This hour, we’ll talk about the 10 percent of African Americans who say they lean Republican with Corey D. Fields of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford.
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The Resegregation Of America
America’s racial unrest has manifested itself this year in everything from #OscarsSoWhite to Black Lives Matter. This hour, we’ll talk about where we go from here with Jeff Chang, executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University.
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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 Book Of Isaias
This hour, we’ll be joined by Daniel Connolly, who tells the story of Isaias Ramos in his book “The Book of Isaias: A Child of Hispanic Immigrants Seeks His Own America.”
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The Black Panther Party
This hour, we’ll talk about what the Black Panther Party was able to accomplish – and about its relevance in the age of Black Lives Matter – with Yohuru Williams, co-editor of “The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution.”
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The Legacy Of Willie Velasquez
This hour, we’ll talk about the founder of the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project with Hector Galán, director of the PBS documentary “Willie Velasquez: Your Vote Is Your Voice,” which airs Oct. 3 on KERA-TV.
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The Politics Of College Rape
This hour, we’ll talk about how Baylor and many other universities turn a blind eye to sexual assault claims – and about how these schools can address the issue – with Jessica Luther. Her book is called “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape.”
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How Minority Groups Relate To Each Other
This hour, we’ll talk with Aaron Mak about his experience covering a Black Lives Matter protest in Milwaukee, which he recently wrote about for Politico. And later in the hour, we’ll further examine how minority groups relate to one another with Kat Chow of NPR’s “Code Switch” podcast.
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The Hate Map Of America
This hour, we’ll talk about why hate groups form, what they hope to accomplish and how they’re being monitored with Mark Potok of the Sothern Poverty Law Center, which recently published its Hate Map.
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How To Help Children Cope With Violence
This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate initiative, we’ll talk about how we can help young people process the many issues that contribute to these violent acts with a panel of child psychologists.
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A Girl’s Journey From Nothing To Something
This hour, we’ll talk with C. Nicole Mason about her memoir, “Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America.”
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The Persisting Racial Divide
This hour, we’ll talk about how the Thirteenth Amendment led to Jim Crow laws, how Brown v. Board of Education led to shutting down public schools and other instances of Civil Rights backlash with Carol Anderson, chair of the African American Studies department at Emory University.
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