Bill Clinton: “Let me ask you just one other question. Then I want to go on to--back to our moderator who's here to talk about the next…”

“Let me ask you just one other question. Then I want to go on to--back to our moderator who's here to talk about the next group of folks. There's a big difference, even in college campuses, between the racial composition of the student body and the daily lives of the students, at least in a lot of places. That is, there are a lot of places where the student body is integrated but social life is largely segregated. Is that always a bad thing? What about that, what about that here, and what do you think about that? Our institutions of worship are largely segregated on Sunday. Is that a bad thing, or not? Is it a good thing? What should be our--in other words, one of the things that I want to try to get America to think about is, how do we define success here? I don't personally think it's a bad thing that there is--that people in many ways like to be with other people of their own racial and ethnic group any more than their own religious group. But on the other hand, it could become a very bad thing if it goes too far, as we've seen in other countries. So how do you know whether the environment is working for you and for other people? How much integration is enough? How much--what kind of segregation is acceptable if it's voluntary? How do you deal with all that? Have you ever thought about it in that way? Go ahead. [At this point, the discussion continued, and moderator Dave Liebarth then introduced three authors who were the next participants in the discussion.]”