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Begin to mark our history and our past. that history and that past includes the enslavement of african-americans, it includes the fact that we were denied citizenship rights. even when general forest might have denounced his relation to the kkk, by that point jim and jane crow had sedimented into common sense in the south. >> is this a question or a lecture? >> what you have to do is listen. >> get to your question. >> sir, mr. stewart, you dragged on for a long time, too. mr. claude, i'm allowing him the same courtesy. >> i just want him to ask a question. >> my point is this. when we put for...

Have denounced his relation to the kkk, by that point jim and jane crow had sedimented into common sense in the south. >> is this a question or a lecture? >> what you have to do is listen. >> get to your question. >> sir, mr. stewart, you dragged on for a long time, too. mr. claude, i'm allowing him the same courtesy. >> i just want him to ask a question. >> my point is this. when we put forward people who defended the institution of slavery, people who participated in the degradation of a large percentage of the american citizenry, as heroes, as representatives of something, we're affirming a...

>> oh, well, i mean, i'm sorry that he's offended. that was not the intent. >> there is a way which we can begin to mark our history and our past. that history and that past includes the enslavement of african-americans, it includes the fact that we were denied citizenship rights. it includes the fact that even when general forest might have denounced his relation to the kkk, by that point jim and jane crow had sedimented into common sense in the south. so part of -- >> is this a question or a lecture? >> what we're trying to ask is this -- what you have to do is listen. if you listen, perhaps...