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ANOTHER NAME: THE REENSLAVEMENT OF AMERICANS FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO WORLD WAR II." NEXT, MR. BLACKMON TAKES PART IN A DISCUSSION ON RACE RELATIONS IN...
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| 00:00:25 |
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START. >> WE WANT TO TURN FROM EDUCATION TO THE INTERRELATED
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| 00:00:32 |
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TOPIC OF THE ECONOMICS OF RACE. AND TO START OUR DISCUSSION OFF, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE WITH US THE ATLANTA BUREAU CHIEF OF "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL,"...
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| 00:01:21 |
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ME. THIS IS AUSPICIOUS COMPANY FOR A FAIRLY OBSCURE WRITER LIKE MYSELF. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. I APPRECIATE THE KINDNESS OF SOME OF THE REMARKS ABOUT...
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| 00:22:32 |
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BUT SHE GOT IN BOOK AND SAID YOU GOT TO READ THIS. NUMBER ONE, I WAS SURPRISED. NUMBER ONE, I THOUGHT IT WAS BLACK MEN. IT MUST BE A BLACK MAN. SO I...
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| 00:23:33 |
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YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WRITING IT. >> THANK YOU. I WILL SAY ONE OTHER THING ON THAT. OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AS I'VE BEEN OUT TALKING ABOUT...
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| 00:23:42 |
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I HAVE BEEN AMAZED AGAIN AND AGAIN WHEN I'VE MADE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN HAD RESPONSES FROM READERS ARE IN THE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS CAME...
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| 00:25:45 |
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SAY ABOUT IT? >> IN TERMS OF WHITE PEOPLE, I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH WHITE PEOPLE SURPRISINGLY. MORE OF THEM HAVE LIKED IT THAN
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| 00:25:54 |
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I EXPECTED. PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT MY -- HOW MY HOMETOWN HAS REACTED, AND I EXPLAIN TO THEM MY HOMETOWN SORT OF STOPPED LIKING ME A LONG TIME FOR OTHER REASONS....
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| 00:28:10 |
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YEAH. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ADD MY THANKS TO BILL AND JANET COHEN BUT
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| 00:28:16 |
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ALSO TO THE GILMAN FOUNDATION FOR THIS CONVENING CONVENING. THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR ME ALREADY. I THINK JUST HAVING THIS ROOM AND...
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| 00:32:07 |
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COME BACK. >> OKAY. ALL
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| 00:32:13 |
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RIGHT. >> WHEN SHE RETURNS, THIS IS MERELY BOOKMARKED, AND YOU'LL BE BACK TO CONTINUE. IN THE INTERIM IT'S A
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| 00:32:25 |
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PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MARK TITUS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS START OFF BY THANKING SECRETARY AND MRS. COHEN
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| 00:32:33 |
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FOR HAVING ME HERE AND THE GILMAN FOUNDATION FOR PUTTING ON SUCH A WONDERFUL CONFERENCE. THE DIALOGUE AND THE RESULTING DIALOGUES FROM THIS ONE...
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| 00:43:57 |
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GUESTS TO OUR CONFERENCE. DEEPAK CHOPRA AND JIM JONES. WELCOME TO OUR TABLE. DR. CHRISTOPHER, WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU, AND THEN MR. WIN GERT AND...
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| 00:44:28 |
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HAVING THE COURAGE TO CON CONVENIENT US AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF SUCH HONESTY. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE CONVERSATION TODAY ON MANY LEVELS. I WAS...
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| 00:48:54 |
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BERNARD OF THE GILMAN FOUNDATION AND ALSO JASON DEAN. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO FOLLOW-UP A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT GALE SAID. I, TOO, OF COURSE
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| 00:49:03 |
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WANT TO THANK BILL AND JANET COHEN AND DOUG WILSON FOR CONVENING THIS IMPORTANT EVENT. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE PEGGY McINTOSH WHOSE WORK INFORMS IN...
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| 00:49:43 |
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WHAT JANET SAID EARLIER ABOUT YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFULLY TAUGHT AND GOES TO A QUESTION MARIA HAD EARLIER ABOUT HOW YOU TEACH YOUR CHILDREN. I WAS MARRIED...
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| 00:54:15 |
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ACTION. I HAD ANTICIPATED THAT WHEN BILL AND I, ALONG WITH THE GILMAN FOUNDATION, CAME UP WITH THIS CONCEPT OF RACE AND RECONCILIATION. MY RABBI AND...
