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Prison activist and author reverend vivian nixon, executive director of the college and community fellowship and co-found erer of the education inside-out coalition, and award winning journalist and executive producer and anchor of npr's latino usa. and joining us from skype is jason hernandez, one of the 89 people who received commutations from president obama. beyond the obvious, what does it mean to you to have had your sentence commuted? >> it basically means that i've been born again. i was supposed to die in prison and it's a miracle, and i realize that. i'm just making the most of it an...

Powerful phrase in this context. a white artist essentially uninvited taking its laurel in a nutshell, this is the entire cycle of racial borrowing in an environment of white privilege, white guilt, repeat until there's nothing left to a pope preeight. that's a lot to unpack and we have a lot of good people to unpack it. with us to discuss race, rap and appropriate conversations. michael skolnick. and one-half of black talib kweli and poet and prison activist breanne bein. talib, your thoughts? >> i thought you were going to ask me about bieber. i was scared. first of all, i'm uniquely qualifi...