As part of KERA’s American Graduate series, we’re partnering with the public radio show Houston Matters for a discussion of how students’ racial backgrounds affect the quality of their schooling.
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What Our DNA Says About Us
Alondra Nelson,the dean of social science at Columbia University, joins us to talk about the relationship between contemporary racial issues and DNA.
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Confronting Colorism
This hour, we’ll talk with Lori L. Tharps, an associate professor at Temple University, about her book “Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America’s Diverse Families.”
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The Artist As Philosopher, Historian, and Agitator
This hour, we’ll talk to Teju Cole about how our national conversation about race has evolved in the age of social media – and about the artist’s role in that conversation.
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Exploring The Deep South
This hour, we’ll talk with Paul Theroux about his first foray into exploring the continental U.S. His latest book is called “Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads.”
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Where Race And Medicine Intersect
This hour, we’ll talk with Damon Tweedy about his memoir “Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicines.”
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Our Races, Ourselves
We’ll talk about the role that race plays in our identities with a panel of sociologists who study race.
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A Chat With DPD Chief David Brown
This hour, we’ll talk to him about how race factors into law enforcement ahead of the national Facing Race conference taking place in Dallas this weekend.
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In Schools, Segregation Remains
We’ll talk this hour about the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education and the current racial makeup of our schools with the producer of the Frontline documentary Separate and Unequal.
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Where You're From Matters
Universities are considering race less and less as they process applications. And Sheryll Cashin argues that that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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A Conversation About Race
This hour we’ll preview this weekend’s City of Dallas “Conversation about Race” with Dallas City Council Member Dwaine R. Caraway and Dallas County Commissioner Dr. Elba Garcia.
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