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Racism. you have a chapter called "why black people are out of patience" and you histoa whole lot of reasons. what are they? >> you know, some because we are tired. we are exhausted. we -- we're just tired of -- one of the biggest reasons -- we are tired of negotiating equality. and i -- what i mean by that, don, we have been negotiating for years and i say that all the time but i'm not sure people get it. i know, you know, we couldn't read and write. it was illegal for black folks to read and write. we had to negotiate, we had to fight for that. we had to fight to vote and that's what i want ...

And, um, and it's going to make people think, especially white america. and, yeah, and so i wrote this book -- um -- because i wanted people to see how deep rooted racism was in our family and we -- and we represent many black families around -- around the world. and i -- and i -- and i wrote this book, i talk about things that racism that happened in late '60s, the '70s, '80s, '90s, until perry's death because racism did not start with perry's death. >> you -- as you are referencing now, in this book, you also detail your own experiences with racism. you have a chapter called "why black peopl...

Are so strong, they have a lot of power. they can take the time, the investigations. you know, they often side on the -- they often err on the side of the police. that's a big issue that's going on. so to me it's just a communication, a transparency and holding people accountable. you're talking about a system that has been in place for over 400 years. slavery, jim crow laws and what we call today systemic racism. that has been a huge problem for us because when you break it down, black america has been negotiating equality for over 400 years and ee quality is a birth right. it shouldn't be an...