Listen to Eugene Robinson on Tweety right now

[NNN0LHI]

Some truthful information. Don't get that much.

Don

[spanone]

1. k&r

[ThomWV]

2. I hope whatever he said he says again somewhere else, because its not worth Tweety to hear it.

[Oceansaway]

3. i agree...n/t

[Atticus]

4. +1 nt

[NNN0LHI]

6. It was about Eugene Robinson's new book 'Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America'

He was discussing how we once all had the chance for a decent union factory job with some job security, be able to buy a little house, send our kids to college and get a pension when we retired.

He said that life is now unavailable for the next generation.

Don

[Canuckistanian]

5. What's the subject?

I always like to hear what Robinson says, even though I don't agree with him sometimes.

[EFerrari]

7. Gene Robinson did a beautiful segment last weekend at the TX Book Festival

on his new book, Disintegration: The Spintering of Black America:

Eugene Robinson talked about his book Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America. In his book he argues that, through decades of desegregation, affirmative action, and immigration, the concept of Black America as a single entity with unified interests and needs has shattered into four distinct groups: a "Mainstream" middle-class majority; a large "Abandoned" minority mired in poverty; a small "Transcendent" elite of wealth and power; and newly "Emergent" groups of mixed-race individuals and recent black immigrants who question what “black” even means. Using historical research, reporting, census data, and polling, he shows how these groups have become so distinct that they view each other with mistrust and apprehension. He discusses debates about affirmative action, the importance of race versus social class, and the questions of whether and in what form racism and the black community endure. Mr. Robinson responded to questions from members of the audience. This program of the Texas Book Festival was held in the C-SPAN/Book TV Tent. Scenes of the festival were shown before and after the speech.

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295989-3

It's video and there is a transcript. About 50 minutes.