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Ignorance. the myth of the heroic general lee is a fiction of a person who never existed. he was a slave holder who led a war in defense of human bondage. he wasnt even an american general. he resigned from the u.s. army as a colonel and only got his elevated rank from the traitors who seceded and invaded the united states. its no wonder the president having digs him having been a fraud himself with that whole successful businessman schtick. he called lee the greatest strategist of them all sayi...

>> well, the unfortunately thing, rev, is that some of them get easily intimidated. i think when the senate made the move on juneteenth, it kind of locked the house in place to do the same thing. but when the house had the opportunity to provide the leadership necessary and the independence, they failed. im glad that we approved it. for my home state, the two people that rent represent my state, one was president of the confederacy. jefferson davis. the other one was a general who was a slave ho...

People that represent my state, one was president of the confederacy. jefferson davis. the other one was a general who was a slave holder who was terrible. we are a better country than that. those individuals should not be placed in the united states capitol where they are in prominent positions where everyone can see them because these were people who tried to divide the nation. so i am excited that the house democratic leadership moved forward to get this done with a few republicans, not many....

Not served by the recent reckoning. it isnt served by remembering thomas jefferson for instance as a man who ran up so much debt in his lifetime that those he enslaved had to be sold off at his death in order to settle his accounts, and yet, understanding that jeffersons career as a slave holder, at the bequest of a founding father does much to explain the actions of his project, this understanding cant be allowed to prosper, however, for white power can only retain its privilege in our politica...

Themselves or earn their freedom. and quite differently than any other place that practiced slavery, you were born into it. you think about this, think about a slave holder who rapes a person, that person has a child, that child is not given the rights and responsibilities of the slave holding man, hes put into the condition of bondage from birth with no chance for escape. >> what about so many people who will say okay, yes, we acknowledge the history, my bad, some of the white folks, why cant w...

American character. at best, the american ideal wins out but its not a route. its always a fight. and its a battle that is never fully finished. go back to the beginning. thomas jefferson wrote, what many believed to be the most important document, civil document in human history. he was a slave holder. weve never lived up to our american ideals. jefferson himself didnt. but what he wrote has pulled us towards justice for more than two centuries and it still does. it remains, this nations north ...

Route. its always a fight, and its a battle that is never fully finished. go back to the beginning. thomas jefferson wrote what many believed to be the most important document, civil document in human history. he was a slave holder. we have never lived up to our american ideals. jefferson himself didnt. but what he wrote has pulled us towards justice for more than two centuries, and it still does. it remains this nations north star. take a look at the klan. klu klux klan. after the civil war, we...

Ideology and that is white supremacy which we live with today. the other reason he is wrong is did you know that for example, in 1862 the u.s. actually pass add bill that paid slave holders in washington, d.c. repairations for having freed slaves. and each person was given -- worth the value of $300 which today when i looked it up is about $7,000 per person. that money came from the federal government and paid out to each slave holder. so we have seen moments where repairations were given except...

Theres a lot more to it. we must have a discussion about race and what better time to have it than during black history month. john said also this being the 400th year since our first ancestors arrived on these stores. if anytime for a conversation, its now. >> a full conversation. >> absolutely. so as a pastor, as a pastor, how do you deal with something like this photo controversy in your sermon? how do you talk about it? >> john? >> oh, well, i would say i would say we need to preach the trut...

If we want the protesters to stop we need to have congressional leadership. >> tammy: the white house, ivanka trump and thewa president have bothed talked about the ned for prison reform or justice reform. thats a discussion. many black leaders and pastors have visited the president in the white house and they get attacked for talking with the president about policy and about moving forward with the issues. if we do have a problem, would you go and meet with the president? to have a problem with...