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Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
HIGHLIGHTING THE POOR IN THIS COUNTRY. IT ALLOWS SUFFERING TO SPEAK. NO ONE TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SUFFERING OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE. THEY ARE ENDED UP...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
GO NEXT? GUEST: WE
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Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
STARTED AS WE SHOULD HAVE WITH OUR NATIVE AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THEY ARE SO OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS. AND GIVEN HOW WE CONTINUE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ALL NIGHT. WHAT STRUCK YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU HEARD? GUEST: WE FIND
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West, Cornel - Professor
AMONG OUR POORER IS THE TREMENDOUS SENSE OF RESILIENCY OF POOR PEOPLE. TAVIS WERE PART OF A LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND DOROTHY DAY WHO SAYS...
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West, Cornel - Professor
A MORAL CONCERN FOR POOR PEOPLE WHICH INCLUDES CLASS. CRITICAL WALL STRAW -- WALL STREET OLIGARCHS WHO ARE GREEDY. NOT DEMONIZING THEM, BUT RECOGNIZE...
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West, Cornel - Professor
NUMBERS THAT YOU PUT UP, I DO NOT THINK THAT AN ECONOMIST ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY BEING HONEST, EVEN THOSE WHO WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE THESE...
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West, Cornel - Professor
GUEST: AN ARBOR. BUT THE HOMELESS VETERANS THERE IN AKRON, OHIO. ALL COLORS, ALL CUTTERS. -- CULTURES. HOST: THIS CAME
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OUT AND THE "WASHINGTON POST." YOU HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT AS ANTI-OBAMACARE THIS IS A QUOTE FROM A YOUNG MOTHER WHO FOUND A JOB AFTER IN THE YEAR -- NEARLY...
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Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
A JOB FOR A PROGRAM THAT IS NOW DEFUNCT. HOST: PART
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE. GUEST:
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| 00:07:21 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
THAT IS NOW DEFUNCT. WITH THAT DEFICIT REDUCTION CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, THIS IS A DECLARATION OF WAR ON THE POOR. SO SHE HAD A JOB IN A PROGRAM...
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West, Cornel - Professor
BUSH HANDED OBAMA A CATASTROPHE. WE HAVE WARS, FINANCIAL COLLAPSE ON WALL STREET. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA CHOSE THE WRONG ECONOMIC ADVISERS....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SECRETARY G. H. GREENE NET -- GEITHNER -- GUEST: HE SHOULD
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West, Cornel - Professor
HAVE BEEN GONE A LONG TIME AGO. HE IN NO WAY REPRESENTS A LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. HOST: THE MICHIGAN THIS
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ARTICLE. -- LET ME SHOW YOU THIS ARTICLE. THIS IS WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE NOT ON HIM WHEN HE DOES FUND RAISERS. HE IS NOT TRYING TO CAST THEMSELVES AT THE...
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| 00:10:07 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
BECAUSE THE STIMULUS WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT NEVER TRICKLED DOWN TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OF ALL RACES, COLORS, AND CREEDS. NEVER...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
HE NEEDS A PRIMARY CHALLENGE? GUEST: HE NEEDS A
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West, Cornel - Professor
BIRDIE THAT -- BERNIE SANDERS-LIKE CANADA IT. THE PROBLEMS ARE IN -- THE PARTIES ARE IN TROUBLE. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT JOBS, BUT IT IS AN AFTERTHOUGHT....
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| 00:12:47 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HEAR FROM JOAN. YOU ARE ON THE AIR WITH CORNEL WEST AND TAVIS SMILEY. CALLER: IF ONLY EITHER
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CALLER, -
OF YOU WERE PRESIDENT THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE DOING JUST GREAT. I AGREE WITH EVERY WORD THAT YOU SPOKE. NOW, WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THE PRESIDENT APPOINTS...
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| 00:13:33 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOUR TAKE ON THE PICKS FROM SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID. IT LOOKS LIKE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS JOHN KERRY, MAX BAUCUS, AND PATTY MURRAY ARE THE PICKS....
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CALLER, -
THE SAME MOVE, AND IT IS A WASTE OF TIME. GUEST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR
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Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
PHONE CALL. TO THIS COMMITTEE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ON THIS TOUR. BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE,...
