To discuss race in america, we have a special number for you to dial. Host finally, our fourth line this morning has been set aside for st. Louis area residents. 2025853883. Host we are going to begin this morning with the editorial from the st. Louis post dispatch this morning. Ferguson we earned this. St. Louis earned this moment by not paying attention to immunities dominated by s, becoming then oxygen that fed the flame of protests and concentrated poverty. In the first editorial that this page wrote on the Michael Brown case, we noted that the likelihood of conviction in the low. Is extremely that remains true. It is the simple reality of most police shootings. But there can be an important conviction, the conviction of. E city to change here is the Huffington Post se vote this morning, Huffington Post cut Huffington Post this morning. Showing support for Darren Wilson and other Police Officers. , according to him, got exactly what he deserved. Arnold traveled to the event in. T. Louis on saturday a public unveiling of sorts for pageerek williams support Darren Wilson support page. Not all of the dozens gathered at the pub shared sentiments as blunt as arnolds, but they seemed united in the sense that wilson, not brown, is the real victim. Real the grand jurys considering whether to indict him in his role for the death. Supporters expressed sympathy for browns family but few seemed to think that the dead 18yearold should the spared the rush to judgment they insist. Happening to officer wilson we begin with a call from dan in massachusetts. Dan, first of all, tell us a little bit about yourself. I am 39, acaller construction supervisor with a pretty good job. Probably not the most racially diverse area. What i see happening is certainly there is a race issue in this country. Affluent whites dont want to admit it and blacks are still striving for justice. That report about Darren Wilson getting all the support is pretty alarming. An 18yearold unarmed kid was murdered by a Police Officer who was supposed to be held to a justr standard and it seems really, really out of sorts, out of whack. Im curious what we do about it and where we go from here. Thank you. Jack, from providence, rhode island. Quickly a bit about yourself, then go ahead and make your comment. Caller i am over 60 years old and am a retired mathematics teacher. My wife, who happens to be chinese, she made a pretty valid point. Her in taiwan. When she came to the United States with me we had to go through a legal process. She has a masters degree in economic. Thestarted out with one of major banks as a bank teller. I said to her why would you take that job . With your background ash and mark she said that she wanted to show them her value. This was like 15 years ago. Right now she is the district manager in the new england region of the United States. She made this point to me. She said to me as far as africanamericans are concerned, 100 years from now they are still going to be complaining about race problems instead of, you know, taking care of themselves and showing a value. She basically said that we dont want to study and work overall. There are always exceptions, however, you take a look at the situation in the United States. Ask yourself why. Rate inst unemployment the United States is not whites, its asians. Have a good day, sir. That was jack. Christian is calling in on the 30 and underline. He have divided the calling by age on this washington journal. 49, over 50, 30 to and st. Louis area. Christian, how old are you . Caller im not 30. I dont know where that came from. I am 44. I dont want to give you too much the way that this would get to me, you had all of these caucasians rallying around bundy, a thief who stole millions of dollars from the u. S. Government. They had caucasians, sidearms, automatic weapons, they were pointing them at Police Officers and atf. What happened . You have an 18yearold young black man who gets shot down ash and mark when you have protesters, black road testers, they werent carrying sidearms. Imagine if we were protesting in ferguson and we had sidearms and automatic weapons on us. Do you know what these caucasian cops would do to us . You have these caucasians where it is ok for them to point guns at the atf, at law officials. Nothing happens, nothing happens. But now like i said, if you had black people walking down and protesting with sidearms . Are you africanamerican . What does that have to do with it . Why would you ask that question . What is wrong with america . Why cant i just voice my opinion . What does that matter . Njustice is injustice this is deplorable. Ridiculous. You have caucasians Walking Around with flags that say dont tread on me. You have black people protesting with nothing, no sidearms, no guns, and you guys beat the shit out of us. Host that was christian, oklahoma city. This is joe, las vegas, 19 years old. The biggest change i have noticed is that my wife lets me do anal. D is calling from huntsville, texas. That if you dove a crime, you do the time. If fact guy hadnt robbed a liquor store, beat up the owner, and him and his buddy run out with booze and cigars and shoving people around and then trying to get the policemans gun and the policeman chasing him he could have gotten him with a taser, sure, but how much do police have to take it for they can shoot . They are afraid to work now. The government did not protect them, just like on the border. Host did you grow up in texas . And are you white . Caller yes. Host how integrated is your life . Caller i have worked with many colored people and been real good friends with them. But i dont think that is the issue. He was robbing and stealing and trying to grab the policemans gun. He shouldnt have done that. Bring it back, the topic this morning is not necessarily about the specifics specifics of the Michael Brown case, but about what you think about Race Relations in america