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He also gave several points for further -- what he called producti productive enterprise in the wake of this tragedy and aftermath talking about a national conversation on race although he said he doesn't want to convene it because politicians when they do that tend to ferment only stilted politicized conversations and talked about doing more to bolster african-american men in this country. he also talked about evaluating the stand your go around laws. show talked about martin luther king at one point. it was truly extraordinary. he also took note of the fact that america today is not the amer...

I think he spoke clearly from his heart today both as an american and as an african-american. and i think more than anything else, it gives us a great opportunity now to broaden the conversationing to export it into communities and other places and to involve young people in the decisions because persons my age and older are not going to figure this out. it's going to be the next generation and they want desperately to move beyond this situation because of trayvon martin crime and the trayvon martin tragedy has hurt every one of them. >> here's the president's comments on how younger generatio...

Questions about am i ringing as much bias out of myself as i 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 things are getting better. each successive generation seems to be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race. doesn't mean we're in a post-racial society. it doe...

Each successive generation seems to be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race. doesn't mean we're in 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. and that's true in every community that i've visited all across the country. >> sherrilyn, that resonated with me. because we talk a lot of politics at my dinner table. and when i present cases oftentimes i'm speaking to three sons who ar...

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