Bill Cosby's Comments About Black Youth; Interviews of Inmates in LA County Jail to Determine Immigration Status; Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage Defeated; Billy Graham's Greater Los Angeles Crusade
Bill Cosby's Comments About Black Youth
At a recent 50th anniversary event celebrating Brown vs. the Board of Education, Bill Cosby made comments that inflamed many in the black community. He said "Your dirty laundry gets out of school at 2:30 p.m. every day, it's cursing and calling each other nigger." And "They think they're hip. They can't read; they can't write. They're laughing and giggling, and they're going nowhere." Joe Hicks, Vice President of Community Advocates, Inc, and Earl Ofari Hutchinson, radio host, TV commentator and noted author of nine books about the African American experience in America, join Larry to discuss the validity of Bill Cosby's comments. Mr. Hutchinson's on-line newsletter can be found at The Hutchinson Report
Interviews of Inmates in LA County Jail to Determine Immigration Status
Sheriff Lee Baca asked the County Board of Supervisors yesterday to let six Deputies screen inmates as they are released from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility to determine their immigration status. Immigration lawyers think that this might lead to a wider use of sheriff's deputies to enforce immigration laws, something generally avoided by deputies. Sheriff Lee Baca joins Larry Mantle to discuss the issue. Also joining the conversation is Viviana Andrade, Vice President of the Mexican Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).
Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage Defeated
The United States Senate voted today on the Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage. The final vote was 50-48, 10 votes shy of the 60 needed to keep the bill alive. Supporters of the amendment insist that the move to ban gay marriage is not dead, and it remains one of the most contentious political issues of the election season. Joining Larry is Alfred Balitzer, Professor of Government and Senior Research Fellow at Claremont Graduate University, and David Menefee-Libey, Professor of Politics at Pomona College.
Billy Graham's Greater Los Angeles Crusade
Larry speaks with Jeff Anderson, director of Billy Graham's Greater Los Angeles Crusade, an event including more than a thousand local churches, to be held at the Rose Bowl from November 18th-21st.