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All cities have their share of problems, but what happens when the city itself is seen as the problem? at the start of his 1903 text, "the souls of black folk," between me and the other world, there is ever an unasked question, how does it feel to be a problem? see the difference? not how does it feel to have problems, but to be a problem? i was reminded of the question as i followed the news out of detroit. the city does not just have problems, it's treated as though it is a problem. earlier, the governor announced the city will be led by an emergency manager. that person will not be elected....

Experience of african-americans which include lived experiences of heart disease. >> i can imagine there are people watching right now who think wait a minute, didn't she ask a question about heart disease and social movement and race and identity? you know start emerging. why are we talking about that when we are talking something biological and medical? >> because health is politics by other means. health is a terrain, a space in which we struggle with access to resources. whether or not one is healthy has to do with access to resources. itis not what ann's book shows so well is it is about ...

>> as i was listening, they are trying to decide whether or not to have the homecoming game and dance because of violence beginning to erupt. within five minutes of making this decision, i'm on edge. my stomach is sick. i'm weeping with the counselor because a child may die. it's so hard for me to listen to my public radio station. these are the realities of these kids in these communities. do we care? nationally, do we fundamentally care? do we get it? >> they are two questions. we care. i don't know how you can listen and not be effected. do we get it is another question. picking up on a poi...

Initially had. here i have been trained as a doctor to treat bodies. you came to harlem and found that is insufficient. >> absolutely. it comes to the fundmental question, what is race. we have to make a distinction between what we call race and what racism is. so, how do we get to be black in america, for example? through the one drop rule. what is that? it came out of slavery. so, when a person owned another person who was a black slave, they didn't want to lose that person to mixing up races. by the time of the revolutionary war, for example, there were slaves on plantations who appeared to...

Very, very careful of. this is an interesting market, get help. >> buy a bag and upgrade your car. we have had our cars for longer than we have ever kept our cars. >> jane, did you hear that? my guest just said we should upgrade our car, dear. >> 2.9% interest, that's great. 1% of jobs in america is created to the car industry. you are creating a job. >> i should buy a ford or a chevy. >> i want to throw out something that may fit into this. there's two pieces that connection. the other is the question of student debt. >> oh, no. >> i just want to connect it to something that is so insane that...