![]() ![]() GARCIA-NAVARRO: So tell me about why you wrote this book and about why you started it with this letter. It stagnates like a lullaby on autoplay until another man dies facedown on another street in another city, and the weeping begins again. The promises wither, and complacency returns. ![]() The blame bounces back and forth, and promises are made. I know what comes next as surely as I know the Mississippi rolls down to the sea. ![]() Dear Trishad (ph), today I heard a dying man call out to his mama, and I wept for the world that will soon belong to you. ![]() I'd like you to read the first part of that letter. You begin your book with a letter to your nephew. GARCIA-NAVARRO: In 1963, James Baldwin published "The Fire Next Time," which contains a letter from the author to his nephew. In his new book, "This Is The Fire: What I Say To My Friends About Racism," Lemon takes a personal look at the legacy of slavery and racism in America and explains what he'd like to see as the way forward for a divided country.ĭON LEMON: Thank you, Lulu. Don Lemon spends his weeknights on CNN covering and framing the public's understanding of everything from Donald Trump's presidency to the ongoing racial reckoning. ![]()
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