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UP NEXT, RACE SPEECH IN RESPONSE TO THE REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT CONTROVERSY. T. DENEAN SHARPLEY-WHITING... |
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GOOD EVENING. WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET TO TONIGHT EVENT AND PEOPLE JUST KIND OF CAN COME IN... |
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OKAY. YEAH, I WROTE THAT. [LAUGHTER] |
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I DIDN'T MAKE IT UP. |
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AND I MEANT THAT. IN THE ESSAY, ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS WAS, FIRST, JEREMIAH WRIGHT WAS TERRIBLY MALIGNED... |
| 00:12:35 |
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IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE SEVERAL OF THE REVIEWS THAT HAVE COME OUT HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD REVIEWS AND... |
| 00:14:02 |
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AND HE DIDN'T. THE AMAZING PART ABOUT THIS RACE OF COURSE AS I WROTE IN THE THIRD CHAPTER, I CAN READ... |
| 00:16:56 |
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BY THE WAY, THAT WAS AT THE FLORIDA RALLY WHERE SOMEONE RESPONDED BY SAYING KILL HIM. WAS NOT COMPLETELY... |
| 00:18:17 |
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ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ADAM UP NEXT. AND THE TIME OF HIS ESSAY IS THE AUDACITY OF POST-RACISM. AND... |
| 00:19:01 |
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ALL RIGHT. HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? [LAUGHTER] |
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YOU KNOW, I SAY THAT, I WRITE THAT FROM A POSITION OF STRONG SUPPORT THEN AND NOW FOR OBAMA. BUT FOR... |
| 00:21:06 |
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AND OF COURSE THE PURPOSE OF ABSTRACTING RACE IS TOO OBSCURE RACISM, TO RELY ON THE FACT THAT A BLACK... |
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OKAY. ADAM HAS A WONDERFUL ESSAY I HAVE TO SAY CALLED DEAR SENATOR CLINTON. THIS WAS DURING THE EPIC... |
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I BELIEVE THAT WAS FROM NEWS ONE. |
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YEAH, NEWS WANTED SO IT IS A FABULOUS ESSAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE OUR OTHER CODER, ANOTHER MONEY... |
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WELL, WELCOME TO DIXIE, ALL OF YOU. I THINK THAT IN MY ESSAY, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WAS APPROACH... |
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST. THERE ARE ASPECTS OF THE VOLUME THAT DEAL SPECIFICALLY WITH ... |
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THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. LET ME READ THOSE TWO PARAGRAPHS VERY QUICKLY THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID... |
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JUNIOR COLLEGES AND FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS ARE GRADUALLY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT OF MINORITY STUDENTS.... |
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OKAY. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS OPEN THE FLOOR SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS. THE... |
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A BRAVE YOUNG MAN. [LAUGHTER] |
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YOU ARE VERY ADEQUATE AND DESCRIBING HOW UNIQUE BARACK OBAMA IS, BUT GIVEN PROFESSOR WHITING'S STATISTICS... |
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GREAT QUESTION. [APPLAUSE] |
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NEXT QUESTION. WHO IS NEXT? [LAUGHTER] |
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DO YOU WANT TO WRITE A GUEST COLUMN IN THE "BOSTON GLOBE"? [LAUGHTER] |
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WELL, NO, I THINK HIS QUESTION DOES GET TO THIS IDEA OF POST RACE. I MEAN, I THINK AT WHAT POINT ... |
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IS ALSO A MATTER OF MOVEMENT I THINK. BARACK OBAMA DIDN'T GROW UP LIKE I GREW UP. I FEEL HAPPY FOR... |
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AND I'M NOT DENIGRATING HIM. I'M NOT SAYING HE IS OUT OF TOUCH, I THINK HE HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.... |
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LET ME TELL ABOUT THE STORY OF THIS NOVEL REBEL YELL. GOING TO BIRMINGHAM IN 1959, AND HE ACTUALLY... |
| 00:42:29 |
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I WANT TO JUMP IN HERE REAL QUICK AND AT SOMETHING. WHEN I AM REALLY PROCESSING YOUR GREAT QUESTION,... |
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I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW, AND ALSO AS ONE WHO WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL... |
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JUST TO KIND OF ANGLE FOR A COUPLE OF THOSE POINTS. NOT ONLY DID 55 PERCENT OF WHITE AMERICA VOTE... |
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MCCAIN'S CAMPAIGN WAS IN DISARRAY FROM DAY ONE, AND TILL DATE I GIVE UP THEIR. [APPLAUSE] |
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I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT. AND REMEMBER HOW HARD-FOUGHT THIS WAS AT HOW MANY OF... |
