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Getting the same treatment by all of these different people in our community. and no one has actually believed them. >> so we know from the literature that people have unconscious bias. people black and white, actually have anti black racial bias. white people much more than black people but black people too in laboratory experiments. is there a solution thats you know broader than the fate of this principal? >> well i think we know from the research on subconscious bias one of the best ways to ...

People, black and white, actually have anti black racial bias. white people much more than black people, but black people too in laboratory experiments. is there a solution thats, you know, broader than the fate of this principal? >> well, i think we know from the research on subconscious bias one of the best ways to get at it is first of all to acknowledge it openly and then to build in processes and procedures within our hiring, within our admissions to colleges, within our search committees f...

Im not a racist. i didnt know black people was a racist term. i didnt say the "n" word or anything like that because thats not in my vocabulary. >> principal and founder of tnt academy, nancy gordeuk, defending remarks she made at a graduation ceremony friday. joining me now to discuss those remarks and what it means to say "im not a racist," tim wise and cristina greer, professor of political science at fordham university. im going to play devils advocate for a second. >> sure. >> so we live in...

I didnt say the "n" word or anything like that, because thats not in my vocabulary. >> principal and founder of tnt academy, nancy gordeuk, defending remarks she made at a graduation ceremony friday. joining me now to discuss those remarks and what it means to say "im not a racist," tim wise, and cristina greer, professor of political science at fordham university. im going to play devils advocate for a second. >> sure. >> so, we live in the era of the omni present cell phone video. and everyone...

They have come back from some kind of precipice of being marginal or lost. and so its a big deal. >> its always a big deal. and for this particular population. so when she says, now, look who is leaving, its all the black people. right? so this is when -- grandparents and parents and siblings are turning around. and it turns into pandemonium. the thing is also, dont double down on your racism. right? if you say something inappropriate, apologize, move on. and try -- and try and actually think ab...

The wrong discussionp whether or not they are at their core racist people isnt the issue. they were willing to participate in the performance of racism and thats been the bigger issue. there were plenty of white folks that didnt own other human beings. there were plenty of white folks who did not actively discriminate in their businesses during segregation but they sat back and collaborated with it they participated in it and weve got to remember racism is not just about individual bad acts its ...

People do act from a multiplicity of impulses some of them are racist as tim said in a society like this lets have a honest conversation about the fact that none of us are perfect but when these moments come up the prefabricated phony sounded apologies make it worse not better and so the people apologizing need to come from a different place but those of us who hear the apology need to think there but for the grace of god, let me show grace, hope nobody is recording me tomorrow. >> all right. va...

Were back. joining me now, my msnbc colleague and dear friend melissa harris-perry. also a professor in lake forest in north carolina. and author of "dear white america," tim wise. what is the history of this kind of cross-racial organizing were seeing now in moral mondays movements? it does go back. were looking at mississippi summer, freedom summer in mississippi. we know that iconic photo of the three folks, two of whom are white, one of whom is black. there have been moments before when its ...

...all day relief. hmm. [bell ring] "roll sound!" "action!" were back. joining me now, my msnbc colleague and dear friend melissa harris-perry. also a professor in lake forest in north carolina. and author of "dear white america," tim wise. what is the history of this kind of cross-racial organizing were seeing now in moral mondays movements? it does go back. were looking at mississippi summer, freedom summer in mississippi. we know that iconic photo of the three folks, two of whom are white, ...