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Take this news as business as usual. has everybody here had a gun pointed at you? >> yes. >> i can't even reach out to you straight. .45 straight through. >> what do you think people need know about what is going on on the south side of chicago? >> it's a lot going on. we just talk to about seven to eight youngsters, and it came across to me, as well as others, that we're reaching out, but the younger generation is not reaching back out to us. they're stuck into what they're doing. somewhere we failed them. we failing -- that one that i failed, that be the [ bleep ] that kill me because i miss...

>> a couple tags inside of there, yeah. >> i just want to be clear, that graffiti is not 1938 graffiti? >> no, that's not 1938. >> i didn't want people to think you were pulling okey doke on me. we haven't used this since three weeks ago. this episode is all about chicago. we're going to those places people think you're not supposed to go to because that's what we do in this show. people have this real skewed perception because all the news about chicago is all the news about the guns, the gang violence. people take that without going to the city or doing research about the city. every now a...

Yes! yes, indeed. amazing speed, coverage and control. all with an xfi gateway. find your awesome, and change the way you wifi. having grown up in chicago, i know that some neirhoods, even on the south and west side, are as safe as any neighborhoods in this country. but for much of the young black population growing up in the dangerous parts of the south and west side, gang violence has become a way of life. and the violence gets all the headlines. what's life like in these neighborhoods for real? and what's life like in a gang? or as they are called in chicago by some, street organizations....

Chicago, just like the rest of america, needs to make amends with its black population. these communities just want to be heard. they have the solutions. they are invested in the solutions. were you listening? >> we ask you and thank you in the name of jesus. amen, amen, amen. thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. for real, many of us maybe haven't forget about puerto rico until "hamilton." lin-manuel miranda put puerto rico back on the map where it belongs. puerto ricans are american citizens. yep, yep, yep. three people. everyone else, convince me. let's pull up wikipedia. pull the s...

After a day of visiting one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in chicago, it's time to do one of my favorite things, hanging out with people who make me feel stupid. i'm meeting with dr. javon johnson at the black-owned business sweet maple cafe. he is a poet, author and professor of race and gender studies. his most recent book is a collection of writings from kids on the south side of chicago telling their own stories. the doctor agreed to school me on the current situation. talk to me a little about the term chiraq. for most people it is just a spike lee movie. >> i don't think we can ful...