Kai M. Green

Black Youth Project

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Organizer with the Black Youth Project and the Coalition of End Sheriff Violence in LA Jails; PhD candidate in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California

Kai M. Green on KCRW

Local reaction is focused not just on the Rodney King riots 21 years ago, but on a more recent incident.

Racial Stereotyping: How Dangerous Is It for Young Black Men?

Local reaction is focused not just on the Rodney King riots 21 years ago, but on a more recent incident.

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