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BookTV.ORG. >> TANNER COLBY PRESENTS HIS THOUGHTS ON THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FACTORS WHICH ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR OBSTRUCTED IMMIGRATION...
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AMERICA. MR. KOHL MAZEN CONVERSATION WITH JEFF MOORE AND MATERIAL FELLOW AT THE CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DIASPORA. THIS IS JUST UNDER AN HOUR. .. >> I...
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| 00:01:38 |
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GOT THERE. STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING, WHICH IS WHERE I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS SORT OF THE MOST DEFIANTLY WHITE SUBURB. WE HAD THE CONFEDERATE...
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| 00:04:42 |
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MORE THAN A RAMBLING BACKROAD ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NOWHERE. NOT A TOWN AT ALL, REALLY. IF YOU RANCH-STYLE BRICK HOUSES FOR THOSE WHO COULD AFFORD THEM....
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NO OTHER NATIONAL MEDIA THAT COULD GIVE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONSUMER FEELING OF WHAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH. I FELT THAT ANYTHING WE DID THAT COULD PROJECT...
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| 00:24:31 |
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OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STREET BECAME A TERRIBLE IDEA. IN THE NOW INFAMOUS COMMERCIAL, MC HAMMER RULED INTO A SMALL TOWN AND NO ONE BEHIND THE COUNTER...
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NAME IS JESSICA MOORE, I AM A FELLOW FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN RIGHTS. WE ARE CONSIDERING MR. TANNER COLBY FOR THE NEW SPEEDBOAT SIGNING SERIES. THE FALL...
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| 00:29:24 |
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IT. BY THE TIME YOU WERE A TEENAGER, THAT WAS THE '90s AND THE ERA OF
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MULTICULTURALISM. TLC, IN LIVING COLOR, DANCERS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE. WHAT IS THE INTEGRATION THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU, PERSONALLY, AS A TEENAGER....
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ONE BLACK STUDENT IN ONE OF OUR CLUBS. I'M NOT KIDDING. SO THE MULTICULTURAL ERA WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN I GOT TO COLLEGE. YOU KNOW, VESTAVIA -- IT...
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THE REALIZATION THAT THERE IS NO ONE INTIMATELY PROFESSIONALLY INTEGRATED INTO MY LIFE FABRIC THAT I WOULD CONSIDER AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR BLACK. WHAT...
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| 00:31:19 |
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RIGHT UP THERE. HE IS ONE OF THE ONLY BLACK STUDENTS ENTER HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN I CALLED HER AND SAID, THINKING ABOUT DOING THESE BOOKS SHE SAID YOU ARE...
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| 00:35:38 |
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MUCH WHAT I MEAN, I WAS RIDING THROUGH MULTICULTURALISM AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE, WORD WE USE ONE AND THE OTHER AND WE PICK ONE AND RUN WITH IT. BECAUSE...
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| 00:36:53 |
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WAY PEOPLE INTERPRET DESEGREGATION AND THE WAY THEY USE THE WORD IS TO REFERENCE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE INTEGRATION THAT NEVER REALLY HAPPENED, BUT...
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A CONSCIOUS DECISION. THE DESEGREGATION HAS TO DO WITH ILLEGAL ASPECT OF TAKING THE LAWS DOWN. YOU CAN'T HAVE WHITE WATER FOUNTAIN COLORED WATER FOUNTAINS...
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WATER FOUNTAIN -- [INAUDIBLE] I FOUND THAT SEGREGATION DID NOT COME TO AN END BECAUSE WHITE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO KEEP BLACK PEOPLE OUT. IT ENDED BECAUSE...
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| 00:38:54 |
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MONEY. BASICALLY THAT WHITE PEOPLE -- WHITE PEOPLE BASICALLY HAVE AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION COME UP THAT IS WHAT WAS SAID -- WHITE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION....
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ARE YOU? THERE IS A PART OF THE BOOK THAT HIGHLIGHTS THAT IMMIGRATION DO NOT HAVE AN EIGHT SYSTEM
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WAY. BECAUSE PERHAPS, BLACK PEOPLE, THE BLACK COMMUNITY DID NOT WANT TO HAPPEN. THEY DID NOT WANT INTEGRATION. MY FIRST QUESTION TOWARDS ABOUT HIS...
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PART? >> UM... WHAT WAS YOUR INTENTION? THANK YOU. >> WHAT CAME OUT OF THE BOOK IS THAT IT WAS PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE. IF YOU READ ABOUT HOW BLACK...
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WHEN
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THEY -- WHEN THEY FIRST MOVED TO MADISON AVENUE, YOUR FIRST REACTION IS GOING TO BE THANK YOU BUT NO THANK YOU, WE TOOK CARE OF OURSELVES FOR 100 YEARS...
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| 00:45:58 |
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PLAYED OUT. YOU DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURAL LUXURIES IN WHITE CHURCHES. AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WAS ACCESSIBLE. YOU THINK THAT ANOTHER...
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IN THIS TOWN FROM THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE BOOK, AS I WENT AND LOOKED AT CHURCHES. WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING...
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| 00:51:10 |
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GENERATION THAT WAS BORN IN THE LATE '80s OR EARLY '90s AND MORE RECENT TIMES, DO YOU THINK THAT, IN A WAY, THE REPRESENTATION OF THE IDEA OF BLACKNESS...
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| 00:51:49 |
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YOU HAD SCHOOLS -- AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S GETTING BETTER ON THE SIDE WHERE PEOPLE ARE -- WHERE THEY DON'T FEEL ECONOMICALLY THREATENED AND THEY ARE...
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IT VERY WONDERFUL LIFE
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OF LIVING AND WORKING AT HOME. WALKING THE DOG AND COOKING DINNER. BECAUSE MY WIFE HAS A WONDERFUL JOB WHERE SHE IS ABLE TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE AND...
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| 00:55:42 |
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SPEAK. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME SHOUT OUT TO DAN GRAVES. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT ALSO DESERVE THANKS AS THINGS AS WELL. ONE LAST...
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ONE OF THE DOG EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE.
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BECAUSE IF THE PROBLEM IS THAT BLACK PEOPLE AND WHITE PEOPLE AREN'T IN THE SAME SOCIAL NETWORKS IN TERMS OF GETTING ACCESS POWER, THAT'S THE PROBLEM,,...
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YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
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| 00:57:29 |
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THE CHURCH IN GRAND CAN TELL I FOUND OUT ABOUT BECAUSE ONE OF THE PRIEST IN THE 70s MARRIED MY BROTHER AND HIS WIFE 10 YEARS AGO. EVERYTHING IN THIS...
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE AUTHOR'S WEBSITE. TANNER
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