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DO ME A FAVOR AND STAND BY.
A VOICE WALK IN, THE AUTHOR OF
THE EIGHT PRINCIPALS OF
EMPOWERMENT AND A PROFESSOR AT
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY.
LISTEN, I KNOW THAT YOU ENDORSED
BARACK OBAMA.
MANY, MANY MOONS AGO.
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS INITIATIVE
WHICH WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE, YOU
SAY THIS IS TOO LITTLE, TOO
LATE.
WHY?
>> I DID SOUL SEARCHING AND I
TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO ADVOCATED
FOR BLACK MALES FOR THEIR LIVES.
PEOPLE LIKE THIS IN CHICAGO, I
ALSO TALKED TO THE POLITICAL
SCIENTIST AND OUR CONCLUSION IS
THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF
THIS IS REAL.
THE PROOF IS IN THE POTATO
SALAD.
WHEN YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO
ADVOCATE FOR BLACK MALES, THAT
SHOULD NOT BE CHARITY.
PEOPLE ARE DOING THE WORK ALL
THE TIME TRYING TO GET RESOURCES
IN CHICAGO.
I LIVE ON THE SAME STREET AS THE
PRESIDENT AND I SEE THE FATHER
OUT THERE WITH THE GANG BANGERS
AND THE GUYS WHO ARE STRUGGLING.
HE SAYS THE BROTHERS NEED JOBS
AND HELP.
OBAMA'S ALLIES, ARE THEY
REACHING BACK AND OFFERING
SUPPORT THAT THESE PEOPLE NEED.
THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE TO LOOK
FOR.
I WOULDN'T SAY THEY ARE GOOD OR
BAD.
THE EVIDENCE THE SPEAK FOR
ITSELF.
>> I WAS READING THE NOTES AND
ONE OF WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE YOU RECOUNT TO ALL OF US.
IT WAS AN ANALOGY INVOLVING
RENT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT?
>> YES.
>> EXPLAIN THAT TO US.
>> IT'S ALMOST -- WHEN YOU GO
BACK SIX YEARS AGO, YOU REMEMBER
WHEN THEY ASKED THE PRESIDENT.
THEY SAID IT IS ALMOST AT
DEPRESSION LEVELS.
BLACK MALE UNEMPLOYMENT IS AS
HIGH AS 30, 40, 50%.
THAT WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE.
ARE YOU GOING TO DO ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS DEEP INEQUALITY.
BACK THEN THEY SAID SOMETHING
THAT I THINK WAS A MISTAKE.
THE RISING TIDE WILL LIFT ALL
BOATS.
THAT IS TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS.
IF I HELP ALL OF AMERICA, IT
WILL HELP BLACK AMERICA TOO.
YEARS LATER AND I'M A FINANCE
PROFESSOR, WALL STREET IS
SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF.
WHITE UNEMPLOYMENT HAS GOTTEN
BETTER.
BLACK MALES ARE STILL IN THE
BASEMENT.
NOW WHEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU
HAVE THIS INITIATIVE YEARS
LATER, IT'S LIKE SOMEONE NOT
PAYING THE REPRESENT FOR TWO
YEARS AND SHOWING UP WITH A