today. What do i think about it . I think that when things happen to whites like this, nobody makes a big issue of it. When something happens the blacks, our luther king, everybody comes out and makes a big noise. I think that well, thats what i think. Host thank you for calling in this morning. The lead story in the new york story the lead host kenneth, biloxi, mississippi, 51 years old. Good morning to you. Caller good morning. Yes, i believe that relations have been set act now to appoint i dont think they are ever going to recover. A large part of it is the black population doing it to itself. They cry and complain over everything that happens to them. They have nothing else to do. They begged, they talk, they dont try to do something. Just the same old story. My great great grandfather, great greatgrandmother, they would get up and do something. Dont make yourself look bad. The boy would still be living if you did not go out there to rob a store owner for these cigars that he was going to roll his marijuana in. That is why he is dead today. Copommitted a crime, the came up on him, he took it upon himself to disarm the cop, he got shot, and now Race Relations are set back. I dont think itll ever recover. How would you describe Race Relations in block c, mississippi . Caller its pretty rough around here, man. You get the cold shoulder. You can feel it. Its terrible and i dont think it will ever recover. Host are you from mississippi . Caller originally louisiana. Host so, you grew up in the south. Caller yes. Host is it different in the south than other places in the country, do you think . Caller i think it is the same across the board. Host have you ever have you ever had black friends, black neighbors . Caller plenty. Plenty. The older people, we used to get along with the older folks, you know . But now that the younger crowd is coming along, the past couple and theseions socalled leaders that they have it,ey keep fueling instigating it, making a dollar off the black man because they keep antagonizing and i and antagonizing. Leaders. Not really they are detrimental to their own race with what they are doing. Mainnk that one of the conspirators of it now is our socalled president obama. He is fueling it himself. That is kenneth, from biloxi, mississippi. Jones, charlotte whois toshara jones, writes in the st. Louis postdispatch this morning. In the have spoken out past about similar issues, i have been met with the response that you are racist comments that of opening a dialogue to understand my point of view. Host at the end of her oped, she talks about the young Citizens Council and promotes this website, in case youre tshootmo, as in missouri,. Com. Charlie, give us your perspective. Caller i am a trade school teacher. I am looking around the world right now. The world is a sick man fire. Going these atrocities on, this is a diversion for our attentions. We have bigger fish to fry if we look at the forest and not the tree. Racism is here. We have a history of having slaves in the United States and usually dont have to deal with racism, but the world is on fire and we have a great things to worry about an hour internal problems. We are being attacked every which way. You know, ukraine and russia could turn into a world war. Nuclear bombs could be going off and we are worried about this little stuff going on in the United States. Thats my opinion. Earl, you are on washington journal this morning. Caller Race Relations are horrible. Theyve never changed. Black people in this country will never achieve true independence until we seek our own nation. Take two examples, for instance. The clive and monday incident. The right was screaming mad because of the small Police Presence at his ranch after he lost several court cases and oh the federal government upwards of 1 million. You look at the incident where theater was shot up, a young man killed several people, he was arrested without any incident. When you talk about racial issues, we are talking about the true double standards in this country. White america seems to think that slavery was some sort of favor to black folks. These people dont even work in the farming industry now, forrmind the jobs of slaves 200 years, perpetuating the lie around the world that Christopher Columbus discovered america and that they were the hardest working people on the planet. That is untrue. Black people worked in this nation and were given nothing. We support israel, billions of dollars per year, yet the black evil in this country cannot even achieve our own nation independently because we dont get the funding. We did not get what we were owed. Host tell us about yourself a little bit. What do you do and when you say a separate nation, what are you talking about . Caller a sovereign nation the same way that israel was created in 1978. Im talking about true independence. We will never see never receive justice in the United States. These people have no conscience. Host who are these people . Caller the white power inches infrastructure. Host how integrated is your life . Caller very integrated. Boston,p in massachusetts, lot of white friends, a lot of catholic friends, but they are still part of a culture that has been oppressing lack close doc folks for hundreds of years. Im saying that we can never achieve justice in a nation that has a history of oppression. We have basically been living under apartheid for 400 years. They put a bandaid on it he says they tried to give moral authority around the world. Andr nations have chimed in said look at the way that they treat their own people, how can they tell other nations how to interact with democracy and human relations when they treat their own citizens like garbage . Host this is the front page of the Washington Post close up Washington Post this morning. Host if you want to read the rest of the story, washingtonpost. Com. Indiana, daniel, 27 years old. Go ahead. Hello. I