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Russian collusion, not even the time he knew trump or about president trump. they are so angry. only 4 years. think of one day not having your freedom. take a look. >> underneath the sentencing gap, underneath the wealth gap is a value gap. thats the belief that white people matter more than others. particularly people with mony. >> we are astonished at the low sentence he received. >> the jury and for the judge to not take that into consideration was a failure. >> he was hostile to the case. he...

Kilpatrick came to mind. mayor of detroit who was convicted and sentenced for a lot of white collar stuff. almost 30 years. and manafort gets about four. were kilpatricks attorneys that much worse than paul manaforts? >> or even closer home. remember congressman jefferson. judge he will wlis gaellis gave the same judge. the sentencing gap reflects what i call the value gap. understand nooet the seundernea sentencing gap is the belief that white people matter more than others. and to the extent t...

Testimony and raged the way that he raged, she would be deemed unhinged. >> and hysterical. >> think about back to season ya sotomayor. were talking about her judicial temperament based on her time on the court. this is part of the cultural reckoning, right.? part of the cultural reckoning is about sexual assault and the way we treat survivors. part of this is about the subtle and overt sexism that women contend with every single day. >> what did we learn about that, how this body regards women?...

>> listen, racism is structural racism. theres a book called black democracy, it talks about the value gap in this country. that black lives as compared to white lives are not as valued. we see that play out generation after generation. this is not just about the nazis marching in the streets. thats one thing. when malcolm x said the difference between a south and north is the difference between the fox and the wolf. i understand the wolf because the wolf is out there in open. what i dont unders...

Incarceration of black folk. he would have to address the fact that the projected number that by 2053 the median income of black households will be zero, zero. in 1968 the median income for black households was zero. right? he would have to address the fact that our schools are as segregated today as they were in the 1960s. right? we can go on and on. theres a speech he gave in stanford in 1967 where he makes the pivot to genuine inequality and he talks about this is what were facing now and tal...

Decree. one of the things that has haunted this nation since its beginnings, is what i call the value gap. we live in a country where white people gather more than others to echo here. to the extent to which that value gap attains, no matter what the inputs are, youre going to have the same. the police were called for vandalism in cars and the guy has eight bullets put him in. >> in his back. >> and dylan roof was taken to burger king. to bunger king. nikolas cruz is still alive. so the assumpti...

Equality as a filphilanthropic enterprise, as a charitable enterprise, something to be given to someone, and as long as we understand -- >> and why do they see it that way? >> because there is a presumption that by virtue of the fact that theyre white, that it presumes that they should be given privilege, that they should be treated differently. the country has been organized, as ive written in my other work, has been organized on the presumption of a value gap that white people matter more than...