fact that they went through all of this, and when you go through it you feel embarrassed and lack of self worth, and in terms of congressman weiner, i certainly understand not what a he did, but what happens to you after that, a...

Middle-class more towards the wealthy it doesnt happen by accident. it does not happen by handouts. it happens by hard work, sweat, toil, smarts and all the great qualities that made people successful. not the fact that you are rich you are bad and you make too much and you give it to somebody else. >> im sorry that im bothered by the skyrocketing number of people on welfare and disability in this country. you know what, when you are relying on the government to support yourself, there is no sen...

Its not just damaging to girls. its damaging to boys, too. >> and this is part of the overall cycle of violence. absolutely. it certainly is. and elizabeth seemed to be misconstruing abstinence with self worth and shame. abstinence is a personal choice. self worth and shame is related to rape its two different issues. we need to focus on teaching our young girls prevention and education and awareness and self worth not tied to their bodies. whether its wanted or unwanted sex. we are looking to c...

Salary isnt everything. in a down economy, it is often not possible to negotiate at this time salary because its a fixed cost. but they may be able to have more flexibility on the total compensation. they may consider a performance-based bonus structuror agreeing to an early performance review to get you the raise that you want, sooner. its important to think about the contract as a fluid document and putting more things on the table allows the employer to create a mutually beneficial agreement....

Self-worth. this is about human rights, civil rights. to bring the children back in is a good reminder at whats at stake here. its not just a legal breathe. this is about people. this is the brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, mothers and their sons and daughters. >> youve said it. you say it on that promo. i see it all the time on msnbc. the beautiful thing about this country, any time we talk about expanding rights and giving people rights, we do the right thing. >> eventually. >> eventually we ...