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| 00:15:22 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: LET'S HEAR FROM PITTSBURGH. CALLER: I THINK THE BIG
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CALLER, -
PICTURE IS THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND TRAVEL COMMISSION IS CONTROLLING BOTH PARTIES, AND THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SPENT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS,...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
DR. WEST, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THAT. GUEST: THERE HAS
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West, Cornel - Professor
BEEN A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT TO EXTEND IN THE MILITARY COMPLEX. WE ALWAYS FIND MONEY FOR WARS. WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE SECRET WAR IN PAKISTAN....
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| 00:17:30 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
THE CALLER RAISED THESE WARS, DR. KING, I MENTIONED WHERE WE ARE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO ATLANTA, MISSISSIPPI, AND WILL BE IN ATLANTA TOMORROW. TOMORROW,...
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| 00:18:20 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TO BAT IN ROUGE, LOUISIANA. A REPUBLICAN. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. PLEASE LET ME SAY THIS. THE SON OF A RESERVE -- YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT EARLIER. THESE PEOPLE MAKE THE CORLEONE FAMILY LOOK LIKE BROWNIE...
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GUEST, -
GUEST: ALL RIGHT, DR. WEST? -- HOST: ALL RIGHT, DR. WEST? GUEST: WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE
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West, Cornel - Professor
THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS TWO AIMS, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND FULL UNEMPLOYMENT, YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW AS THE SECOND GAME, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN DOMINATED...
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| 00:20:09 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BRINGS UP THE POINT. SPECIFICALLY, WHAT POLICIES ARE YOU ADVOCATING FOR? GUEST:
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| 00:20:16 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
YOU CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION WITHOUT THE STUFF THAT HAS BEEN MISSED. A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE OUR BEST DAYS AS A NATION ARE BEHIND US. YOU SEE THAT...
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| 00:22:39 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TO FLORIDA, A DEMOCRATIC CALLER. CALLER: I HAVE FOLLOWED YOU
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CALLER, -
TWO GENTLEMEN FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MARK MR. KING, LET'S NOT FORGET MALCOLM X. PLEASE. EVERY NOW AND THEN, WITHOUT MALCOLM, SOCIETY...
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West, Cornel - Professor
BROTHER IS ACTIVELY RIGHT. WHERE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE COMEBACKS ARE TWO PEOPLE WILLING TO LIVE AND DIE FOR WHAT THEY...
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| 00:24:39 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FROM CARL IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. HE WANTS TO KNOW IF WE COULD GET MORE AVAILABLE TO HELP OUR LEGITIMATE POOR -- GUEST: I HEAR
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| 00:24:54 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
THAT. WE SAW SOME OF THAT LAST NIGHT. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE SAW ARE SUBSTANCE ABUSERS. SOME OF THEM MADE BAD CHOICES, BUT WHO AMONG US HAS NOT MADE...
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| 00:25:35 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
HE CELEBRATED 20 WONDERFUL YEARS AND BROADCASTING. GUEST: THIS
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| 00:25:41 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
REPORT FROM THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION THAT TRIES TO REDEFINE WHAT IT MEANS FOR. THEY ARE LAUGHABLE. I SAW THE BID THAT STEVEN COLBERT DID. JUST BECAUSE...
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| 00:26:56 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
A PROTEST VOTE? WHY NOT SIT AT HOME, AND NOT VOTE AND SENT A MESSAGE?
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| 00:27:04 |
West, Cornel - Professor
GUEST: I THINK PEOPLE OUGHT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WHEN WE SAY LIFT EVERY VOICE, WHICH IS A GREAT AUNT AND FOR BLACK PEOPLE, YOU LIFT YOUR VOICE NOT JUST...
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| 00:27:55 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THERE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THE WAY THE TEA PARTY GROUP ORGANIZED THEIR EFFORTS FOURTH 2010 FOR YOUR SIDE?
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| 00:28:04 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
GUEST: YES. I HAVE SAID COUNTLESS TIMES, WHEN PEOPLE PILE ON THE TEA PARTY, AND I'VE CERTAINLY BEEN CRITICAL OF THEIR METHODOLOGIES, THEIR STRATEGIES,...
