Is This a Tipping Point for Racial Justice or Just a Moment?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 12, 2014

As protesters continue to hit the streets chanting "I can't breathe" and "hands up, don't shoot," Jelani Cobb, associate professor of history and the director of the Africana Studies Institute, at the University of Connecticut and a contributor to The New Yorker, discusses whether this is a tipping point for racial justice, or just a fleeting moment that will pass without major social or political change.

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