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THERE'S A CERTAIN POWER AND POTENCY IN THE. AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERSTATE OR OVERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE... |
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I JUST NEED TO SAY A WORD OF CLARIFICATION. I DON'T WANT ANY OF THE BURDENS OF THE COLORED GUIDE SAID.... |
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HE IS AS BLACK AS I. IF HE WASN'T THE PRESIDENT, HE WOULD BE IN TROUBLE LIKE I AM. [LAUGHTER] |
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POINT WELL TAKEN. |
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I ENCHANT, AND I DIDN'T CATCH HER NAME, PROFESSOR. |
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DERRICK JACKSON'S. |
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PROFESSOR JACKSON. YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW OBAMA IS QUOTED UNQUOTE PERVERT, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO SEE... |
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YOU HAVE SOME GOOD QUESTIONS. SPEC NOT MESSING AROUND AT VANDERBILT. |
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I WILL START THIS WAY. DURING THE PRIMARIES DURING THE PRIMARIES OFFERED SEVERAL CHANCES TO HAVE ONE... |
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BRING IT ON. OKAY? AND SHE LATER HAD TO TAKE -- HE LATER SAID HE REGRETTED IT BUT AT THE TIME HE... |
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ONE LAST QUESTION. AND DERRICK, YOU DON'T GET TO TALK. [LAUGHTER] |
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THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBERS OF THE PANELISTS. I WANT TO SHIFT FROM OBAMA THE PERSON COME TO THE IDEOLOGY... |
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IT'S INTERESTING. IT'S SORT OF UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE ADAM MADE THIS POINT, SOMETHING I READ IN HIS ESSAY,... |
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[INAUDIBLE] |
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AND THE MEDIA PACKING HIM OUT, EXACTLY. BUT IN HIS SPEECH HE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR AND WAS VERY CRAFTY.... |
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I THINK -- |
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ADAM TALKED ABOUT GRASSROOTS AND POLICY AND FOR ALL MODELS, BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AS CITIZENS, AND... |
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I THINK IF I CAN JUMP IN REAL QUICK -- |
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ADAM, DENNEY YOU CAN FOLLOW |
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[INAUDIBLE] I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE POINT THAT ALICE MADE JUST NOW. DON'T YOU THINK IT WOULD BE... |
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IT IS VERY IRONIC. |
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-- THERE ARE OTHER PRESIDENTS THAT HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF RACE -- |
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BUT THIS HAPPENS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. IN ISRAEL, SOME OF THE PIECE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE NEGOTIATED BY... |
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I GUESS THE LARGER QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF RACE FOR A BARACK OBAMA? AND THAT... |
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THE COMMITMENT IS STRUCTURAL FAIRNESS. SCAAP I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD SAY. |
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SYSTEMATIC STRUCTURAL RACISM IS PART OF WHAT GOES ON IN AMERICA. AND SO, YES, HE SHOULD ADDRESS THAT,... |
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ABSOLUTELY. |
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SO, HE HAS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT ALSO. I THINK THAT HE WILL AND HAS, I DON'T KNOW THAT HE WILL... |
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REALLY THERE IS AN 800-POUND GORILLA, NO PUN INTENDED, SITTING IN THE ROOM, WHEN HE SAYS THE VERY... |
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AMEN, AMEN. |
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I THINK AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO DO A COUPLE THINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY. ONE IS TO CULTIVATE AND SUPPORT... |
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I ALSO THINK THAT HE HAS DONE THAT. THE REASON WE ARE HERE WITH THE SPEECH IS THE MORE PERFECT UNION... |
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HE HAD TO DEFEND HIMSELF. |
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WE MAY DISAGREE ON WHETHER OR NOT -- |
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I SAID ONE LAST QUESTION, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ONE LAST ONE AND THEN A COMMENT FROM THE PANELIST... |
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THIS IS MORE OF A STATEMENT. AS I LISTENED TO THE PANELISTS -- |
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THAT WE WILL CLOSE ON YOUR STATEMENT. |
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OWLS LISTEN TO THE PANELISTS, I AM AN AGREEMENT WITH EVERYONE, BUT WHAT I AM REFLECTING ON IS THE... |
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