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Really happening. >> tim, for a lot of black people, the idea of the police is, you know, quite frankly intimidating, frightening, the idea of calling the cops on someone is almost threatening. >> right. >> but for white americans who are comfortable with the police, it seems like a problem. it seems like a solution to this person shouldn't be here. >> i like how you look at me like i'm comfortable with police. you know me better than that. >> i do. >> well, here's the thing, white america has been raised to believe, "a," the police are always the good guys and, frankly, that black lives matte...

Which is presumably there to protect and serve. >> but in a world where folks are encouraged to say something if they see something, the question is when should people call the cops? >> with us now is the district attorney for philadelphia, also a professor in police inequity at jon jay college, and tim wise, an ainnti-racist educator and the author of the forthcoming book. "white lies matter, race, crime, and the politics of fear in america." we're hearing stories about everyday racism from the perspective of the black experience. these interactions have two parties. filmmaker whitney dow has...

Is it cerulean? no, it's blue. i can deal with the fact, the conclusion i have drawn from the evidence. so we need to stop. so once you just accept that and deal with that part, this other things start to make sense. his actions start to make sense on issues like this. >> okay, so tim, charles said the evidence is there. i said in the open, here are the receipts. why are we arguing about. why do people argue about it? why can't people now -- some, not everybody obviously in this society just distinguish what racism is and what is acceptable and what is not? we can't even come to a consensus ab...

President had a perfect opportunity to condemn the racism in roseanne's tweet and claim the high ground here. obviously he didn't do that. so why is the president making it all about himself again, demanding an apology from abc? what's really behind his strategy of always playing the victim in chief? here to discuss cnn political commentator charles blow and alice stewart. also, tim wise, who is the author of "white like me." good evening. charles, so when roseanne compared valerie -- did that awful comparison on twitter of valerie jarrett. it was a lay-up. why can't he do that? >> i assume th...

The man, he is in a deficit, and an incredible deficit. whether or not you think that his policies help your cause's moral standing, that's a very different question. you can read that question any kind of way. i'm not exactly sure what that question tells us. >> tim, i want to ask about this. this is when i interviewed him before when he was running, and he told me that he was the least racist person that you'll ever meet. watch this. >> are you racist? >> i am the least racist person that you have ever met. i am the least racist person. >> so he often repeats that. >> okay, go on. [ laughter...