really has something that i can learn from. for white students, it's also extremely important for them to have leaders in front of them -- people that they can look up to and feel like, i respect this person, i learned something from this person and i'll never forget that. it's important for everyone to see everybody. >> so generally in an economy, we should have representation that reflects what the population is out there. why is there such an underrepresentation of black male teachers? >> well, we should give it a historical context first. i'm not sure if everyone is aware. but teaching as well as becoming a doctor, teaching was the number one occupation for african-americans before brown versus board of education. now we have a shortage of teachers globally that's coming