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He had sat through the trial, he was very familiar with the evidence. he knew that not only was she probably guilty of everything that we were found guilty of but that she would probably eat all the awdws, the assaults with a deadly weapon, because she was the only one that fired a weapon the whole time. she got a five-year probation out of that, when we were doing six years in the pen. >> protected by guards hired by her family and entering a limousine, mrs. hrs must be aware should would charge she received a special brand of justice for the rich. >> privilege began to come through. the clas...

The awdws, the assaults with a deadly weapons. >> ms. hearst must have been aware that she received a special brand of justice for the rich. >> privilege began to come through. the class privilege she was rejecting when she was with us. but all of a sudden, her class privilege was what was going do protect her. as soon as we were convicted in los angeles, they needed somebody to claim responsibility for her kidnapping. well, six of the people who kidnapped her were dead. there were only two people left alive, and that was emily and myself. they offered us an opportunity to plea to a life witho...

Suggesting that all white people are wealthy or powerful or rich or have material success. when i talk about white privilege, i mean the general day-to-day advantages that generally come from being a member of the dominant group, just like able-bodied privilege or money privilege, class privilege. one of the biggest privileges, and what i was trying to speak to the other night on the special, is the privilege when you're white of not really having to think about your racial identity on a day-to-day basis the way that people of color do, particularly with regard to their interactions with polic...

Of its own, a theme that has dominated the race cycle for the questions it raises around race and corporate responsibility. joining me now is myra gaye, editorial board member and opinion writer for the "new york times," and kirsten john, and tim weiss, anti-racism activist and author of "white like me: reflexes r reflections on race from a privileged son." let me set it up this way. tim, you were part of a conversation we had on race tuesday night in philadelphia, and you talked about white privilege. as a white, i'm sure you get a lot of backlash on that. but we are still dealing in a nation...

He had sat through the whole trial. he was very familiar with the evidence. he knew that not only was she probably guilty of everything that we were found guilty of, but that she would probably eat all the adws, the assaults with a deadly weapon because she's the only one who fired a weapon the whole time. she got a five year probation out of that. when we were doing six years in the pen. >> protected by guards hired by her family, ms. hearst had been aware the charge she received a special brand of justice for the rich. >> privilege began to come through. her class privilege she was rejectin...