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>> i don't want us to lose sight that things are getting better. each successive generation seems to be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race. it doesn't mean we're in a post racial society. it doesn't mean racism is eliminated. but when i talk to mel ya and sasha and listen to their friends and see them interact, they are better than we are. they are better than we were on these issues. that's true in every community i've visited across the country. >> that is the president's great optimism about this next generation. do you share that optimism? are you doing better than...

Zimmerman because his displease with the outcome. >> i am stressing one positive element of the speech. give him something for god sakes. >> i agree with you on that aspect. >> black on black crime according to the fbi in 2011, 90.7% of black victims killed by homicide were killed by black. >> he brought up blackmails and aggression. what more do you want? >> if trayvon was white the outcome would have been different. >> i said that was irrelevant. >> fair enough. greg pointed something out. the president ended the speech and for me he divided and then tried to bring people back together in th...

>> no, he's focusing in on george zimmerman because his race is displeased with the outcome. >> i'm just saying i'm stressing one positive element of his speech. give him something for god sake. >> i agree with you on that aspect. >> allow me black on black crime according to the fbi in 2011 90.7% of black victims of homicide were committed by blacks. >> exactly. he mentioned it too. he brought up black males and aggression. what more do you want? >> he said if trayvon were white, the outcome would have been completely different. >> and i said that that was irrelevant. >> fair enough, greg poi...

As this whole episode has been for a lot of people, i don't want us to lose sight that things are getting better. each successive generation seems to be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race. it doesn't mean we're a post racial society, it doesn't mean that racism is eliminated. but, you know, when i talk to malia and sasha, and i listen to their friends and i see them interact, they're better than we are. they're better than we were on these issues. >> van, i want you to respond to that, but in the context of what we heard david webb say a few minutes ago, there's a vile...

Can, am i judging people as much as i can based on not the color of their skin, but the content of their character? that would, i think, be an appropriate exercise in the wake of this tragedy. and let me just leave you with a final thought, that as difficult and challenging as this whole episode has been for a lot of people, i don't want us to lose sight that thing are getting better. each successive generation seems to be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race. it doesn't mean we're in a post racial society, it doesn't mean that racism is eliminated. but when i talk to ma...