agree that the situation is not looking very well, but i believe it is a symptom of the bigger problem, which is a misinformed opinion. We certainly dont have enough information on the case from ferguson to come to the conclusion that everyone jumps to. I suspect that thats a problem with the whole world. Just the genetics of the human being. People jumping to conclusions very quickly. I believe thats the primary concern here. Host where is memphis, indiana . Caller close to cincinnati. Host how integrated is the town . Caller this particular town, not well at all. But i have been working at a very integrated business, about 10 African American. All right, thank you. Lou, grand rapids, michigan. Also 27. You are on washington journal. What do you think . Racism will always exist and continue to be a problem. People just have too many biases. It is all really about upbringing. I am multiracial. I am three races, mexican, indian, and black. I have dealt with racism and it is all about how you are wrought up. If you are openminded and always thinking like your grandmother told you life is not fair, it is what you make it. If you try and work hard you will get what you want in life, but if you sit there and want something to be given to you or not look at the whole picture in general, then you will have a problem with race. People nowadays never just look at the Bigger Picture and are ugliness,sgusted with ultimately it will be the problem of a lot of people. Dont look at the color of the skin. Look at what the person is saying to you. Host what do you do in grand rapids . Caller i used to be a Guest Services manager for a big company and i recently just started truck driving. Host really . I just have to ask you, is that uncommon, for women to drive semi trucks . Is very uncommon. Especially for a mother to drive. I basically have a sevenyearold who is with his father while i am on the road. I get a lot of people time to im scared. If i actually love my job. Im an owner operator. We own three trucks, my fiancee and i. The payfits are great, is great, we get to see and travel the world. From what you have experienced around the country, our Race Relations different in different parts of the country . Caller safe to say its very different. I always thought in the south there would be more southern hospitality, but it seems like in the south you deal with more racism. People a really rude to you if they dont necessarily know you. They treat you really differently. Treated really different. I would say that in mississippi and the wheezy and i have come across a lot of rude people. Throughout michigan, indiana, texas, they had good southern hospitality, but by looking at me i look lack. But the way that i talk or present myself people are always like we know shes not quite hair isecause my different. English is my second language, spanish is my first. People always ask me what are you. I was asked them why would you ask me what i am . Im having a general conversation with you. Host what do you think about the president s response to what happened in ferguson . I dont really have an opinion. It is a media reaction. If there was not that much press, would he have really sent anyone to the funeral . I dont have an opinion on the st. Louis thing because there are things happening every day, everywhere. Been blown out of proportion with them retaliating the way they do. If people would just mind their business, it probably would have been taken care of a lot easier and faster with everyone else involved into it. Just because everyone else is involved does not mean you will have a better outcome in the situation. In grandt is lou rapids. Owner operator of three semi trucks. Acai become a good morning. Good morning. Caller i want to say to a lot white collars, you have a lot of black on black crime and people fighting against what happened to young Michael Brown. It is unfortunate that the but you havepened, a lot such as my wife is married to a close confidant to will smith. They do a lot of things in the Africanamerican Community that dont get publicized. We marched in 2006 against the violence in philadelphia. They off eric on. They got cnn. A lot of White Americans only see and hear what they want to see and hear. He has been doing that for like 25 years. Like the jim browns, they even have a gang program and los angeles for over 40 years. Mohamed ali, most death mos def, the actor, the actor ice cube, he does a lot. Of had a you have a lot black men doing things in the community. But a lot of whites only see and hear what they want to see and hear and the white media doesnt cover it because it is positive, they only focus on the negative. Thank you for calling in this morning. This is an oped by janine outreach director for Freedom Works and the author obama is driving americans to the government plantation. A collection of race hustlers, the event in ferguson is tragic. A Police Officers future hangs in the balance in the aftermath of the shooting and there are nightly protests and looting of property on display. Host little bit from that oped this morning in washington times. , georgia, 42 years old. Go ahead. Caller how are you this morning . Host good, how are you . Caller doing fine. Just listening to some of these colors it is really disturbing to me. None of us are foolish enough to believe that racism has ended in overca, that it is all just because a president is biracial or black. You know, but for this one kid you know, there are millions and millions of other black children who wake up everyday and go to school and do exactly what they are supposed to do. My children into the air force. One last year, another is leaving in a few. Kids every day doing exactly what they are supposed to do. What i am hearing from these people is that all that they are paying attention to is what happened in ferguson. That thats where their focus is. Thats where everyones anger is