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Conclude that terrorism abroad will tend to have voters choose more experienced candidates -- we have cultural and social critic john mcwarder and beth philippe, senior editor at msnbc.com. is this the moment when donald trump is now done as a candidate and chris christie and other establishment candidates emerge because after all they can make a claim towards this experience. >> no. this is the moment where donald trump taps into these xenophobia racism and desire for a strong man that also comes out of these uncertain times. i think he's playing those cards

In history. why not? we wallow around in the beauty of the constitution and the declaration. that's our history. let's wallow in all of it, the black people for all those years. therefore, i think it is appropriate to use tools such as affirmative action. >> that was former secretary of state colin powell speaking on affirmative action in an interview conducted by the academy of achievement in 1998. john? >> i think if we want there to be more black students who are eligible in terms of the general criteria for selective institutions and that's what we're really talking about. there's a very s...

Race-based solutions. we haven't really seen any universities or the university of texas adequately show that. that's not to say that socioeconomic affirmative action plans will get you all the way and what the university of texas is doing is a great example, using the top ten percent has yielded some racial diversity. i think a key question here is as the university of texas continues to use race, are there other socioeconomic factors they should be using. there are more sophisticated ways that they could be doing this. >> as you talk about socioeconomic affirmative action, in certain ways it...

This review portion is what is at stake. fisher versus u.t. could potentially undo the 2003 decision where the supreme court ruled that public colleges and universities could not use a point system to increase minority enrollment but could consider race as one factor among many to ensure educational diversity. justice sandra day o'connor who wrote the opinion for the 2003 ruling said, quote, we expect in 25 years from now the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary. today, more than a decade later, the supreme court could, in fact, end them. joining me now, janay nelson, associat...

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