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Of that linger and continue. and the truth is, is that when i tried to tell that story, oftentimes my political opponents would deliberately not only block out that story, but try to exploit it for their own political gain. i tell the story in the book about the situation where skip gates, a harvard professor who is trying to get into his own house, gets arrested. and i'm asked about it. i don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. but i think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry. number two, that the cambridge police...

Stuff happened and that, you know, the vestiges of that linger and continue. and the truth is, is that when i tried to tell that story, oftentimes my political opponents would deliberately not only block out that story but try to exploit it for their own political gain. you know, i tell the story in the book about the situation where skip gates, a harvard professor who is trying to get into his own house, gets arrested, and i'm asked about it. >> i don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. but i think it's fair to say, number one, any of us ...

Stuff happened and that, you know, the vestige of that lingers and continues and the truth is when i tried to tell that story, often times my political opponents would deliberately not only block out that story but try to exploit it for their own political gain. i tell the story in the book about the situation where skip gates, a harvard professor, who is trying to get into his own house gets arrested and i'm asked about it. i don't know not having been there and not seeing all the facts what role race played in that but i think it's fair to say number one, any of us would be pretty angry. num...

That's an environment in which he excells. when he did try to talk about race personally, and he criticized the cambridge police after the gates incident, then he got jumped on by republicans who said oh, you don't like the police? you're not in favor of the police. so it was to are him as the first black president because he thought he had to strike a balance. i really realize what a challenge that was and how tough that must have been for him. >> can i play the henry lewis gates beer summit portion of that conversation with anderson? then i really am interested in your take. let's listen. >>...

Country 2020 and talking to white voters particularly in places like iowa, even they were uncomfortable getting really down and dirty talking about race because all of it has to be self ref ren shall. and human beings don't want to confront their own biases. i understand. we all get that way. especially hearing from a black man, people get -- voters get defensive and republicans know that and they can run off of that. that's why you go into the suburbs and fear monger about blm having guns and coming into your house and making you feel uncomfortable because fear is a really powerful motivator....