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Then, if you're rich, it's even worse, right? if you are of the richest person, those students are five times more likely to be admitted to these institutions. and think about. it women, they didn't really enter into places like harvard and yale and amherst and for instance. black folks didn't really come in massive numbers in some why. so, what are these legacy admissions benefiting? they are typically benefiting white students, who have privilege, who have access to private schools, and all sorts of other resources. and so it has adarius effect on how you can build a class. so, it has some f...

Had he not been assassinated, he would have led a protest at the national mall, the poor people's march. the idea was for poor people to set up an encampment on the mall, resurrection city. they would camp there, lobby members of congress, and advocate for better policy to address class inequality. unfortunately, it did not go well and organizers had to cut it short in june, but they went ahead with a closing celebration, solidarity day. and what date did they pick? june 19th. and according to black cultural scholar william wiggins jr., the crowd rekindled interest in the holiday. think about ...

Very specific ways every day who are marching, and so i think that sense is all around this march and tremendous progress has been made. you can't politicize it and say well, we need to remember what we haven't done. everybody acknowledges that the president, especially in terms of class inequality, income inequality, said we have a ways to go. there's an overwhelming sense from the president, a celebration of what we've done as americans. >> juan williams, well said. thank you, sir. >> you're welcome, trace. thank you. well, minutes ago we told you about the verdict in the case of the fort ...

>> i don't know, i don't know. i don't agree that obama is creating class warfare here, i think he is talking about income equality. i think it's difficult to get a message about class inequality from mitt romney. we saw how uncomfortable he was over the bain stuff and this seems like, not quick sand, but dangerous territory. >> i disagree with your first assertion, when this president and people that work for him come out with their ways to balance the budget they go straight to economic policies and tax policies and use the language of class warfare to get it done. >> what is it? >> i'll nev...

So many problems with the death penalty as it functions today. it's carried out or it's supplied in a clearly racist manner. it punishes the poor. it's poor people who are on death row, not rich people. and, of course, it condemns innocent people to die. we've seen that demonstrated again and again. so, i think that, you know, troy davis put a human face on all of those things. you could wallpaper the supreme court with the studies that have been done about racial inequality, class inequality, all of these things. when you have a human face, a name and a case that people start to recognize, i ...