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Announce my candidacy for president of the United States of america. Early in the campaign, black people were feeling somewhat neglected. Is he going to represent us . Is he going to take our issues seriously . People felt he wasnt black enough. Mccains crowds turned uglier. The discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn. This is not a man who sees america the way that you and i see america. Okay, youre rolling. You obviously put a lot of thought into the decision...

announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> early in the campaign, black people were feeling somewhat neglected. >> is he going to represent us? is he going to take our issues seriously? >> people felt he wasnt black enough. >> mccains crowds turned uglier. >> the discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn. >> this is not a man who sees america the way that you and i see america. okay, youre rolling. >> you obviously put a l...

I said, how do you do that? that was my reply, but it stunned me. it was unnecessary, but its necessary, i guess, for a lot of people. >> barack obama has said that the big city cab drivers who once refused to pick him up had no doubt about his blackness back then, nor should anyone else now. but recent polls show hillary clinton is the choice of more black democrats, and its clear that obamas racial identity gives pause to some. >> he was loudly condemned by some, and in private, even more loud...

The course of that time to find different sort of points of his restrain on his physicality. he was a real battle for his mind. >> theres a tremendous amount of restraint that he has to constantly show that you do an amazing job of portraying the film, of hiding his true nature so that he is not found out so that he doesnt further endanger himself. >> yeah. you know, its one of the most extraordinary things about the story is that because its kind of this first person narrative, you are able to ...

Extraordinary story, an amazing story, that ive never seen before or watched before. a story that was about an experience this man had and story that was from so deep within the slave experience. ive never seen that in a film. i felt the kind of sort of amazing quality of it, i think. >> talk to me about the acting challenge of inhabiting a slave and that pain that you had to go through with that. but then at the same time, endo youing dignity into this character. >> i actually -- when i was -- ...

You put her through an experience emotionally, a new action, not just throwing out a press release. a new action she has to go through within herself to understand how bad this is. thats one of the things i would do is walk her through, quite frankly, the slave experience, a ska scared straight experience, with an african-american professor from a historical black college, which says were going to take you to a plantation and show you a whipping tree and show you some pictures that are going to ...

Do you think she has done irreparable harm? is >> i think she can come back. one of the things she needs to do is get to the emotional side of this issue, meaning as a white person, to try and think as closely as you can from the african-american experience in dealing with the "n" word, but even further than that, the slave experience, the racism weve had in this country for hundreds of years. >> mike made a very interesting point. there are two different things going on. one is the "n" word. yo...

Way that the notion of acting white seem to be deployed more frequently against black americans than other minority groups who have their own struggles. is that because of the particular history of the slave experience and the way that america has always been on the one has not, fascinated by the contributions of black americans but also, fearful of the notion of black americans? specifically black power in our history? >> i think thats absolutely fair. i think it is fair to say theres an expect...

Necessarily, in herman cain staying in the race. the whole point was for him to establish better credentials. when you start reassessing these things and when more and more people come forward, yeah, i think you dont say youre reassessing unless youre considering leaving. >> he fooled a lot of people. hes not out of the race yet. maybe a political miracle can take place, i doubt it. even the guy who put together his 9-9-9 plan said it wasnt that good. how did he manage to trick so many people? >...

Terribly awry and now that personal questions have been raised, theres really no point, necessarily, in herman cain staying in the race. the whole point was for him to establish better credentials. when you start reassessing these things and when more and more people come forward, yeah, i think you dont say youre reassessing unless youre considering leaving. >> he fooled a lot of people. hes not out of the race yet. maybe a political miracle can take place, i doubt it. even the guy who put toget...