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I dont think john agrees with you. >> you quite agree. i do think when will is race u, you have got to call it out. you see what is going on in arizona. i dont think anybody has a problem saying there are elements of this law that are clearly racist. i think one of the big problems we are facing in the 21st censure trick is more socioeconomic. >> hang on. hang on. im going to let you finish your point but even the congressional black caucus and some very prominent leader, cornell west, tavis smi...

Issues? >> we focus on our core values and really havent focused only or solely on the president. the things happening, congress has to address the problems. congress hasnt been open and ethical and transparent. and we have to get through congress before it can ever hit the presidents desk. >> yeah, all right, jenny beth martin, thank you very much. john ridley and tim wise. all right. and "larry king live" starts in just a few moments, but right after break, the airlines are bleeding you dry wi...

Worst health outcome are two thing number one, the cumulative effect of racial bias over time and secondly, the actual dispensation of unequal care by doctors. >> tim, i was going to jump in quick, sometimes we segregate the issues and say they are merely blackish use or white issues, we lose fact they are our issues. again, for people of color not economically challenged, doing well, those issues are very different from anyone who is economically challenged and facing those same thing. i think ...

Race. its going to affect all of them and thats what we are concerned about. >> so you dont think that the racial makeup, you dont think that tims argument has any credence, you dont buy into it? >> i dont think some we dont have -- we dont tolerate racism within tea party patriots. we focus on those core values and when people arent listening, sometimes tough raise your voice. there is anger out there right now and anger is okay as long as it is channeled in the appropriate manner. >> you know ...

Of the -- but the reason was the fear that the federal government under lincoln was going to abolish slavery. thats when they believed. they were worried, for example, that they would not be able to have slaves in the newly acquired territories to the west that were taken in the war after mexico. that was the sticking point. in fact, the vice presidency of the confederacy, alexander stevens, stood up and said right after lincoln was elected that all the other issues had been resolved. the trade ...

Some old wounds by declaring april confederate history month and leaving slavery out of the occasion. we have been talking with a panel of three civil war enactors, tim and lisa knight, here in atlanta, and h.k. edgarton joins us by satellite. im sorry, i had to take a break there. you were saying? >> talking to me, sir? >> yes. >> heres another thing about it, having confederate history month and leaving out slavery. the thing about it when you have confederate history month and we start talkin...

Very passion not opinions there from people who still love the stars and bars. you wont see activists in actor tim wise putting on a uniform though his roots run deep. his new book, "color blind: the rise of post racial politics and the retreat from racial equality" is coming out in just a few weeks. he says confederate history month is a major step backwards. hes part of a conversation -- heres part of a conversation i had with him yesterday. there are people writing me now who are saying, you ...

Degradation, and absolute denial of opportunities for african-americans. were celebrating people, and had they won, don, you and i would not be sitting here right now. you and i would be in the fields right now, as property as opposed to being free individuals. and so thats like somebody saying, oh, were going to celebrate the nazi soldiers by saying, well, they were only doing their job. >> all right. that was cnns roland martin. so confederate history month is going on in a number of southern ...

That part is going to upset me when you talk about slavery. no one wants to be a slave. black, white, or whatever. >> i never said that. >> its an insult. to talk about the intelligence, thats besides the point, to have someone enslaved. to own someone and control someone, it doesnt matter how smart they are. you still own and control them. theyre not free. i dont get your point. i want to bring in these guys, lisa and tim again. the reason -- i dont think anyone is saying, even roland, anyone i...

Right now, as property as opposed to being free individuals. and so thats like somebody saying, oh, were going to celebrate the nazi soldiers by saying, well, they were only doing their job. >> all right. that was cnns roland martin. so confederate history month is going on in a number of southern states and it is primetime for re re-enactors who want to bring the battlefield back to life. and weve got a whole panel of johnny revs joining us right now. tim and lisa knight are here with me in atl...