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Were back and talking about the trayvon martin case. joining me are athena butler, jelani cobb, and back with us anti racist author, tim wise and richard cohen, president of southern poverty law center. i want to get into this so much to say relative to this case, and, tim, just before the break, you were making the point that there is -- the notion of anti black animus, or the sort of racialized feelings, they dont have to be associated with a decollartive statement, i dont like whatever. but a...

Heterosexu heterosexual, and a male. no sta nostalgia has a tendency to color everyone the same. thats the same about mad men. not everything quite as it seems. whiteness suddenly looks a lot more colorful. no with me, anthea butler, susan douglas, chair of the department of communications studies at the university of michigan and back with us is author and anti racist activist tim wise. hi, everybody. >> hi. >> we had a pretty tough morning. we wanted to talk about this cultural phenomenon, thi...

You here today, tim. white people have to fix this. you cant go on in this psychosis every time you see a person of color. >> thank you, all, for joining me. i wanted to take back some words. ive been saying that i -- i was critical of those of us focused on the notions of racial anxiety primarily being about the mean things we say about president obama. and we have to focus on structure. but the trayvon martin feels like the notion that president was african-american that had to show his birth ...

This line between the nostalgia, the clothes, cars, and an incredible relief that thank god were not back there anymore and particularly a nostalgia for the privilege of white men and a disgust with those privileges. >> i love the way that white science managed. tim, this is why i wanted you at the table. in addition to encouraging you to be part of the three-martini lunch. the lead character is not quite what he seems. he appears to be sort of the very imposedment menmen menmem white male privi...

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This law is not simply an affirmative defense. thats -- and i know you didnt mean it quite that way. it creates an immunitimmunity. an immunity that follows you at every stage of the prosecution, with the police, with the prosecutor, with the judge, pretrial, with the jury, its really quite an ordinary thing and so i think youre right, the people who wrote the law, they are letting themselves off too easy, oh, my heavens, i didnt expect this to happen. they are reaping what they s sowed, and the...

suspicious. it turns out that martin was every armed. >> there is a lot of talk about floridas stand your ground law. it allows someone to use deadly force any time they have a reasonable fear that an ass assailant could harm them or use reasonable force. what is the lawyer saying now about the stand your ground law. >> we know now that zimmermans attorney reviewed that wall and decided that would be the best way to protect his client. and zben, we actually heard from the governor here...

shooting martin. george howl ell is covering the latest on the investigation in florida. thank you for joining us. so many across the country over trayvon martins death, but at what point does the outrage tip over into vigilante justice? >> we want justice! we want justice! >> in a new twist, members of the new black panther party are offering a $10,000 bounty for the capture of martins shooter, george zimmerman. but zimmerman is not evading police. so far they havent charged him. a na...

plays the violin and didnt get into college because of your race? the supreme court is, again, looking at affirmative action and whether it belongs in the college admin process. love y welcome, everyone. lets start with this occasion. in 2003 in a case involving the university of michigan law school, the court upheld a prior ruling saying admissions officers can indeed consider race as part of a wholistic recrew of an applicants file. a student says she was not accepted because she is ...

White as opposed to when you are black and brown in this country. >> tim, it is always a pleasure to talk to you. i so appreciate your work as an anti-racist advocator and educator, and appreciate you being here tonight. the next new thing is tonight. i dont want to use words like armageddon or apocalypse, but weve still got a couple of hours to go, so dont get cocky. thats next. i needed more customers,