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Antigovernment. they're expressing right wing antigovernment wings. they're not particularly racist on these matters. the tea party is a mix of people. we don't want to brand the whole thing as white supreme sifts. but there are clearly some white supremists and extreme racists taking advantage of the tea party demonstrations and movements and gatherings to sell things like, "yep, i'm a racist" t-shirts, or to make comments to reporters that are very racist about president obama. so i think the movement has provided some housing for some of these white supremist elements to express themselves....

Once again? a lot of people, younger generation, you know what? the first thing they thought when they heard jesse jackson's comments, what is he talking about? the younger generation. there's an older generation, a lot of people who thought the same thing jesse jackson thought. are these growing pains that are going to get us to where, mr. feagin? >> i think we're on the road to multi-racial democracy, a much more diverse society. that's part of the anger in some parts of the tea party movement, against immigrants, for example. yes, we're on track to becoming a country that's highly diverse w...

It and to eradicate it from their movement. the racism in the movement is destroying whatever political messages they want to get across. so i think there's only one point of view on racism, and that is this country is rooted deeply in it and we need to get rid of it. >> wrap this up for me, mr. cobb. >> i think that -- i agree with what professor feagin said. the only thing that disturbs me is the careless way in which we use this false acronymity, as if naacp is at fault for pointing out things that have been going on for well over a year in the tea party but somehow you're wrong for raising...

See the kind of banners that we saw with president obama being referred to as a witch doctor, there's not just one thing. so we see these kinds of views being forced and the concern is that they harken to a bigger problem, or perhaps they precede violence of some sort. i think those are the things we really should be concerned about. >> mr. feagin, i want to pick up on that point, but on the point he was making there, and some contend that yes, you see these signs and these incidents. some say they're isolated incidents. others would say, you know, it might be reflective of how a larger group ...

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