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A lot of people's idea of the American dream isn't us all doing well and having what we want.

It's dominance. What do you think is behind this

shift in Black voters or do you even buy these polls? You believe it. When you've gotten all

your social cues from different hip-hop artists, when you've gotten all your social cues

from different luminaries, well, those people are essentially capitalists that are waging their

own PR wars, and it's hard to tell Donald Trump

from them. I'll just be honest with you, it's hard to tell if you really look, it's hard to tell

Donald Trump from Jay-Z. The more money that you can get, that's all you care about. Everybody

wants to get the bag, but they don't really talk about helping other people get the bag and also

get the knowledge. You can correct me if I'm wrong.

On average, median families in Boston, median white families have $250,000 worth of both. That's how much they're

not bad. Doing pretty little. Good. On average, black families, black households in Boston

have $8.00 dollars of wealth eight bucks hello

hello everyone back to the Don Lemon Show. And today I'm joined by film and television producer, author, and the host of the Higher Learning podcast, Van Laithen. He's also a fellow Louisiana in which makes me even more excited that he is joining us today. Van. Good to see you. You're Baton Rouge, right?

Yeah, man, McKinley High, man. Baton Rouge through and through.

My sister graduated from McKinley High School. I went to school not far,

elementary and junior high school, not far from McKinley High School. Do you remember St.

Francis Xavier Catholic school? I do. That's where I went. Yeah. That was for kind of the

bougie people, you know.

It's good to have you on.

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