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| 00:29:09 |
West, Cornel - Professor
IS SO IS WHEN OBAMA CAME INTO OFFICE HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE AMERICA OF THIS IS THE REASON WE ALMOST WENT OFF OF THE CLIFF WITH THE GREED ON WALL STREET....
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| 00:30:03 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ARIZONA -- SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN OF A TOWN HALL MEETING IN GILBERT, ARIZ., AND IT WAS PRETTY HEATED ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER, ESPECIALLY WHEN A TEA PARTY...
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| 00:30:32 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
COUNTRY APPROVE OF THE JOB CONGRESS IS DOING, WE ARE IN TROUBLE. REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO HEAR THAT, AND THEY OUGHT TO HEAR THAT. WE WILL SEE A LOT...
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West, Cornel - Professor
IS THE GREATNESS OF DR. KING'S LEGACY. HE TAKE THE RAGE AND TRANSFORMED INTO A STRUGGLE. LOVE, NOT HATRED. PROSPERITY BASED ON FAIRNESS, NOT NEGATIVITY...
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| 00:31:52 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS A REPUBLICAN CLAYTON, AND VIRGINIA. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I'M THINKING THE MAIN THING THAT IS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE MIDDLE CLASS AM THE POOR -- AND THE POOR THAT IS...
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West, Cornel - Professor
BROTHER IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE GREED IS GOOD ITOS, WHICH HAS BEEN DOMINANT SINCE THE 1980'S IS AN ATTEMPT TO KILL COMPASSION, KILL EMPATHY, TILLKILL...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWEET -- HOST: DO YOU PLAN TO
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| 00:33:59 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA? GUEST: I AM GOING TO DO THE
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| 00:34:05 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
SAME THING I DID THREE YEARS AGO. MY ROLE ON PBS IS ONE OF ACCOUNTABILITY. MY FRIEND DR. WEST DID 65 EVENTS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. GUEST: THAT WAS
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GUEST, -
2008. HOST: YOU WILL
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| 00:34:26 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BE ASKED NEXT. [LAUGHTER] GUEST: MY ROLE WAS THE SAME
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| 00:34:31 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
AS IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO -- HELP PEOPLE REEXAMINE THE ASSUMPTION THEY HOLD ABOUT THE POOR IN THIS COUNTRY, EXPANDING THE INVENTORY OF IDEAS, USING MY...
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GUEST, -
GUEST: 65. WE WERE HOPING BARACK OBAMA WOULD INITIATE A NEW AGE. I AM DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED, AND I FEEL BETRAYED BY HIS ECONOMIC TEAM ESPECIALLY APPAREN....
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| 00:35:57 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CONTENT -- CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA? GUEST: RIGHT NOW, AND
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| 00:36:08 |
West, Cornel - Professor
THE PRIMARY, I CAN NOT SUPPORT HIM. IF IT IS THE ELECTION, AND IT IS MICHELE BACHMANN, AND THERE IS NOT A FORMIDABLE THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE, THAT IS...
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| 00:36:33 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: MARIE, AN INDEPENDENT. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I AM EXCITED TO TALK TO BOTH OF YOU. I SAW YOUR PROGRAM WITH ROBERT KENNEDY JR.. WHAT A STORY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL...
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| 00:39:18 |
West, Cornel - Professor
JUST IN WEST VIRGINIA, WITH ECHOES OF ROBERT KENNEDY, AND TO SEE TAVIS SMILEY SPEAKING HIS TROOPS, BECAUSE HE IS A FREE BLACK MAN, INTERACTING WITH ANY...
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| 00:40:15 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ONE OF YOU TALKED TO PRESIDENT OBAMA ABOUT THIS POVERTY TOUR? HAVE YOU PLAN TO GO SEE HIM?
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| 00:40:27 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
GUEST: I HAVE HAD NO RELATIONS WITH MY DEAR BROTHER IN THREE YEARS OR SO. I PRAY FOR HIM EVERY DAY. A PROTECT HIM AGAINST THE VICIOUS RIGHT WING ATTACKS....