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| 00:55:31 |
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AMERICANS, BECAUSE WE MUST NOT
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| 00:55:34 |
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PRESUME THAT A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE ALL THIS. I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME GREAT WEST VIRGINIIANS, AND I HAVE MET A FEW WHEN I WAS IN WINCHESTER. ...
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| 00:56:29 |
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SOLDIERS FOR JUSTICE. I LIKE THAT. >> BEVERLY BERNARD, JOSH, AND
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| 00:56:35 |
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JASON. IF YOU WILL PERMIT ME, I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR JUST TO BE ABLE TO RETURN THE
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| 00:56:40 |
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MIKE TO HELENE GALE SO SHE CAN FINISH HER PRESENTATION. SO IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, HELENE. >> NO PROBLEM. THANKS. I'M GOING TO BE VERY, VERY BRIEF BECAUSE...
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| 00:56:52 |
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ELSE HAS TO GO. SO LET ME JUST MAKE A FEW POINTS. FIRST OF ALL, AS I MENTIONED, I SPENT A LOT OF MY TIME NOW FOCUSING ON GLOBAL ISSUES, AND I THINK...
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| 01:02:12 |
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THEN WE WILL TURN TO THE MEDIA AND FILM AND YOU ALL HAVE FIRST COMMENTS AT THAT POINT. SO, BEVERLY,. >> I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING AT THE MUSEUM...
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| 01:02:30 |
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TUKTS. ONE OF THE PIECES OF HISTORY THAT WE'VE TAKEN A LOT AT IS THESE KINDS OF MEETINGS, ANTI-SLAVERY MEETINGS NOT ONLY IN BOSTON AND GROUPS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS...
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| 01:08:06 |
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PANEL WHOSE SCHEDULES ARE RELATIVELY TIGHT. SO IF I CAN TURN FIRST TO BERNARD BERGREEN AND JOSH PACKWOOD AND THE LAST WORD GOES TO JASON DEAN. . >>...
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| 01:08:28 |
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TO DOUG. JUST A FEW OBSERVATIONS. I WAS SURPRISED THAT
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| 01:08:35 |
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THE PESSIMISM THAT I HEARD THIS MORNING TO A LESSER EXTENT THIS AFTERNOON. WE'RE LIVING IN A REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD. WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN...
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| 01:11:53 |
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THE MAJORITY AND THE WHITES ARE THE MINORITY, BUT THE ECONOMIC POWER STILL IS IN THE HANDS OF THE WHITE MINORITY. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A TRANSFER IN...
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| 01:12:58 |
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WE'VE GOT SOME
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| 01:13:00 |
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REALLY INTERESTING PEOPLE COMING INTO THE NEXT PANEL. THEY HAVE A TIME CONSTRAINT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. >> RIGHT, RIGHT. >> JOSH BECKWOOD AND JASON...
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| 01:13:14 |
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WE WILL TRANSIT. JOSH. >> WITH THE TIMTE CONSTRAINTS -- IS IT ON? I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DYNAMICS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS WITH
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| 01:13:29 |
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RACE. TO GO QUICKLY TO MR. GREENBURG'S POINT. I THOUGHT SOMETHING INTERESTING WAS OCCURRING IN BRAZIL RIGHT NOW. ONE, THEY SAID IF THE BLACK POPULATIONS,...
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| 01:16:06 |
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LIKE TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE COURSE OF GRATITUDE TO THE COHENS FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER AND BRINGING US THE SPACE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A NATIONAL...
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| 01:17:53 |
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SO I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MY DEAR FRIEND, BERNARD, THAT AS WE AFRICAN-AMERICANS TALK ABOUT OUR HISTORY, WHEN WE LOOK BACK, WE'RE...
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| 01:18:22 |
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BUT I THINK BARACK OBAMA IS WHERE HE IS NOT JUST BECAUSE OF BLACK PEOPLE.
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| 01:18:26 |
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I THINK HE'S THERE BECAUSE OF THE GOOD PEOPLE, BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO PUT HIM WHERE HE IS. >> AND JANET, YOU GET THE LAST WORD. >> YES....
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| 01:18:41 |
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YOU JOIN ME IN THANKING OUR PRESENTERS AND PANELISTS. THEY DID A GREAT
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| 01:18:46 |
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JOB. AND HERE IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYBODY TO DO. FOR THOSE WHO ARE AT THE CENTRAL TABLE NOW, YOU WILL BE TRANSFERRING, AND THOSE WHO ARE...
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