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30 Issues | The Way Democrats Talk About Race

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 17, 2016

Michael Eric Dyson, writer for the New York Times and MSNBC political analyst, and contributing editor for the New Republic, discussed how race has been addressed in politics by Democratic presidential candidates in the past and why he thinks Americans have a moral obligation to protest the Republican convention.

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