Radio Talks Race: How Do We Speak To Each Other?
Some callers from Wednesday night's race, justice and community policing roundtable were adamant about the need for heightened communication across community lines. Have YOU ever participated in a formal or informal inter-group dialogue and did it change you?
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— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 9, 2015
@BrianLehrer You'll be pleased to know that it's happening in East Ramapo. Yes, between Hasidics and non-Jews.
— Kressel (@Kressel__H) July 9, 2015
@BrianLehrer Maybe it's the fact that I am biracial or that I work in public interest law, but race is on my mind & in my dialogue daily.
— Isabel (@MlleIsabelH) July 9, 2015
Caller Alicia says she’s had frustrating convos w/ white men who've "blinded themselves...who still think racism doesn’t exist."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 9, 2015
Shannon in West Orange attended @TheGreeneSpace @arunNYC event "Being White." How do we get people who NEED to have these convos to engage?
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 9, 2015
@BrianLehrer I've facilitated powerful discussions w/my college students & my incarcerated students abt how we move forward. Both passionate
— Kate Powers (@_plainKate_) July 9, 2015
