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Contributor james peterson takes to task those focusing on the nsa story while for the most part ignoring the stop and frisk story by ask "how can we have a discussion about civil liberties and security and privacy and safety without connecting it to the physical surveillance to which black and brown americans have been historically subject?" joining me now is msnbc contributor james peterson, director of africana studies at lehigh university. david sirota, columnist for salon.com. just joined nfswcorp.com as well. james, what caused you to write the piece? >> well, i mean, i think a few thing...

Joining me now is msnbc contributor james peterson, director of africana studies at lehigh university. david sirota, columnist for salon.com. just joined nfswcorp.com as well. james, what caused you to write the piece? >> well, i mean, i think a few things caused me to write it. one, wanted to sort of put on the table the fact that i've had some of these experiences, myself, and try to give a broader sense of what might be the way forward for us to connect the dots across some of these very, very important conversations. i'm following folk talking about stop and frisk and following folk talkin...