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| 00:40:47 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: TAVIS SMILEY? GUEST: AS A MEMBER OF
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| 00:40:51 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
THE MEDIA, WE, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAVE A STANDING REQUEST FOR THE PRESIDENT. EVERY SO OFTEN, MY STAFF ON THE RADIO, WHICH ARE CUSTOM INVITING THE PRESIDENT...
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| 00:41:42 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: MEDIA EVENTS? GUEST: BILL O'REILLY,
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West, Cornel - Professor
RIGHT WING BROTHERS. I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE THAT. HE SEEMS TO BE RELUCTANT. WHEN HE MOVES IN TO CAMPAIGN- MODE, IT WILL BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE...
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| 00:42:27 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ELLEN, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ., ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: TO MY
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CALLER, -
BLACK BROTHERS, I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR OUR POLITICIANS TO HAVE WHAT WE CALL A KENNEDY MOMENT, WHERE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SOLUTIONS,...
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GUEST, -
THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. CALLER: LET ME
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CALLER, -
SAY THIS, THERE IS NO RACISM IN THE NBA. SHOW ME THE RACISM IN THE NFL. I GREW UP IN THE 1960'S. I WAS INVOLVED WITH MUSIC. LOOK AT WHAT THE BLACK...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
JUMP IN? WHAT IS YOUR POINT? IF YOU MENTION THE NFL AND THE NBA. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
THE LEVEL OF -- THE LEVEL OF RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY IS SO MINUSCULE, WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE A BETTER SOLUTION- ORIENTED. GUEST: HE MAKES AN
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| 00:44:38 |
West, Cornel - Professor
IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION. AMERICA'S CONTRIBUTION ON A WORLD VIEW IS JAZZ, SOUL, AND ALL OF THEM ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIGNITY OF EVERYDAY...
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| 00:45:13 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
OR SPEND TIME WITH BARACK OBAMA IN THE WHITE HOUSE. GUEST: IT IS TRUE IT IS
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| 00:45:20 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
LESS NOW THAN IT WAS BEFORE, AND BEFORE IT WAS SO, WINCHING BLACK PEOPLE, AND SO ON, WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY, BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. GUEST: HE...
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| 00:45:37 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
THE NBA AND THE NFL, BUT WE WILL SEE HOW MUCH RACISM EXISTS WITH HOW THESE TALKS TURN OUT WITH THE PLAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT. THERE'S ONLY ONE...
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| 00:46:27 |
West, Cornel - Professor
OF HOPE IS THE NAMING OF THE NEW POET LAUREATE. HE IS A POWERFUL PUBLIC. HIS CRITIQUES OF RACISM -- WE WERE JUST IN DETROIT WRESTLING WITH THIS ISSUE....
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| 00:47:12 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
DEMOCRAT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
THE PRESIDENT HAS NO POWER, APPARENTLY. IT DOES NOT TAKE A GED TO RUN THE COUNTRY AS GEORGE BUSH COULD DO IT. WHY DO WE VOTE IF THE RESULTS CAN BE TAMPERED...
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| 00:47:57 |
Smiley, Tavis - Talk Show Host
WAS A DEMOCRATIC LINE, RIGHT? THAT MAKES THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE. THE FRUSTRATION IN THIS COUNTRY, THIS CANNOT BE THE MOMENT WHERE AMERICANS THINK THAT...
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| 00:48:35 |
West, Cornel - Professor
DETROIT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT OUR DEAR SISTER, THE COUNCILMEMBER, MAKES A DIFFERENCE. WE'RE GOING FOR A REVOLUTION IN THE VALUES AND PRIORITIES. THAT...
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| 00:49:07 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WEST AND TAVIS SMILEY, THANK YOU. WE WILL TURN BACK TO OUR QUESTION WE ASK ALL OF YOU. THE FEDERAL RESERVE DECIDED TO KEEP INTEREST RATES BACK TO CLOSE...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S TO KEEP U.S. INTEREST RATES EXTREMELY LOW UNTIL 2013 IS HELPING TO BOOST STOCKS. EUROPEAN MARKETS HAVE OPENED WITH GAINS. ASIAN...
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