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>> laura: let him speak please come up malcolm. malcolm. malcolm, my friend. you must let the other guest speaker. it is rude. please let thomas speak. thank you. >> okay, so malcolm said that these statues represent white supremacy. im not in a position to tell malcolm what he should think about these statues. these are pieces of art. folks are free to make their own interpretation of what they mean or dont mean. there are a variety of different ways of looking at these pieces. for him to say t...

White supremacy. in fact, mitch landrieu wrote himself said, when he was challenged to take down the statues, mitch said, what are you talking about? i dont know what you mean. statues mean white supremacy? the reason that mitch did not understand that, a lot of folks in this city do not see the statues that way. >> laura: lets go back to malcolm. malcolm, malcolm, hold on. malcolm -- >> when these statues -- >> laura: malcolm, until the last, i dont know, two, three years -- ive come to new orl...

Someones lawn. they were erected purposely to send a strong message to all who walked in the shadows about who was still in charge in this city. >> laura: new orleans took down four confederate statues last may after the city council declared them in a public nuisance. there was no vote of the people. landrieu called the effort a move toward healing. lets discuss statues, the mayors priorities, and what is next with the coordinator with the group called "take em down nola" and the leader of the ...

Down nola, and we want to take them all down. there are 20 more statues that are dedicated to white supremacy in the city of new orleans. we have hundreds of streets named and parks named for confederate and white supremacists, and we want to wipe the slate clean, and we have challenged the mayor, from the very beginning, dont do a half job, lets do the whole job. >> laura: malcolm, i want to jump in here, because jackson square, that is new orleans, jackson square, do you say that jackson squar...

Antonio from guatemala. and he has beautiful tanned skin, beautiful brown eyes and the rest. and this was such a proud day for me, because when my grandson blew out the candles on his cake, i said, did you make a wish? he said, yes, i made english speeds he said, i wish i had brown hair and brown eyes like antonio. it was so beautiful. so beautiful. >> laura: she is not even making sense. i i wonder who he is listening o around the house. i wonder why nancy pelosi is focusing on the skin color. ...

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