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And if young people realized that, they're going to start asking questions of where their parents and grandparents were. and as you said about ruby bridges, all of these folks trying to ban books about birmingham in '63, ruby bridges, rosa parks, what they're saying, in effect, is that black children were apparently old enough to face those water canons in birmingham. ruby bridges was old enough to face those tomato-throwing bigots in new orleans, but susie suburb in white america is not old enough to learn about it. this is the ultimate peak white fragility and they confirm the very thing the...

George floyd, where the largest racial justice movement in history, their fear is if you talk about systemic racism and the truth of our history, the young people who have an innate sense of justice are going to want to get involved side by side with black and brown folks to fight for justice. they don't want that, right. if you're really concerned, for instance, about white folks feeling bad about white folks in history, it's because you're teaching the wrong white people. if we were to talk about white abolitionists, if we were to talk about whites in the movement, as allies, they don't want...

Because he was black. and they said that he had committed a crime, but he hadn't did anything. and i can say removing those three people off the streets of glynn county is big. it's huge. >> so you heard from ahmaud arbery's mother there hoping for a conviction. all three men already face life in prison but this will send a message to the rest of the world. fred, another important date, closing arguments monday, but wednesday marks two years since the murder of ahmaud arbery. and there will be memorial services held here in brunswick and in marietta square near atlanta, georgia, as well. >> na...

Of these men came from, which we won't if we're not allowed to talk about that history. if we don't understand that we'll have more of these incidents take place. this is why the fight against anti-racist education, not critical race theory because that's not what in schools, but anti-racist education. this new censorship that we're seeing on the right, this is the danger. if we shut down conversations about where this thinking comes from, we'll have more people die at the hands of racists like these three defendants. >> tim wise, thank you for being with us. appreciate your insight. all rig...

The Texas senator was roasted on Twitter for this one.